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How Local Food Delivery Aggregators Compete With Larger Platforms

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In Richmond, Virginia, for example, Chop Chop allows diners to choose from a menu of 50 to 60 restaurants for delivery. To that end, these types of companies use social media and guerilla marketing to help restaurants expand their customer base in hopes of increasing deliveries.

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Automating Access To The Perfect Cup Of Coffee

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has been a wholesale coffee roasting merchant in Richmond, Virginia, for years, but has recently started to include direct-to-consumer sales. To make a purchase, consumers can come up to the device, swipe their cards (or tap with Apple Pay or Google Pay), and select their choice. Blanchard’s Coffee Roasting Co.

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24/7 Caffeine With Java Vending Machines

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has been a wholesale coffee roasting merchant in Richmond, Virginia, for years, but has recently started to include direct-to-consumer sales. To make a purchase, consumers can come up to the device, swipe their cards (or tap with Apple Pay or Google Pay), and select their choice. Blanchard’s Coffee Roasting Co.

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Online Food Delivery Is Having A Bright Moment — But Clouds Are Gathering

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In the United States, Uber Eats has become the fastest-growing meal delivery service in the country, according to Second Measure, a company that analyzes billions of dollars’ worth of anonymized debit and credit card purchases. That leaves smaller competitors in the spot of having to stand out from a crowd of heavyweights.

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Game-Changing Tech Or Dystopian Nightmare? How 16 Industries Could Be Transformed By Facial Recognition

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Face scanning helps to prevent fraud by eliminating the need for a PIN or even a card swipe, both of which are susceptible to being stolen. Social Media/Entertainment. During last year’s midterm elections, West Virginia allowed citizens to use the Voatz app to vote.

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Amazon HQ2, JPM Coin And The Weird, Wild Week Of Payments’ Left Turns

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The Crystal City, Virginia HQ2 plans are still underway, as are plans for a new operations hub in Nashville. The launch of the new mobile wallet will be paired with a Kroger Rewards debit card due out this spring, which will reportedly offer double rewards for customers when used concurrently with Kroger’s new mobile wallet.

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The Real Hunger Games: A Battle Royale In The Grocery Aisles

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When linked to the Amazon Chase card, the cash-back makes the experience even more of a win, in addition to serving as a natural pull toward card/brand share shift. Slow on curbside pick-up : As of August 2018, Amazon is rolling out pilots in its first two markets of Sacramento and Virginia Beach. Weaknesses. Weaknesses.

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