Pasha Mehran, formerly Uber Eats’ head of dark kitchens and, before that, its head of national partnerships in the western U.S., has joined C3 as its chief strategy officer. He will oversee joint ventures with celebrity chef-driven restaurants, digital creators,...
Uber Eats and Visa have teamed up on a $1 million grant program that will target small businesses that are currently active on Uber Eats in 10 U.S. cities. The program will be administered by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and focused on restaurant...
Flipdish, an online ordering and digital experience platform for the hospitality space, received a $100 million investment led by Tencent raising its valuation to more than $1.25 billion. This comes after the Dublin-based company received a $48.5 million investment...
Reef is kicking 2022 off with a bang, announcing a joint venture with Americana Group, the largest food and beverage operator in the Middle East. Together, the two companies will open new ghost kitchen facilities in the Middle East and North Africa regions that...
White Rhino, a Beijing-based autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer, has raised nearly $8 million through a recent Series A funding round. It’s the company’s second million-dollar funding round in the last six months. Like Nuro, which is now valued at $8.6 billion,...
General Motors was one of many automakers using this year’s Consumer Electronics Show to debut new electric vehicles. On the delivery side, GM’s BrightDrop last-mile delivery division showed off its fleet of electric delivery vans, and announced huge reservations from...
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