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eCommerce Grocer Weee Notches Almost $50M In Funding

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Lightspeed Ventures, iFly.vc, Silicon Valley Bank and Goodwater Capital were participants in the investment, Deal Street Asia reported. Weee, which was started in 2015, began as a community buying platform that received Asian spices and fresh produce, among other items. It has over 5 million registered users.

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Amazon And Its Real Estate Effect

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The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday (May 2) that Amazon told the also-ran cities, via conference call, that a “key issue” was toed to regional transportation — or, more specifically, the lack of a network facilitating that transportation. The WSJ stated Sacramento’s postmortem call was somewhat complimentary.

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Instacart Loosens Availability Requirements For Shoppers With New On-Demand Option

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Grocery delivery startup Instacart has introduced a new option for its workers, according to reports : on-demand shopping. The service launches Thursday (April 11) in Boston, Austin and Rochester after a pilot in Sacramento and Buffalo, among other places. The pay will be the same as scheduled assignments, Instacart said. “As

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Can banks have an impact on alleviating the egg shortage?

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A recent report from NBCNews.com said that while prices began falling last week, officials say it could take up to two years for the providing farms to return to normal production. The bank’s 23 branches serve Sacramento and south of the capital city, where almonds and grapes are two key cash crops.

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Consumers Turn To Package Lockers To Combat Porch Pirates

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With home security firm Ring reporting that nearly one in five homeowners in the U.S. have experienced package theft in the last year, companies like Sacramento, California-based package delivery locker system Luxer One are setting up package delivery systems to prevent porch pirates, CNBC reported Monday (Dec.

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Marketplace Lending And Curbside Delivery Sizzle, Ridesharing Fizzles

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Curbside delivery is coming to the grocery chain, starting with two test runs — one in Virginia Beach one in Sacramento. According to reports in Supermarket News , the new design will see a 20,000-square-foot extension to the Salem location, which will house what Walmart is calling the Alphabot system. trillion in cash spent in 2016.

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Lyft, Uber Pay Big Money To Defeat AB5 Supporter

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Lyft and Uber are fighting back against a California legislator who voted for AB5 , a law that could potentially classify drivers as full-time employees and would have serious implications for the companies, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Uber has shelled out $200,000 to a PAC that opposed Diep.