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Waitr And Olo Team Up For Delivery Efficiency

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Customers who place orders through Waitr or Bite Squad will now have their requests go directly into a restaurant’s point-of-sale (POS) system, which will speed up the process and give Waitr access to new restaurant brands. “We Waitr was started in 2013 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Olo works with upwards of 70,000 restaurants.

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‘Ship-ageddon 2020’ Just Keeps Getting Worse

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UPS made no official confirmation of the selective delays, but the reaction from the brands involved didn’t show any alarm over the move. “We To manage capacity, the company has increased holiday hiring and weekend deliveries. “We Hot Topic Inc., Newegg Inc. But she added that "contingency plans are in place.”.

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Casey’s Considers $2B Kroger Convenience Store Acquisition

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Under pressure from an activist investor, JCP Investment Management, convenience store chain Casey’s General Stores has reportedly placed an initial bid to acquire grocer Kroger’s $2 billion C-store business. That line operates under brand names like Kwik Shop, Turkey Hill and Tom Thumb, CNBC reported Friday (Jan.

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Retailers Look To Digital Technologies After Beating The Street

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Management noted on the conference call with analysts following the earnings report that there was a “positive comp gap” between the company and quick-service restaurant peers of as much as 270 basis points. Same-store restaurant sales also increased, Reuters reported, on what has been billed as a multiyear turnaround effort.

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The Great Grocery Race Shifts Into High Gear

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The players are many — but in the last year and a half, Walmart, Amazon and Kroger have managed to pull ahead in the earliest rounds of the race in terms of the breadth and depth of their enhanced offerings for consumers. For food, they want to see the brands and the products and confirm they will be fresh and quality.

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The United States Of Startups: The Most Well-Funded Tech Startup In Every US State

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Acumen Brands. Tilson Technology Management. The Most Well-Funded Tech Startups By US State (2015 – 1/8/2018). Disclosed Equity Funding ($M). AfterSchool. Resource Data *. $ IO Data Centers. $ California. Connecticut. Magic Leap. CradlePoint. Scale Computing. Involta. $ Lucina Health. Tenable Network Security. Massachusetts.

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Uber’s Loss Leaders, LendUp’s Big Push And Citi’s Continuing Costco Calamity

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The flooding in Louisiana — and the various tragedies associated with it — is the dark side of this truism. Gaston blew out to sea without ever reaching land, and Hermine, as of yet, has not managed to form. The transition to the Citi branded Costco cards has been bumpy to say the least.

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