It hasn’t been an easy road to recovery for many restaurant owners since the pandemic hammered their businesses. They’ve dealt with inflation, supply chain issues, labor shortages, and the fallout… Read More
A controversial new minimum wage law for gig workers in Seattle that is drawing ire from tech giants has become one of Sara Nelson’s first policy issues to tackle in… Read More
Follow-up: Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson ‘very worried’ about fallout from food delivery shake-up DoorDash revealed Tuesday in a blog post that it had 30,000 fewer orders than expected… Read More
A new minimum wage law for gig workers in Seattle — and the subsequent response from tech companies — is changing the dynamics of food delivery in the city. As the law… Read More
Amazon is further expanding its delivery business with the official rollout of Amazon Shipping, a service for sellers that picks up items directly from their warehouses and delivers them to… Read More
Canadian electric truck and bus manufacturer Vicinity Motor Corp celebrated the opening Tuesday of a 100,000-square-foot assembly facility near Bellingham, Wash. The manufacturing site marks the creation of yet another… Read More
Amazon says it has achieved its fastest delivery speeds on record after overhauling its U.S. operations to put more items closer to customers. More than half the items purchased by… Read More
Amazon is scaling back its work on Scout, the package delivery robot that looks like a cooler on wheels. “During our limited field test for Scout, we worked to create… Read More
Amazon today announced a deal with low-carbon fuel manufacturer Infinium to purchase some of its “electrofuel” to power delivery trucks beginning next year. The partnership is another step in the… Read More
Amazon will further test the limits of its relationships with the independent companies that deliver its packages throughout much of the country and increasingly the world, funding a series of… Read More
Arlington, Wash.-based electric aircraft maker Eviation is set to deliver for DHL Express, announcing Tuesday that the logistics company has ordered 12 of Eviation’s fully electric Alice eCargo planes. Eviation,… Read More
Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday rescinded a pandemic-related restriction that limited fees charged to restaurants by delivery companies as Washington state prepares for its June 30 reopening. The proclamation, which went… Read More
Seattle’s first neighborhood delivery hub is now live. The hub, in a parking lot near the Space Needle, brings together companies working in transportation, delivery logistics and food preparation to… Read More
Jonny Silverberg, co-owner of Seattle’s Schmaltzy’s Delicatessen, remembers his breaking point. It was on a Wednesday, not long ago. A customer called saying that the items she ordered were not… Read More
Amazon filed a pre-emptive lawsuit Friday morning against New York Attorney General Letitia James, defending its COVID-19 response at major facilities in Staten Island and Queens, N.Y., and across the… Read More
“They are a company I’m sure you’re all familiar with. A large, national, international operator at the cutting edge of their particular field.” That clue, offered by a real estate… Read More
Fees charged to restaurants by delivery companies will be capped in Washington state as the food industry is placed under new restrictions amid another COVID-19 surge. Services such as Uber… Read More
Amazon revealed growth data around its Delivery Service Partner program that launched two years ago to bolster the company’s logistics network. There are more than 1,300 small businesses operating across… Read More
The coronavirus pandemic is rapidly changing consumers’ grocery shopping habits and creating a big opportunity for startups like MilkRun. Demand for the Portland-based company’s farm-to-doorstep groceries has been surging since… Read More
With its $2.65 billion deal to buy Postmates, announced Monday morning, Uber is making it clear that it’s hungry for a bigger slice of the delivery pie than just ferrying… Read More
The Seattle City Council is once again embroiled in a legal dispute with a gig economy company over efforts to provide labor protections to the workers that power the industry.… Read More
Amazon will pay $500 million in bonuses to frontline workers and delivery partners confronting risks and high demand during the pandemic. Dave Clark, head of Amazon’s worldwide operations business, announced… Read More
The vulnerabilities of a long food supply chain have been laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic as people across the world go hungry while farmers are forced to toss out… Read More
The Seattle City Council unanimously approved legislation Monday that requires food delivery companies to pay drivers $2.50 per delivery on top of their regular rates. The hazard pay is intended… Read More
Instacart said it may not be able to continue operating in Seattle if a law requiring hazard pay for delivery workers passes next week. The grocery delivery company warned customers about… Read More
Amazon is in advanced talks to buy the self-driving vehicle startup Zoox Inc., according to the Wall Street Journal. The deal would value Zoox at less than the $3.2 billion… Read More
President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday he wouldn’t authorize coronavirus relief funds to the U.S. Postal Service unless it raises prices for Amazon and other online merchants. Trump said… Read More
Seattle is capping the fees that services like UberEats charge restaurants at 15% in an effort to mitigate the financial hardship that the food industry is enduring under Washington state’s… Read More
Loopie launched two years ago as way to connect people who don’t want to do their own laundry with people who will do it for a fee. Now the people… Read More
Alex Johnstone and David Rothstein dreamed of changing the world through food. They started with pastries. Then the coronavirus hit. The roommates and bakers behind Salmonberry Goods were crushed when… Read More
