Your takeout app might soon be handling all your grocery runs, too. DoorDash, the largest food delivery service in the US, is planning to acquire grocery delivery service Instacart in a massive $17 billion deal, DoorDash announced on Thursday .
Teaming up with a grocery delivery service may have been the next expected move for DoorDash, as just last month, the food delivery service announced that it now offers same-day delivery from every Costco in the US.
“Grocery is one of the hardest things to get right online,” Tony Xu, co-founder and CEO of DoorDash, said in a press release. “Someone has to pick a ripe avocado, find a substitute you’d choose yourself, and get the ice cream to you before it melts. Instacart has spent years learning to do that well for grocers, while DoorDash has built a delivery network and technology that local stores rely on every day.…