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Amazon Looking to Kiss USPS Goodbye

USPS could lose billions as Amazon considers a shift away from shipping giant

(Newser) - Amazon is reportedly preparing to end its long-running partnership with the United States Postal Service, a move that could upend both the shipping industry and the financial future of the USPS. Citing sources familiar with the matter, the Washington Post reports that Amazon is developing plans to pull the billions...

A DoorDash for Cash? Something Like That Is Here

Delivery service by Robinhood, Gopuff lets users skip the ATM, for a fee

(Newser) - Robinhood is rolling out a service that lets customers order cash for home delivery through a partnership with the delivery app Gopuff. For a fee of $6.99—$2.99 for those with more than $100,000 in Robinhood assets—users can have money from their Robinhood accounts delivered to...

Driver Didn't Like What He Saw in Delivery to Motel

Suspicious delivery of trash bags, zip ties triggers police response to a hostage situation in Texas

(Newser) - A delivery driver's sharp eye recently helped Texas police break up a hostage drama before it could escalate, authorities say. The driver grew suspicious after being asked to deliver an odd collection of items—including trash bags, zip ties, a hatchet, and bleach, according to witnesses—to a...

'Giant Nagging Mosquitoes' May Soon Be Your DoorDasher

Proposed rule by FAA could open doors to mass drone deliveries instead of scattered exceptions

(Newser) - Delivery drones are so fast they can zip a pint of ice cream to a customer's driveway before it melts. Yet the long-promised technology has been slow to take off in the US. More than six years after the Federal Aviation Administration approved commercial home deliveries via drones, the...

Report: Amazon Is Training Humanoid Delivery Robots

Source says company is building 'obstacle course' for testing

(Newser) - Optimus Prime delivery? Amazon is reportedly planning to use humanoid robots to carry out deliveries in its fleet of Rivian electric vans. Citing a source involved in the project, the Information , via the Guardian and the Verge , reports that the company is building a "humanoid park" obstacle course in...

Cop Delivers Pizza After Delivery Driver Spots Huge Gator

Unwelcome 8-foot reptile was lurking under customer's car in Bradenton, Florida

(Newser) - A pizza delivery driver in Florida had quite the scare last weekend when an unexpected interloper interrupted her workday. Per ABC News , police in Bradenton responded to a call on Sunday of an 8-foot-long alligator wandering around the River Isles neighborhood—and when an officer arrived on the scene, he...

DoorDash's 'Deceptive' Tips Scheme Costs It $17M

Settlement reached to pay New York workers after company used gratuities to subsidize wages

(Newser) - DoorDash will pay almost $17 million to settle claims that it unfairly used customer tips to subsidize the wages of its delivery workers in New York, rather than letting drivers keep the tips on top of their guaranteed pay, state Attorney General Letitia James said Monday. Per the AP , James...

The Ultimate Food Delivery Guys Fly Thousands of Miles

The Wall Street Journal looks at Guatemala's viajeros

(Newser) - In the age of DoorDash and Amazon Prime, it seems almost anything can be delivered. Maik Express underscores that. The Guatemala-based business run by Maik Chavez, 36, specializes in delivering food and other goods from Guatemala to Guatemalans living in the US who are craving a taste of home. The...

Amazon Drivers Are Pretty Torqued at 'Wayne.' And 'Jimmy'

Employees create scapegoats that allow them to gripe about work without fear

(Newser) - If you happen to stumble upon a thread on Reddit that features Amazon drivers griping about a mystery supervisor named Wayne, it's likely not a real person they're complaining about, but an amalgam of all the horrible bosses that exist at the retail giant. That's per 404...

Cop Delivers DoorDash Order After Arresting Driver

'My deputies always follow through,' the Illinois officer's boss wrote online

(Newser) - You never know who's going to show up on your front porch with your food order, but for one Illinois customer, her meal delivery came via an especially surprising "driver." Sky News and NBC News report on a DoorDasher who was making a delivery in St. Charles...

This Pizza Hut Doormat Is a Gift That Keeps on Giving

Company is offering $100K in free pizza to delivery drivers who scan the QR code

(Newser) - Pizza Hut will reward drivers who are working hard to deliver packages across the US this holiday season, though it'll take help from people like you. The pizza chain announced Wednesday that it will hand out 250 "Reverse Delivery" doormats featuring a QR code that, when scanned, translates...

