On Friday, the city of Chicago filed lawsuits against delivery giants DoorDash and Grubhub, which contend that both broke the law by using misleading and unfair business tactics that hurt restaurants, delivery workers and consumers during COVID-19. “It is deeply concerning and unfortunate that these companies broke the law during these incredibly difficult times, using […]
Food delivery apps, including Grubhub, DoorDash Inc. and Uber Eats will face a permanent cap on the commissions they can charge restaurants under legislation approved by the New York City Council on Thursday, causing shares of the delivery services to fall. Initially, the cap was passed during COVID-19 as an emergency order to help struggling […]
Even though Amazon recently took Walmart’s title as the world’s largest retail seller, Walmart has announced the commercialization of its delivery service, Walmart GoLocal. The retail giant’s delivery service is a move that’ll help businesses, small and large, deliver goods to patrons through contract workers, autonomous vehicles and even drones. Walmart initially started its delivery […]
In 1984, Domino’s Pizza launched an ambitious pledge to deliver food to customers in 30 minutes or less. While the initiative made for great marketing and helped to make the company the world’s largest pizza delivery company, their focus on speed led to serious issues—including a St. Louis woman being struck by a Domino’s delivery […]
Members of California gig worker advocacy groups were able to express a bit of excitement on Saturday about Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch’s Friday ruling against Proposition (Prop) 22. The ruling, which caused shares of delivery giants Uber and Lyft to fall in premarket trading early Monday morning, has been ruled “unconstitutional” and “unenforceable” since […]
It’s officially Amazon’s world and we’re all just living in it. At least that’s the way it feels considering Amazon, the largest e-commerce company outside of China, has recently been named the world’s largest retail seller. Yes, they’re bigger than Walmart now. According to estimates from Wall Street reported by the New York Times, consumers […]