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Delivery is a business that provides delivery services to customers. This can include food delivery, grocery delivery, or package delivery. Delivery businesses are often part of the logistics industry.
The latest fines were for having 7,022 workers not registered with Social Security and also using 813 irregular workers – foreigners without work permits. Glovo, a home food delivery company, has been fined 38.1 million euros by the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate in Spain for misusing delivery riders registered […]
Virtual restaurants are all the rage right now – if you can’t visit one. Ghost kitchens, or cloud kitchens, are a new trend in the food industry. They are food preparation spaces catering to delivery customers without a physical storefront or seating. Ghost kitchens have become increasingly popular during the […]
DoorDash wants to take away one of your most-hated errands. DoorDash, the popular food delivery app, is testing a new service called Package Returns that allows users to request a dasher to pick up and return packages for them. The service is free for a limited time for DashPass members […]
According to TechCrunch, instant grocery delivery company JOKR has raised approximately $50 million in a Series C investment on a $1.3 billion post-money valuation. The funding, which G Squared led with participation from GGV Capital, Tiger Global Management, and HV Capital, was buoyed by existing investors. JOKR has raised $480 […]
Patty’s Cakes and Desserts, a retail storefront bakery in Fullerton, California, faced a significant challenge when delivery demand quadrupled during the pandemic. The company previously used a third-party delivery service, but when the pandemic hit and the service shut down, Patty’s Cakes and Desserts was left without a delivery option. […]
Uber Eats is conducting two pilot projects simultaneously in Los Angeles, using self-driving delivery robots from Serve Robotics and Motional. The aim is to test what customers and merchants want and to learn what makes sense for scaling up the technology. Customers within the test zones can choose whether they […]
The ghost kitchen model refers to delivery-only virtual brands operating out of commercial kitchens, which saw explosive growth during the pandemic as consumers turned to off-premise dining. However, the model is now facing a reckoning as consumers seek cheaper alternatives amid rapid grocery and restaurant inflation. For instance, casual dining […]
Deliveroo has opened a new type of “dark store” in Central London, called the Deliveroo HOP, as it experiments with expanding its rapid grocery business. The new store functions as a mini-warehouse where Deliveroo staff pick orders for couriers operating on its platform to collect and deliver locally to app […]
Roku has partnered with DoorDash to offer users in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico six months of complimentary DashPass and interactive shoppable ads for DoorDash businesses. Roku users can get $0 delivery fees on DoorDash orders and exclusive access to DashPass-only promotions and priority customer support. After the free trial […]
What Is Geo-Clustering? Geoclustering is a technique that allows the grouping of spatial data into clusters based on their similarity and proximity. Geoclustering can be helpful in various applications, such as analyzing customer behavior, optimizing delivery routes, detecting anomalies, or planning disaster recovery. Geoclustering can be performed using different methods, […]