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Singapore-based food delivery service Grab is letting go of about 5 percent of its workforce and “winding down” several projects and functions, according to AgFunder News. The layoffs are part […]
Panda Express has, in its own words, “cut out the middleman” as far as restaurant delivery is concerned. This week, the QSR chain announced it has launched its own delivery […]
Amazon today announced the launch of its own restaurant food delivery service in India, according to TechCrunch. Dubbed Amazon Food, the service launched in select postal index codes of Bangalore […]
Despite the gargantuan loss of $2.94 billion Uber posted, the company’s Eats business saw massive growth during the first quarter of 2020. For Uber Eats, the company saw a 52 […]
One of the key selling points of our delivery robot future was that it would be less expensive than existing human efforts. Yes, automation would take some human jobs, but […]
Cheetah announced today that it has raised a $36 million Series B round of funding for its marketplace that allows consumers and small businesses to shop for groceries and other […]
Restaurant food delivery service Foodora is exiting the Canadian market after operating there for five years, according to a company press release. The Berlin, Germany-based company, a subsidiary of Delivery […]
Only 1 in 5 restaurant owners believe with certainty that they’ll survive the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new survey data from the James Beard Foundation and the Independent Restaurant Coalition […]
In the midst of a pandemic, it seems beleaguered third-party delivery service Waitr is seeing some uptick in demand for its service. After a slump in March, the Louisiana-based company […]
A class action lawsuit filed Monday alleges that third-party delivery companies DoorDash, Grubhub, Postmates, and Uber Eats are using their market power to push menu prices higher during the coronavirus […]
At today’s jam-packed yet socially distanced COVID-19 summit, we’ve been exploring the different strategies food businesses can take to survive the sudden changes brought about by coronavirus, a stopped economy, […]
Zomato, one of the largest third-party food delivery services in India, announced this week it has launched a fund to support restaurants whose business is impacted by COVID-19. All sales […]
