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Lyft on Wednesday said it has launched a new on-demand delivery service to provide essential goods, including groceries, meals and medical supplies, to people in need during the coronavirus crisis. The US company said the offer will also provide earning opportunities to drivers suffering from a near-total collapse in demand for ride-hailing trips. The company …
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Amazon’s moves to reduce strain on its grocery businesses by putting new online shoppers on wait lists and switching more Whole Foods resources to filling orders, is unmasking limitations at the company that was expected to upend the supermarket industry. The coronavirus pandemic should be Amazon’s moment to shine. Some 90 percent of US shoppers …
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Soup for all, courtesy of Pink. On Tuesday, the 40-year-old singer encouraged fans and followers to spread some positivity during the coronavirus pandemic, by providing home-cooked meals to those in need. “It is my absolute pleasure to cook for you,” Pink began on Instagram. “Find your local church, find your local shelter, reach out to …
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Restaurant customers may be paying higher prices for food — whether delivered or not — thanks to the rise of apps like Grubhub and UberEats, according to a new lawsuit. Grubhub, UberEats, Postmates and DoorDash have been engaging in anticompetitive practices through contracts that dictate what restaurant customers can charge for food orders that weren’t …
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Amazon’s grocery delivery services will no longer accept any new customers, at a time when locked down shoppers desperately look for alternatives to brick and mortar grocery stores. Anyone who enrolls beginning Monday will instead be added to a waitlist — with an indefinite wait time. Prior to the announcement Sunday, Amazon customers have complained …
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When the coronavirus shuttered the Big Apple — resulting in thousands of people losing their jobs — chef Matt Jozwiak was ready. Jozwiak had already been feeding as many as 10,000 New Yorkers a week through his nonprofit, Rethink Food, which turns excess food from restaurants into meals for the needy. By April — as …
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The only place Gigi and Bella Hadid are strutting these days is toward the stove. The supermodel siblings are currently self-quarantining at their Pennsylvania farm, and have taken to baking and cooking to pass the time. Bella, 23, tried out pal Tan France‘s cookie recipe, while Gigi, 24, is whipping up breakfast tacos and banana muffins, …
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Entertainers really will do anything to stay in the limelight during these coronavirus days, when we can’t go to the movies, theater or concerts. Some of their attempts reek of desperation, like an armpit on a subway platform in the middle of August. “Grey’s Anatomy” ended its season early, and to pick up the scheduling …
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos visited one of his company’s warehouses as well as a Whole Foods grocery store on Wednesday, making rare public appearances as employees have raised complaints about working conditions amid the coronavirus pandemic. Bezos, donning skinny jeans, a slim-fit button down shirt and a face mask, toured an unspecified Amazon warehouse and …
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The Covid-19 pandemic is taking a bite out of McDonald’s bottom line. Comparable sales at the fast-food giant tumbled 22 percent last month as the coronavirus forced it to close dining rooms worldwide, the company said Wednesday. McDonald’s US stores were down 13.4 percent in March compared with an 8.1 percent increase for the first …
Lyft on Wednesday said it has launched a new on-demand delivery service to provide essential goods, including groceries, meals and medical supplies, to people in need during the coronavirus crisis. The US company said the offer will also provide earning opportunities to drivers suffering from a near-total collapse in demand for ride-hailing trips. The company …
