DoorDash, Instacart and Uber Eats Become Retail Delivery Backbone

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DoorDash, Instacart and Uber Eats have grown from restaurant-focused apps into the fulfillment backbone for thousands of U.S. retailers, turning stores themselves into same-day shipping warehouses rather than building new distribution centers as Amazon did. DoorDash, which launched grocery and convenience in mid-2020 and added home improvement in 2024, now serves 44 of the top 100 U.S. retailers, while Instacart connects more than 2,200 retail banners representing almost 100,000 stores, a network reaching more than 98% of North American households. Uber recast grocery, alcohol, convenience and general merchandise as a single Grocery & Retail business, adding Home Depot for contractors and bringing almost 9,000 Dollar Tree stores onboard in an August 2025 partnership. The shift became durable in 2024, when DoorDash posted its first annual profit under generally accepted accounting principles, $123 million on $10.7 billion in revenue, and Instacart cleared $457 million in net income. Now the platforms are extracting more from the retailers that depend on them: DoorDash charges restaurants commissions of up to 30% of each order's subtotal on its Premier plan, and Uber Eats' blended cost commonly runs 25% to 35%, according to an analysis by direct-ordering vendor Zay-OS. A joint investigation by the Groundwork Collaborative, Consumer Reports and More Perfect Union found Instacart used pricing software called Eversight to run hidden randomized experiments that could add as much as 23% to the cost of an identical item ordered from the same store at the same moment, a practice Instacart said in a July 2026 post that a few retail partners had wound down. Meanwhile, New York City's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection set a delivery-worker minimum of $22.13 for the first pay period starting on or after April 1, 2026, after a 3.2% inflation adjustment, and plans to cover all delivery apps in early 2027.

Impact on stocks 6

Consumer Discretionary▲ · 2 stocks
DoorDash, Inc. Class A Common Stock
DASH
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

DoorDash now serves 44 of the top 100 U.S. retailers and posted its first GAAP annual profit of $123M on $10.7B revenue as retailers adopt its fulfillment network.

The Home Depot Inc
HD
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Home Depot was added to Uber's Grocery & Retail business for contractors, extending its delivery fulfillment.

Cloud & Digital Infrastructure▼ · 1 stocks
Maplebear Inc.
CART
▼ NegativeRegulationrelevance

Investigation found Instacart used Eversight pricing software for hidden randomized experiments adding up to 23% to item costs, drawing regulatory scrutiny.

Robotics & Physical AI▲ · 1 stocks
Uber Technologies Inc
UBER
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Uber Eats recast grocery, alcohol, convenience and general merchandise as a single Grocery & Retail business, adding Home Depot and nearly 9,000 Dollar Tree stores, expanding its retail delivery network.

Consumer Staples▲ · 1 stocks
Dollar Tree Inc
DLTR
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Dollar Tree brought almost 9,000 stores onto Uber Eats in an August 2025 partnership, expanding its same-day delivery reach.

Artificial Intelligence▲ · 1 stocks

Off-coverage companies 1

Zay-OS (Zayos)Private± Mixed
relevance

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