Jumprope Raises $4.5M for Guided Cooking through GIFS
As a teen I was briefly obsessed with making a very complicated, cream puff-heavy pastry called a croquembouche. I tried to make it using text-heavy cookbooks and bad internet photos, […]
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Thirstie Raises $7M Series A, Partners with DrinkWorks for Booze Pod Delivery
Thirstie, a B2B company that provides white labeled alcoholic drink ecommerce software, announced today that it has raised a $7 million Series A, led by Queens Court Capital. This brings […]
Albertsons and Glympse Give Shoppers Real-Time Updates on Delivery and Pickup Orders
Albertsons announced today that it has partnered with location-sharing technology startup Glympse to give shoppers real-time status updates on their delivery or at-store pickup orders. The service is available now […]
Coterie Will Deliver a High-End Party-in-a-Box to Your Doorstep
Remember that scene in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” when Willow uses her witch capabilities to instantly transform the house into an Instagram-worthy party setup? Most of us, Buffy lovers or […]
DoorDash Raises $400 Million, Now Valued at $7.1B
DoorDash announced yesterday that it has raised $400 million in Series F funding, giving the delivery startup a $7.1 billion valuation. Temasek Holdings and Dragoneer Investment Group co-led the round, […]
ArticulATE Q&A: Albertsons on What it’s Looking for From Robots
Robots are on the verge of transforming everyday grocery shopping into something more sci-fi. From shelf-scanning robots to self-driving delivery to your door, the food retail biz has been surprisingly aggressive […]
Kroger and Ocado Begin to Roll Out Automated Fulfillment Centers
If you’re as fascinated as we are with the idea of robots scurrying around and doing your weekly grocery shop, Kroger and Ocado have some good news for you. Today […]
DoorDash Is Reportedly Raising $500M in New Funding
DoorDash is in the process of raising a $500 million funding round, according to the Wall Street Journal. The new funding puts the third-party delivery service’s valuation at over $6 […]
Postmates Files to Go Public
Delivery service Postmates has confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO). Bloomberg broke the news this morning, followed by an announcement from the company. Postmates is the first of the […]
All_EBT Offers New Tool to Help SNAP Recipients Budget Purchases
Among the many, many (many!) problems caused by the government shutdown, the 39 million people on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP, also known as food stamps) face an additional […]
Walmart Adds Grocery Delivery Partners, but How Long Will They Last?
Walmart announced yesterday that it has added four new online grocery delivery partners to its roster: Point Pickup, Skipcart, AxleHire and Roadie. Walmart says it currently offers delivery in 800 […]
CES 2019: Robby and Robomart are Bringing Mobile Commerce to the Masses
“We are like Boeing.” This exact sentence was said to me in separate, back-to-back meetings at CES with Robby and Robomart. Both are autonomous vehicle companies, both are at the […]
