PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Grubhub’s 2020 start has been a bit bumpy thus far — it was passed by DoorDash in late January in terms of food delivery market share, according to some estimates , and has been dogged by rumors that it is looking to put itself up for sale. Recruiting customers is hard to do — and comes with a big price tag. million, or $.05

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Vending machines may get a makeover now that Byte Foods, a startup that makes so-called smart vending machines, raised $5.5 That is made possible by RFID tags on each item that alert the machine if the customer walked off with it. Byte is fine tuning their food offering and variety, which is important in attracting repeat customers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Eating unhealthy food has a host of downsides: It shortens people’s lives, saps their energy and puts them at greater risk for things like heart disease and diabetes. Unfortunately, for our collective waist lines, junk food is cheap in terms of actual monetary expense.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Amazon, of course, is no stranger to the food business, having bought Whole Foods in 2017. And a $1 billion price tag? As spotlighted in this space just Friday morning, Walmart announced it had acquired Cornershop for $225 million, bringing on-demand delivery for items, including groceries, to Mexico and Chile.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Technomic’s Top 100 Global Chain Restaurant Report for 2016 found, for instance, that 68 percent of customers in Asia reported using a mobile device to place a food order in the past three months, and in the Middle East, that statistic was about 60 percent. But in North America, placing mobile orders to restaurants is still a novelty.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2016

Whole Foods has expanded its 365 concept to Los Angeles with a new opening in the Silver Lake neighborhood. Much like an ordinary Whole Foods store, the newly opened 365 store offers grab-and-go food and grocery items, including produce, bakery, supplements and beverages, among other things.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2019

In a joint statement with Microsoft, Kroger Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen said, “Kroger is building a seamless ecosystem driven by data and technology to provide our customers with personalized food inspiration. With one such experience, Kroger and Microsoft are creating a digital shelving system called the EDGE Shelf.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The stories come with significantly different price tags: $185 million and $13 billion. Banking does not have the same logistics challenges that freight and food delivery might, but it does have its own challenges. Call it a tale of two bank deals.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

as it introduces a subscription that offers free delivery, no lines and discounts on fuel. Now, the adversary is China , and the weapons of choice are tied to tech, data, deal-making and very large price tags. Where better than from comfort foods ? Walmart+ And The Changing Digital Commerce Landscape. Walmart Inc.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2019

Special tags can trigger purchases with Apple Pay without the need for a special app. iPhones can read a near-field communication (NFC) tag that is specially encoded to display an interface for an Apple Pay purchase when a user holds a device near it. We’re not hiring delivery drivers.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2017

When shoppers go to the fish counter, they’ll find Snapcode origin labels on the shelf tag accompanying each cut. U is the first grocery store to make waves on Snapchat, but there are a few other food companies, such as McDonald’s and Taco Bell, taking a nibble. this summer. Also in Massachusetts, Roche Bros.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Details are scant about what that shop might look like, but what is known as of earlier this week is that Amazon has posted job listings for four new positions connected to the forthcoming store, it will be a separate entity from Whole Foods and it won’t use Amazon’s cashierless Go technology in favor of traditional checkout methods.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2018

Consumers can then check out via mobile and stop by a service desk to make sure all security tags are removed and that they have properly scanned all their items. The foods are all designed, according to Stewart, to taste “homemade.”. It’s an outlook consistent with her move in delivery kits (Marley Spoon) in 2016.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Shoppers keep what they want, return what they don’t and await their next delivery to start the process again. For example, customers can set delivery frequency and preferred price range, among other preferences. StitchFix is not the originator of the model, but it is, by and large, the most successful.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Johnny Chin, cofounder and CEO of Bannerman, spoke to PYMNTS about the founding of the business, why using software to solve problems works and why on-demand security is not just like food delivery. Security guards today rely very much on pen and paper and phone tag. Tell us, what is Bannerman? It’s very complicated what we do.

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

And Joshua added tags to that, and so you could browse things by tags. Let’s talk about a couple of companies you invested in because I’m picking up a theme there, Meatable, Terra, Living Carbon, Marvel Fusion, Legendary Food, climate sustainability impact investing. The food supply is definitely in question.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

National Avocado Day was declared in 2017 by Model Meals, a California-based healthy meal delivery service, as a promotion to move health food. Tag, a smart dog tag designed to make it easier to find and return lost pets. The tag uses QR technology to store each dog’s personalized profile. “More than 3.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2018

And some of them really do take their money, automatically, every month: repeat deliveries of food and medication, for instance, or subscription services like BarkBox , which sends a monthly surprise kit containing snacks, treats, toys and other doggie goodies.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

And organic-grocery wholesaler United Natural Foods has already loaded up on herbal tea and cold remedies as it prepares for lots of potential demand, according to published reports. That trails only the availability of delivery (which 66 percent cited) and curbside pickup (58 percent) as the most important characteristic.

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Strategic Treasurer

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Yeah, so the idea that there was some funding in the US that created more demand coupled with supply chain delivery issues. Before we talk about technology in 2021, can we cover what Strategic Treasurer you know their content delivery, what you’re doing new, you know, trends. So, some of this has had a compounding effect.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Still, if a firm tells its partners that it wants deliveries to slow or wants to take a small percentage of what’s been originally ordered … there might be trouble ahead. And should demand pick up, to quote and paraphrase an old snack food commercial (Doritos — no need to Google it): Buy all you want. Profits do too. They’ll make more.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

But banning deals also would shut off a common exit strategy that pushes entrepreneurs to make the leap from concept to corporation — selling to larger firms for what they hope is a hefty price tag. Temper Of The Times. The Ocasio-Cortez/Warren proposal is indicative of the temper of the times.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2018

That serves as food for thought in the midst of the holiday season, where packages by the billions make the trek through rain, hail, sleet and snow. As [mail providers] and package delivery companies continue to expand offerings to multiple parts of the value chain, it is reasonable to expect a willingness to pay for access to USPS mailboxes.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 2, 2024

They were looking at fast food restaurants in southern New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I mean, after all that, that many fast food workers in, you know, Pennsylvania or New Jersey compared with everyone. It looks like 90% of the people are working in fast food. Let’s talk about minimum wage. Now there, there are a few places.

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