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Delivery

Driven away: Overloaded by Amazon, rural delivery companies reach the end of the road

ORLAND, Calif. — Two of the three independent delivery companies based at the Amazon facility on the outskirts of this… Read More

Seattle restaurant owners sound off on delivery apps as council votes on minimum wage law

It hasn’t been an easy road to recovery for many restaurant owners since the pandemic hammered their businesses. They’ve dealt… Read More

Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson ‘very worried’ about fallout from food delivery shake-up

A controversial new minimum wage law for gig workers in Seattle that is drawing ire from tech giants has become… Read More

Seattle mayor ‘stands strongly in support’ of new gig worker wage law as tech companies push back

Follow-up: Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson ‘very worried’ about fallout from food delivery shake-up DoorDash revealed Tuesday in a… Read More

Food Delivery - AI generated

Struggle over minimum wage law tests the economics of food delivery in Seattle

A new minimum wage law for gig workers in Seattle — and the subsequent response from tech companies — is changing the… Read More

Amazon rolls out ground shipping service for sellers in broader challenge to UPS and FedEx

Amazon is further expanding its delivery business with the official rollout of Amazon Shipping, a service for sellers that picks… Read More

Canadian electric bus and truck maker cruises into new assembly facility in Washington state

Canadian electric truck and bus manufacturer Vicinity Motor Corp celebrated the opening Tuesday of a 100,000-square-foot assembly facility near Bellingham,… Read More

Amazon: More than half of deliveries now arrive same-day or next-day in top 60 U.S. metro areas

Amazon says it has achieved its fastest delivery speeds on record after overhauling its U.S. operations to put more items… Read More

Amazon stops field tests and scales back work on Scout, its home delivery robot program

Amazon is scaling back its work on Scout, the package delivery robot that looks like a cooler on wheels. “During… Read More

Amazon is using ultra-low carbon fuels to curb climate impact of deliveries

Amazon today announced a deal with low-carbon fuel manufacturer Infinium to purchase some of its “electrofuel” to power delivery trucks… Read More

Amazon to put $450M into delivery program for driver retirement, tuition matches, better pay

Amazon will further test the limits of its relationships with the independent companies that deliver its packages throughout much of… Read More

Electric airplane maker Eviation to deliver 12 of its Alice cargo planes for DHL Express

Arlington, Wash.-based electric aircraft maker Eviation is set to deliver for DHL Express, announcing Tuesday that the logistics company has… Read More

Washington state lifts pandemic mandate that capped delivery fees for third-party services

Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday rescinded a pandemic-related restriction that limited fees charged to restaurants by delivery companies as Washington… Read More

Electric trike, electric bike, urban freight lab

Experimental zero-emissions last-mile delivery hub launches in Seattle as a test for urban logistics

Seattle’s first neighborhood delivery hub is now live. The hub, in a parking lot near the Space Needle, brings together… Read More

Why this Seattle deli ditched third-party delivery services: ‘I don’t want them anywhere near our food’

Jonny Silverberg, co-owner of Seattle’s Schmaltzy’s Delicatessen, remembers his breaking point. It was on a Wednesday, not long ago. A… Read More

Amazon sues New York AG, criticizing ‘exorbitant demands’ and defending its COVID-19 response

Amazon filed a pre-emptive lawsuit Friday morning against New York Attorney General Letitia James, defending its COVID-19 response at major… Read More

Amazon arrives in rural America: Tech giant delivers hope and concern to California town

“They are a company I’m sure you’re all familiar with. A large, national, international operator at the cutting edge of… Read More

Washington governor sets cap on delivery fees for Uber Eats, DoorDash, Postmates, others

Fees charged to restaurants by delivery companies will be capped in Washington state as the food industry is placed under… Read More

Amazon Delivery Service Partner program creates nearly 85K jobs, 1,300 small businesses in 2 years

Amazon revealed growth data around its Delivery Service Partner program that launched two years ago to bolster the company’s logistics… Read More

Testing MilkRun: Portland’s farm-to-doorstep grocery delivery service launches in Seattle

The coronavirus pandemic is rapidly changing consumers’ grocery shopping habits and creating a big opportunity for startups like MilkRun. Demand… Read More

Uber vs. Amazon and Instacart: $2.65B Postmates deal shows appetite for broader delivery market

With its $2.65 billion deal to buy Postmates, announced Monday morning, Uber is making it clear that it’s hungry for… Read More

Instacart sues Seattle over law requiring premium pay to drivers during the pandemic

The Seattle City Council is once again embroiled in a legal dispute with a gig economy company over efforts to… Read More

Amazon will pay $500M in bonuses to workers powering the company through the pandemic

Amazon will pay $500 million in bonuses to frontline workers and delivery partners confronting risks and high demand during the… Read More

Revolution Agriculture reimagines the food supply chain with urban ‘farmlets’ in backyards

The vulnerabilities of a long food supply chain have been laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic as people across the… Read More

Seattle adopts hazard pay for food delivery drivers during the pandemic

The Seattle City Council unanimously approved legislation Monday that requires food delivery companies to pay drivers $2.50 per delivery on… Read More

Instacart threatens to pull out of Seattle if new hazard pay law passes

Instacart said it may not be able to continue operating in Seattle if a law requiring hazard pay for delivery… Read More

Amazon reportedly in advanced talks to acquire autonomous vehicle startup Zoox

Amazon is in advanced talks to buy the self-driving vehicle startup Zoox Inc., according to the Wall Street Journal. The… Read More

Trump: Postal Service must raise prices on Amazon or ‘I’m not signing anything’ for USPS aid

President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday he wouldn’t authorize coronavirus relief funds to the U.S. Postal Service unless it… Read More

Seattle caps fees that delivery companies charge restaurants at 15% to ease financial duress

Seattle is capping the fees that services like UberEats charge restaurants at 15% in an effort to mitigate the financial… Read More

On-demand laundry startup Loopie launches Shippie, a delivery service born out of lockdown

Loopie launched two years ago as way to connect people who don’t want to do their own laundry with people… Read More

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