A group of former Uber employees has started a cloud kitchen business to rival that of former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, who made the news recently with his own similar business CloudKitchens, according to reports. The startup, which is located in Oakland, California, aims to...
A U.K. startup has proposed building a system of tunnels in the U.K. to deliver as many as 600 million packages a year to the city of London alone, according to CNBC. The startup, Magway, wants to provide companies with an alternative to the traditional...
Amateurs talk tactics, while professionals worry about logistics. That’s a variation of an old saying common to people who study military matters, but it certainly applies to the world of digital payment and commerce. After all, as Guy Bloch, CEO at delivery logistics platform Bringg explained in...
Two years after acquiring a majority stake in the firm, Alibaba plans an additional investment of roughly $3.33 billion in logistics affiliate Cainiao to increase its equity stake from 51 percent to 63 percent. The company would subscribe Cainiao shares that are newly issued and...
USA Technologies (USAT), a cashless payments and software services company for the self-service retail market, has announced upgrades to its Seed Delivery software. The software enables office coffee delivery businesses to get rid of paper-based invoices and replace them with iPads — as well as...
Fresh food is one of those products that, depending on the context, can almost feel like a minor luxury. Sure, consumers who can get to good grocery stores or farmers’ markets (not all shoppers can) or afford to subscribe to meal-kit delivery services, are assured...
Warehouse club Costco is partnering with delivery firm Instacart to launch a prescription delivery pilot program in California and Washington, CNBC reported on Wednesday (Nov. 6). The program offers one-hour, free delivery of prescriptions over $35 to Costco members at their home or office. For...
UPS on Tuesday (Nov. 5) announced that its drone delivery subsidiary, UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF), has completed the first residential drone deliveries to consumers of CVS prescription medications. The Friday (Nov. 1) drone deliveries were to a CVS customer’s home and to a different customer...
More than 30 members of the New York City Council sent a letter to Grubhub about phone calls that didn’t result in orders but did result in charges, according to a report by The New York Times. The letter was sent to Matt Maloney, Grubhub’s...
