A New York state judge has rejected attempts by Uber, DoorDash, and Grubhub to stop a minimum wage increase for app-based delivery workers. The decision from New York Acting Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Moyne means that the law setting the minimum wage rise will take effect for the three companies. The law, signed by New […]
Tesla Inc. on Sunday said it delivered a record number of vehicles in the second quarter, topping market estimates as price cuts and U.S. federal credits helped make its electric vehicles more affordable. The Elon Musk-led company handed 466,140 vehicles in the April to June period, up 10 percent from the preceding quarter, and 83 […]
NEW YORK—A homeowner fired shots at a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making an Instacart delivery. A Florida man was charged with killing and dismembering an Uber Eats delivery driver who brought food to his home. A woman was kidnapped and sexually assaulted while making a DoorDash delivery to a […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—An appliance delivery man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for beating a 75-year-old woman to death and setting her on fire at her Florida home. A Palm Beach County circuit judge gave Jorge Dupre Lachazo two life sentences, plus another 30-year sentence, according to court records. The 24-year-old was convicted […]
Adele has apologized to fans in an emotional video after being forced to pull the plug on her entire 24-date Caesars Palace residency just one day before it was scheduled to begin. The singer, 33, said she was forced to postpone the residency, which was scheduled to begin Friday at the Colosseum of Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace Hotel, after “delivery […]
Walmart thinks that grocery shopping isn’t convenient enough, so the retailer says it will deliver straight to the fridges of up to 30 million households by the end of the year. If you live in Los Angeles and Chicago for instance, you won’t have to make that trip to the grocery store anymore.
NEW YORK—Walmart says it will start commercializing its delivery service, using contract workers, autonomous vehicles and even drones to deliver other retailers’ products directly to their customers’ homes as fast as just a few hours. Walmart will dispatch contract workers from its Spark delivery network, which was launched in 2018, to merchants’ stores to pick […]
Tesla disappointed Wall Street on Wednesday. Its fourth-quarter profit fell short of expectations and the company failed to give a clear target for 2021 vehicle deliveries. Investors had also hoped to see CEO Elon Musk’s electric carmaker set a higher target for vehicle deliveries in 2021, but the company only gave a vague outlook, driving shares […]
This year, many presents might not make it in time for Christmas morning. Thanks to the pandemic and 2020’s intense holiday season, online shopping went off the rails, jamming the delivery industry. According to Salesforce, in early December, online sales in the United States reached nearly $40 billion. That’s a 36 percent increase from last year.
DoorDash, a food delivery service, fired a delivery driver after a Pennsylvania man accused her of eating his BBQ ribs. “We sincerely regret that this incident fell short of the experience we strive to give our customers every day,” a DoorDash spokesman said, Fox News reported. In a statement to Fox News the company said […]
NEW YORK—Two-day delivery is going out of style. Amazon, which hooked shoppers on getting just about anything delivered in two days, announced April 25 that it will soon promise one-day delivery for its U.S. Prime members on most items. The company hopes that cutting delivery times in half will make its $119-a year Prime membership […]
A DoorDash delivery man was caught taking a sip of a milkshake before delivering it to a 14-year-old boy in Stockton, California. The boy’s family found out the man had sampled the treat after they reviewed their security camera footage. Upon ringing the doorbell, the man is seen sipping up some of the milkshake through […]
Got a craving for Chick-fil-A? Chick-fil-A has just announced that they are starting to deliver from more than 1,100 locations around the United States. Even better, Chick-fil-A is giving away free chicken to celebrate. The new delivery service is a partnership with DoorDash, an online food delivery service founded in 2012. As long as you […]
