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DoorDash Inc, the biggest food delivery app in the US, will start delivering goods from 7-Eleven, Wawa and other convenience stores to Americans who are mostly stuck at home for the foreseeable future.
The San Francisco-based startup said it began testing the sale of paper towels and other packaged goods this year and decided to accelerate the rollout due to the coronavirus pandemic. DoorDash has more than 1,800 convenience stores around the US available on the app, the company said.
The new offering competes with Amazon.com’s grocery delivery service and Instacart. Both firms have struggled to meet demand since the outbreak and have said they’re adding a combined 400,000 workers.