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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.
A record number of Uber trips are taken as drivers flock to the platform, bucking pandemic-era fears and leading the chief executive to declare results in the last three months of 2022 “our strongest quarter ever”. The fourth quarter results of Uber show that transportation and food delivery are giants. […]
Roku and DoorDash’s new partnership is bringing interactive ads to streaming that offer delivery deals with the click of a remote control button. Roku and DoorDash have partnered to offer interactive advertisements directly to customers’ TV screens. These ads will prompt customers to enter their cell number through their remote […]
DoorDash’s prediction service, Sibyl, was created to handle real-time predictions in their machine learning infrastructure. Sibyl retrieves both models and features from independent stores to make predictions. The prediction service allows batch and shadow predictions to test multiple models on the same data in the background. Sibyl was built to […]
The rise of “ghost restaurants” or “ghost kitchens” has raised questions about government oversight and licenses. These places prepare food at home, sometimes in a warehouse or garage, without a permit and then deliver the food to customers through delivery platforms. This kind of informal business model is becoming increasingly […]
February 2022 The fast grocery-delivery service, Getir, operates by delivering groceries within 10 minutes of ordering. The company uses “dark stores” as distribution hubs to achieve this quick delivery. This has led to complaints from city authorities about the disruption caused in neighborhoods. Amsterdam and Rotterdam have banned new dark […]
Designing a pickup map for DoorDash is a challenging task that requires careful planning and implementation. To create a map tailored to the needs of pickup customers, DoorDash needed to consider several technical and functional aspects. Some of the challenges that DoorDash faced when designing the map are: Integrating the […]
The DoorDash app provides its customers with real-time updates on their delivery status. The app has been using GPS information from the Dasher’s phone, combined with manual updates from the Dasher to indicate their progress, such as arriving at the restaurant or picking up the food. To enhance the accuracy […]
France clamps down on delivery depot ‘dark stores.’ September 2022 Due to growing concerns from residents and city officials, the French government has classified “dark stores” as warehouses instead of shops. These stores are city-center depots used for instant home deliveries of food ordered over the Internet and have increased […]
The news of Zomato hiring across 800 job roles met with mixed reactions. Some netizens criticized the company’s work culture after reading job descriptions emphasizing 24/7 availability and lack of work-life balance. Some users took to social media to express their views, calling it a “toxic” and “slavery” promoting culture. […]
The Georgia state legislature is considering Senate Bill 34, which aims to standardize food delivery services in the state. The bill would require delivery services to enter into a contract with the restaurant, get permission to use the restaurant’s name or logo in marketing, maintain clean food holding areas and […]