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Uber Eats Gobbles Up Delivery-Only Restaurant Ando

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We’ve worked with Uber to power our delivery from the start, and we’re excited our team and technology will play a role in their vision of building the world’s leading food delivery service going forward,” the company wrote in its note announcing the sale. “Starting Jan. Ando hasn’t defined its role at Uber Eats yet.

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How DoorDash Bike Couriers Evolved From Telegram Messengers

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During a railway strike in 1894, they ferried packages and letters between San Francisco and Fresno. In 2012, four entrepreneurs were at a macaroon store in California getting feedback on technology to help small business owners. Around the same time in the U.S., bike messengers came on the scene in California. An Unmet Need.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

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The old guard of American dining are switching up their games to compete: McDonald’s is adding self-serve kiosks to many of its franchises, upping the ante with mobile order technology. In the past decade, restaurant and bar purchases have grown at twice the rate of general retail spending. That’s not a new development.