On Monday, Mumbai - based Poncho Hospitality Pvt. Ltd, which owns and operates on -
demand food delivery services firm Box8, raised $ 7.5 million (Rs 50 crore) in Series B funding from IIFL Seed Ventures Fund and existing investor Mayfield.
Uber will expand UberEats, its on -
demand food delivery service, with a dedicated app and expanded delivery options across several cities in late March.
San Francisco - based ride - hailing company Uber Technologies Inc. will soon launch its on -
demand food delivery app, UberEATS, in...
An on -
demand food delivery start - up bankrolled in part by the founder of Shake Shack has ended its New York City operations, just four months after its seed funding round.
Not exact matches
THIS JUST IN: DoorDash, a San Francisco - based on -
demand restaurant
food delivery company, is raising $ 535 million in funding at a $ 1.4 billion valuation.
You have services like Blue Apron, Plated, and HelloFresh, and then you have a whole category of on -
demand or plan - ahead meal -
delivery and
food delivery startups like Munchery, Caviar, Maple, Tapingo, Postmates, and DoorDash.
But
food is a low margin business and on -
demand delivery has proven to be a logistical nightmare.
The on -
demand delivery service — offering rides,
food, beauticians and more — has jolted the economies of even famously gridlocked cities like Jakarta, where small businesses have seen their sales soar once they've registered on the company's platform.
And Square has even gotten into the on -
demand food -
delivery business by buying Caviar.
Food delivery will be exclusively on -
demand, and goods and services will become available per our request by the click of a button.
Homegrocer.com AmazonFresh, the company's on -
demand grocery -
delivery service, launched in Seattle in 2007, but Amazon had its sights on the
food business for nearly a decade prior.
Meituan, a $ 30 billion Beijing - based startup offering
food delivery, travel booking and other on -
demand services, has made a...
Food delivery and other on -
demand startups are facing increased scrutiny for having built largely unprofitable businesses that rely on venture capital to survive.
Earlier this year the failure of few
food delivery startups led to a number of pundits and articles claiming that the on -
demand economy was in trouble.
Will anyone be able to get
food through an on -
demand delivery app anytime soon?
A strategic collaboration with Postmates, a leading on -
demand delivery service, which will allow customers to order their
food and beverage items via the Starbucks ® mobile app and receive on -
demand delivery within defined areas.
Some of Uber's skyrocketing valuation rests in its potential to be a major player in on -
demand food and retail
delivery, an area in which start - ups like Postmates and Instacart are trying to compete.
Because of what Sinek characterizes as «faulty parenting,» corporations are faced with millennials who are «hard - wired» to get much of what they want right away, from
food deliveries to entertainment on
demand.
TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel site, and Deliveroo, the on -
demand food -
delivery service, have announced the integration of Deliveroo's restaurant network into the TripAdvisor desktop website, mobile web and mobile app experiences across 12 countries throughout Europe, the Middle East and the Asia Pacific regions.
Constructed of high grade stainless steel with fully seal welded seams and an open framework, every component of the empty box
delivery system meets all AMI Sanitary Design Requirements for use in a
food processing facility and is built to withstand the most
demanding environments.
Operators are facing four big areas of challenge that Technomic sees as transformative, bound to drive changes in how operators approach business: 1) coping with supply chain challenges, including driver shortages; 2) meeting consumer
demand for «
food with integrity»; 3) dealing with «regulation nation» where industry - disrupting changes may include a higher minimum wage; and 4) incorporating innovations into operations, including new
delivery models, variable pricing, self - ordering systems, and robotics.
The need for «store - friendly and aisle - ready»
deliveries, reverse route sequence truck loading, worker ergonomics / safety, additional space, and the growing number of stock keeping units is creating
demand for increased productivity, and efficiency in
food and beverage distribution centres.
With the increasing
demand for high - quality, clean
food, a variety of clean meal
delivery service companies have popped up all over the world.
Then the marketing gurus at Domino's saw a
demand for an AI - hosted pizza ordering music app and the world of iOS
food delivery was never the same.
After putting Callie on a homemade diet that created a noticeable improvement in her condition, the couple received interest from family friends who wanted to try the
food formula — interest that would eventually lead to the creation of a
delivery service as
demand grew within their social circle.
Since many distributors
demand immediate payment for
food deliveries, there may be significant out - of - pocket costs while building
demand for new product.
Since many distributors
demand immediate payment for
food deliveries, there can be significant out - of - pocket costs while
demand builds for the new product.
As one of the UK's biggest gig economy companies, the
food delivery app defeated a
demand by north London couriers for union recognition, and by extension, workers» rights.
Go - Jek is a dominant player in Indonesia, the region's biggest economy, and has rapidly expanded beyond ride hailing to digital payments,
food delivery, on -
demand cleaning and massage.
Parallel
demand is expected for parcel hubs,
delivery centers and urban logistics depots that support fresh
food centers and same - day
delivery services.