Amazon has begun using Scout, its six-wheeled autonomous delivery robot, in a neighborhood in Irvine, California, according to a report. As the company had been testing the robot in Seattle, it said it was accustomed to many different types of weather conditions and expected sunny...
Ride-hailing firm Be Group in Vietnam is launching two delivery services to compete with Grab and Go-Viet, Deal Street Asia reported on Monday (Aug. 5). The company’s beExpress is designed to be a delivery and postal service for eCommerce enterprises. Another service, beDelivery, will be...
FedEx and UPS are striving to make Sundays part of their delivery systems, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (Aug. 4). Sunday drivers will earn less money than those who deliver Monday through Saturday. Both companies said the new seven-day-a-week schedule will start in January...
Food ordering company Grubhub has agreed to extend its refund window for restaurants that were unknowingly paying fees for Grubhub-generated phone calls — even if they didn’t result in orders. Still, restaurant industry reps say that the company’s plan to offer refunds for up to...
Amsterdam-based Takeaway.com will merge with London’s Just Eat to create one of the biggest companies in the online food delivery sector. Combined, the companies will lead worldwide food delivery markets, including the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Canada, Reuters reported on Monday (July 29)....
Dutch takeout giant Takeaway.com is in talks to buy London’s Just Eat and create a £9 billion ($11.1 billion) online food ordering business that is expected to be more competitive to younger rivals Uber Eats and Deliveroo. “The possible combination may be implemented by way...
Uber is talking to European supermarkets about partnering up for a potential grocery delivery service to compete with rivals like Deliveroo and Amazon, according to a report by Bloomberg. The company was in talks with the second largest grocery chain in the U.K., Sainsbury’s, which...
OpenTable, an online restaurant reservation company, has partnered with Caviar, Grubhub and Uber Eats to provide delivery from restaurants all over the country, according to reports. The company has also revamped its mobile interface. The home screen now offers user recommendations based on past customer...
Uber Freight is going after its second European market with the launch of its trucking platform in Germany. Uber wants to expand elsewhere in Europe once Germany is up and running, Reuters reported on Wednesday (July 24). Under Founder Travis Kalanick, the company’s bid to...
