Food Delivery Lands NBA Star in Quarantine
From the unintended-consequences-of-food-delivery desk comes the story of NBA great Richaun Holmes stuck in his hotel room after getting a food delivery order. Holmes, the center for the Sacramento Kings, “broke the bubble” the NBA has created around the Disney World...
Uber Bets Big on Online Grocery Delivery via Cornershop
After purchasing a majority stake in Latin America’s Cornershop grocery delivery service, Uber has announced a dramatic expansion of its grocery delivery offering into select cities in Latin America, Canada and, later this month, the United States. With the promise of...
Domino’s Rolls Out “Carside” Contactless Carryout
Domino’s Pizza has added a new service, Carside Delivery, that gives customers a new option to pick-up orders they’ve already paid for online. It’s now available in more than 6,100 U.S. locations. “Domino’s Carside Delivery gives customers the option to stay in their...
Ritual Launches Delivery, Curbside for Chicago-Area Restaurants
Ritual, a Toronto-based tech startup, has launched a new service to help small- and medium-sized restaurants in the Chicago metro area set up delivery, takeout and contactless orders. Called Ritual ONE, the new service initially debuted in its home city before rolling...
Uber Buys Postmates: Then There Were Three
After years of speculation about how the U.S. restaurant delivery scene will change with anticipated consolidation among the four largest third-party delivery services, the landscape has dramatically shifted with the news that Uber is in the process of buying...
Outstanding Operators
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