food delivery

Gustavo Ajche snapped a selfie on the street while making his rounds on Wednesday.

Spare a thought for Gustavo, the guy delivering your ramen in the wildfire smoke

5:09pm June 08, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

As most New Yorkers isolated inside this week to avoid the hazardous smoke that enveloped the city, one man was rushing ramen across town for a customer's dinner.

A courier delivers goods at night on a street in Beijing in February.

World News

He Tried To Organize Workers In China's Gig Economy. Now He Faces 5 Years In Jail

6:08am April 13, 2021

by Emily Feng

The arrest of food delivery worker Chen Guojiang dealt a blow to nascent efforts to promote couriers' rights as they've gained broader public attention during the coronavirus pandemic.

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National

Business Adapts To Deliver The World, In A Long Island Oyster, Door To Door

8:27pm May 11, 2020

by Elena Schwartz

As sales to restaurant clients dried up, oyster farmer Peter Stein had to adapt or perish. Now, he's delivering oysters directly to individual customers, doing about 20% of his usual business.

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Patria Cocina's indoor and outdoor seating is closed for the time being, but delivery drivers stay busy amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

National

As Restaurants Across The Country Close Their Doors, Deliveries Pick Up

7:01am March 22, 2020

by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

The service industry is taking a serious hit due to social distancing. But delivery drivers for Uber Eats say their business is on the rise.

At George Mason University in Virginia, a fleet of several dozen autonomous robots deliver food to students on campus.

Education

The Robots Are Here: At George Mason University, They Deliver Food To Students

3:16pm April 07, 2019

Several dozen autonomous robots roam the Virginia campus providing options such pizza and coffee. "We were amazed by the volume of orders," Starship Technologies executive Ryan Tuohy says.

An employee at Grand Traverse Pie Co. in Michigan makes cherry pies. The company has been shipping pies since 1998, when people still had to phone in their orders.

National

Mail-Order Pies: An Expensive Slice Of Nostalgia For Which Many Will Pay

8:02am December 25, 2018

by Tove Danovich

It can cost more to ship a pie than the price of the pie itself, and causes bakers a lot of headaches. So why does business boom over the holidays? Well, that's personal.

Betsy Leyva is co-owner of a Brooklyn, N.Y., bakery that has an online-only restaurant, with deliveries by Uber Eats.

Uber's Online-Only Restaurants: The Future, Or The End Of Dining Out?

7:29am October 23, 2018

by Jasmine Garsd

Uber has helped create about 800 "virtual restaurants" in the U.S. — eateries that only exist online. Uber says its delivery service helps restaurants grow, but some in the industry see downsides.

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Starship Technologies' delivery robot exits the elevator in the company's office.

Hungry? Call Your Neighborhood Delivery Robot

10:01am March 23, 2017

by Kat Lonsdorf

Self-driving delivery robots have popped up on the sidewalks of Washington, D.C. — and other locations have expressed interest. The bots learn about traffic patterns with every trip they take.

Indian weddings (and other big parties) serve a lot of food â and have a lot of leftovers. Now there's a plan in Mumbai to share the surplus with those who are hungry.

The Dabbawallas Will Deliver Wedding Leftovers To The Hungry

7:00am May 15, 2016

by Chhavi Sachdev

Mumbai's dabbawallas, a lunch delivery collective, have begun gathering extra food from events and dropping it off with the homeless.

Politics & Government

A Chicken In Every Pot And A Taco In Every Belly

7:23am August 07, 2015

An online food service offered a special promotion during last night's Republican debate: A free taco for every time Donald Trump said "Mexico," which turned out to be a platterful.

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