Krispy Kreme Delivery Van Gets Some Surprise Raiders

Mama bear and cub bust into vehicle outside military base in Anchorage for some doughnuts

(Newser) - A mama bear and her cub went a little Cocaine Bear on some doughnuts in Anchorage last week. Candice Sergeant, the manager of a Krispy Kreme store in the Alaskan city's Muldoon neighborhood, tells CBS Chicago that she was working her shift last Tuesday when she got an "...

Amazon Delivers to Bottom of Grand Canyon, in a Unique Way

Company can't use its vans to reach workers at Phantom Ranch, but mules do the trick

(Newser) - You may be accustomed to seeing those ubiquitous dark-blue vans with the Amazon logo puttering around your town, especially around the holidays when package deliveries are at a peak. In the northwest corner of Arizona, however, a different mode of transport is employed: mules, saddled up with sealed boxes as...

Finally, a Very Cool Amenity for UPS Drivers

Company strikes tentative deal with Teamsters union to install air conditioning in delivery trucks

(Newser) - "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" may be the creed of US postal workers, but UPS drivers, also charged with making deliveries to Americans nationwide, just scored a victory in taking the "heat"...

DoorDash Becomes Next Tech Player to Shed Jobs
The Bloodletting
Comes to DoorDash
Nov 30, 2022 2:25 PM CST

The Bloodletting Comes to DoorDash

More than 1K corporate employees were laid off Wednesday

(Newser) - DoorDash shares are down more than 60% for the year but saw a bump on Wednesday after the company announced it was axing 1,250 corporate employees as a cost-cutting measure. CNBC reports it had 8,600 such employees at the end of last year; the AP reports the cuts...

Grubhub's Free-Lunch Idea Flops: 'I Hate You'

Chaos ensues in NYC as restaurants are overwhelmed by thousands of orders

(Newser) - Turns out "there's no such thing as a free lunch" is sadly accurate after all, at least for thousands of New Yorkers who recently tried to take advantage of a scrumptious-sounding Grubhub promotion. NPR reports that the food delivery service, after finding out via an internal survey that...

These Delivery Crews Say Workload Is Killing Them

Labor protections in South Korea don't cover the drivers

(Newser) - When co-workers checked the home of Kim Dong-hee after he missed his shift as a courier in Seoul, they found his body. The official cause of death was a heart attack, but colleagues blame his workload. A few days earlier, the 36-year-old had texted one of them, "I am...

Amid COVID and the Holidays, a 'Profound' Move by 'Fierce Rivals'

UPS, FedEx are teaming up for a COVID vaccine 'shipathon' during holiday shopping season

(Newser) - With people hunkered down at home during the pandemic and doing even more of their holiday shopping than usual online, delivery companies like UPS and FedEx are already facing unprecedented shipping demands over the next few weeks. Now, what Axios calls another "heavy lift" has been added to that...

Food Delivery Apps? 'Let Them Burn'
Food Delivery Apps?
'Let Them Burn'
OPINION
Apr 13, 2020 12:45 PM CDT

Food Delivery Apps? 'Let Them Burn'

'Food & Wine' writer says Grubhub, DoorDash are hurting restaurants with excessive commissions

(Newser) - Few restaurants remain open for people to frequent during the pandemic, though many eateries continue to offer takeout and delivery options. And tapping into delivery apps like Grubhub, Uber Eats, and DoorDash is an easy way to get meals brought right to your doorstep—though Khushbu Shah would be happier...

Instacart Workers 'Flabbergasted' at Tips Bait-and-Switch
Instacart Workers
'Flabbergasted' at
Tips Bait-and-Switch
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Apr 12, 2020 6:44 AM CDT

Instacart Workers 'Flabbergasted' at Tips Bait-and-Switch

Customers woo Instacart shoppers with big gratuities, lower them after delivery

(Newser) - Instacart is an invaluable service for those who don't want to venture out during the coronavirus pandemic to go grocery shopping. As 9to5mac.com details, the free app works like this: A customer places an online order with stores like Whole Foods, Publix, or Costco, after which the app...

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