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Starbucks to Add Delivery Services to more than 2,000 Stores Through Uber Eats

15Dec By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Starbucks to Add Delivery Services to more than 2,000 Stores Through Uber Eats

The most popular coffee store Starbucks is expanding its partnership with Uber Eats to more than 2,000 stores in the United States next year, about a quarter of all of the company’s locations in the country. Starbucks first launched its program, Starbuck Delivers, as a pilot in September, serving people in Miami and Tokyo. Its coffee delivery roots actually began in China through a partnership with Alibaba and on-demand food delivery service Ele.me. The company also piloted a delivery service through two supermarkets in Shanghai and Hangzhou. It’s an experiment that appears to have had some success. Starbucks Delivers has reached 2,000 stores across 30 cities in China since launching three months ago, the company said at its investor conference Thursday.Now it’s taking what it learne...

Hyperlocal Logistics Startup ShadowFax Raises 68 Crore Funding

Shadowfax, one of India’s largest express delivery platform has raised $10 million (Rs 68 crore) in Series B funding led by existing investor Eight Roads Ventures, an investment arm of Fidelity International Ltd. The investment will use to build its network, consolidate its market position and stabilise performance in existing cities, Eight Roads said in a statement. The company provides logistics support for intra city movement across multiple segments such as F&B, grocery, and e-tailing in 15 cities. It has recently launched low cost express delivery in an additional 10 cities. The latest expansion takes its total pin code coverage to more than 1500 adding cities like Ahmedabad, Indore, Faridabad, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Vadodra, Vishakhapatnam, Nagpur, and Lucknow. The startup will ...

Aramex Invested In Last Mile Mobile-based Companies Grab.in & Logisure

Aramex, a leading global provider of comprehensive logistics and transportation solutions has recently invested in last mile mobile-based companies Grab.in and Logisure to strengthen its last-mile delivery service in the category of e-commerce in India. The company has committed to invest Rs 20 crore in Zomato backed last-mile delivery company Grab a Grub, which does on-demand hyperlocal deliveries as well as first mile and reverse logistics. It's services are spread across 10 cities. Currently it is working with Snapdeal, Zomato, McDonalds, Pantaloons and Grofers among others. The investment in Logisure, which has developed a platform for intelligent urban freight management, has not yet been disclosed. Dubai-based Aramex is now focusing to expand its outreach to e-commerce section a...