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Free Shuttle Connects Shoppers With Hy-Vee Supermarket In Iowa

The absence of transportation options creates significant challenges for people who receive SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and WIC (Women, Infants and Children program) subsidies.

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ChowNow: First Online Restaurant Ordering Platform To Integrate Apple Pay

ChowNow is the first online ordering system to offer Apple's new touch-of-a-button payment technology.

Amazon Enters Restaurant Takeout Delivery Service

The service only appears to be live in Amazon's hometown of Seattle for now, but you can be certain that the company has much larger ambitions than food delivery in a city with 650,000 residents.

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Volvo Near Deal To Deliver Parcels To Parked Cars

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Deutsche Post AG’s DHL unit is in talks with Volvo Car Group on a partnership that would allow the parcel-delivery service to remotely open autos made by the Swedish manufacturer.

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IFDA Conference Report: Vercillo Stresses Importance Of Variable Costs In Food Distribution

International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA)

A key theme that emerged from Vercillo's presentation at IFDA was the need to understand that all costs are variable and he urged distributors to adopt a “variable cost mentality.”

Dr. Tony Vercillo notes the importance of variable costs in food distribution.

Dash’s Market To Offer Click-And-Collect, Curbside Pickup

Dash’s will be the first traditional grocer in Western New York to offer the service, which allows a customer to select a shopping list of items online, then have them either delivered at home or loaded into their vehicle at the store’s curb.

Postal Service Wins Approval To Deliver Groceries For Amazon In San Francisco

U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

In its ruling, the commission said the USPS would have to file again if it wants to expand the test beyond San Francisco. USPS has indicated it may seek to expand the test to such cities as Phoenix, Ariz., Las Vegas, Nev. and Portland, Ore.

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Google Shopping Express Expands To More Cities, Rebrands As Google Express

The company, which is clearly attempting to combat Amazon Prime, has been busy working out deals with major retailers – especially the brick-and-mortar big box stores that have felt the impacts of Amazon’s e-commerce efforts over the years.

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Postal Service Wants To Test Grocery Delivery Service

U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

Retailers would drop off their grocery orders in color-schemed tote bags at local post offices between 1:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m., then postal officials would map out the deliveries and then load the trucks and deliver the totes between 3am and 7am.

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Farmbox Direct: Subscription Service Delivers Local-Organic Produce

Following the company’s launch in Manhattan and Brooklyn, Farmbox Direct has expanded throughout the East Coast and plans to expand and serve customers nationally.

Ashley Tyrner, founder and CEO of Farmbox Direct, ships certified organic produce to customers weekly on a subscription basis.

Instacart To Launch Grocery Delivery In Boulder, Colo.

The Boulder region would be the 15th market for the San Francisco-based company that developed an on-demand service that allows customers to order groceries from different stores and have those items delivered in some cases in under an hour's time.

Postal Service To Deliver Fresh Food For Amazon

U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

The agency will deliver orders to members of the AmazonFresh online grocery service between 3 a.m. and 7 a.m., when postal trucks typically would be idle.

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