Food delivery Coverage

Uber, Lyft and Deliveroo workers in US and UK plan Valentine’s Day strike

Thousands of drivers for ride hailing services and food delivery riders in the United States and United Kingdom are planning to strike on Valentine’s Day in disputes over pay and working conditions.

DoorDash delivery bag used to conceal package theft caught on camera

5 On Your Side looks into a porch pirate that used a delivery bag to hide a theft on one man's doorstep.

Flytrex wants to expand food delivery by drone operation deeper into Wake County

Flytrex is already delivering to backyards in Holly Springs. Now, its eyes are set on new locations from Cary to Wake Forest.

Joe Fisher, WRAL reporter

Flytrex working to expand food delivery in Wake County, nationwide

Flytrex is already delivering to backyards in Holly Springs. Now, its eyes are set on new locations from Cary to Wake Forest.

Food delivery wars: Duke professor says there’s a better way

There’s a better way for delivery companies and restaurants: A fixed fee, which would help fix inefficiencies, says Professor Robert Swinney.

Want lunch? Flytrex now delivering by drone in Durham, Holly Springs

The drone delivery company Flytrex is now making deliveries in southern Durham, in a two-mile radius around Southpoint Mall.

Pizza pie in the sky: Drone food delivery expands to more NC neighborhoods

Flytrex, a company that delivers food via flying drones, just announced a new expansion that will allow them to deliver to more than 100,000 customers in neighborhoods around Holly Springs, Fayetteville and Raeford.

Heather Leah, WRAL multiplatform producer

Few rules governing new virtual kitchen trend

The food delivery market more than doubled during the pandemic and all that growth helped fuel the rise in what's known as virtual kitchens or ghost kitchens.

Multiple menus and brands, one restaurant kitchen; 5 On Your Side digs into 'ghost kitchens'

The food delivery market more than doubled during the pandemic and all that growth helped fuel the rise in what's known as virtual kitchens or ghost kitchens.

Keely Arthur, WRAL 5 On Your Side reporter

Mobile market fills need for eastern NC communities struggling to find fresh food

Ripe Revival is a market on wheels that helps feed families in Littleton, where some areas have been classified as a food desert.

Mobile market brings fresh NC produce to food deserts across NC

Many families in rural North Carolina are struggling to get access to nutritious food while farmers' crops are going to waste, according to the nonprofit Ripe for Revival.

Keenan Willard, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter

Knock, knock, it's your food at your door - courtesy of an Uber robot

Who's that at the door with your latest food delivery? Soon, it could be a robot from Uber Eats, as the company is piloting a program.

Resturants in Holly Spring Springs Towne Center now offer drone delivery

Flytrex is expanding its drone delivery service in Holly Springs. 20 resturants are now a part of the drone delivery service. To download Flytrex's app and get food delivered, go to the app store and search Flytrex.

Meals on Wheels: Robots deliver students food at Morgan State

There's a new way to order food on the Morgan State campus, robots. Morgan State is the first school in Maryland and first HBCU school in the nation to use this company that puts meals on wheels.

Robot food delivery, coming soon to a campus near you

Are robots, delivering your food, coming to a street or a college campus near you?

Special delivery: Robots coming to NC A&T to bring students food

A fleet of 20 autonomous robots is coming to NC A&T's campus to make deliveries day and night, rain or shine!

Food delivery apps don't show you nutrition information

The Food and Drug Administration requires restaurants with 20 or more locations to post calorie counts for standard items on menus, both in the restaurant and online. But, that same nutritional information doesn't always get transferred to menus on third-party delivery service sites, like DoorDash, UberEats and Grubhub.

Food delivery apps aren't required to list calorie data

Food delivery apps make lunch and dinner easy. But if you order food on those apps, you may not be able to find how many calories your meal is.

Monica Laliberte, WRAL 5 On Your Side reporter/executive producer

Gas shortage doesn't delay Instacart purchase

WRAL's Keely Arthur ordered a grocery delivery from Publix that arrived before the stated time, even with the ongoing gas shortage.

Delivery of food, medicine could be affected by gas shortage

The fuel frenzy in the wake of a pipeline shutdown has sent reverberations through industries that rely on gas to keep business moving and deliveries on time.

Prolonged pipeline shutdown could pinch businesses that rely on delivery

The fuel frenzy in the wake of a pipeline shutdown has sent reverberations through industries that rely on gas to keep business moving and deliveries on time.

Keely Arthur, WRAL reporter

Incorrect insurance could leave you paying for damage someone else caused

While the coronavirus pandemic made the app delivery business take off, 5 On Your Side found that many drivers don't realize what they, and the rest of us, could lose when drivers don't have the right insurance.

Monica Laliberte, WRAL executive producer/5 On Your Side reporter

What happens when a delivery driver causes property damage?

Home delivery exploded in the last year. It's popular and convenient until a driver damages your property.

Monica Laliberte, WRAL executive producer/5 On Your Side reporter

Durham app offers hot pizza for contactless pickup

"On the Way Foods" is touted as a first-of-its-kind automated food delivery service in Durham. Owner Rich Schreiber says it's an answer to pandemic safety concerns as well as the higher costs of getting a quick, hot meal.

Durham food vendor creates "first-of-its-kind" app and automated delivery service

"On the Way Foods" is touted as a first-of-its-kind automated food delivery service in Durham. Owner Rich Schreiber says it's an answer to pandemic safety concerns as well as the higher costs of getting a quick hot meal.

Rick Armstrong, WRAL photojournalist