PepsiCo to invest $175 million in Instacart as Grocery Delivery Hub Goes Public
Instacart disclosed a major investment from PepsiCo, as the grocery delivery service made public its filing for a long-awaited stock market launch. The San Francisco-based last-mile delivery company filed a registration statement with U.S. Securities and Exchange...
Grubhub Brings Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ Tech to Campus Partners
Grubhub is helping students save time by skipping the checkout line via a new partnership with Amazon. Amazon’s Just Walk Out Technology is now available at Loyola University Maryland, the first Grubhub-partnered campus to deploy the automation. The technology allows...
DoorDash Developing AI-Powered Voice Ordering for Restaurants
DoorDash is developing an AI-powered system to help restaurants take orders over the phone without any dedicated merchant manpower. The delivery giant said this optional new tool is a response to 1 in 5 delivery customers preferring to order takeout over the phone,...
Toronto Surplus Food Delivery App Feeds Thousands
Seven years ago, Tony Colley found himself food insecure. Despite a former, long career in corporate finance, a failed business venture left him with only a few hundred dollars to his name while living in Toronto. Colley eventually landed a part-time job for a local...
Minneapolis Nixes Rideshare Wage Bill
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed a proposed ordinance that would have significantly raised the minimum wage for rideshare drivers, and included additional protective measures, after months of debate that led to Uber and Lyft threatening to reduce service or pull...
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