Delivery company Postmates will pay nearly $1 million to fund back wages and inadequate contributions to the City of Seattle’s mandated paid sick leave program in a settlement reached with… 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
Postmates, the IPO-bound delivery company, is ramping up its engineering operations in the Seattle area after operating under the radar in the region for the past two years, GeekWire has… Read More
Delivery startup Postmates has raised a huge $300 million funding, pushing its valuation over $1 billion as it battles a bevy of competitors such as Amazon, DoorDash, Uber Eats and… Read More
Walmart is stepping up its grocery delivery service through an agreement with Postmates to take on Amazon and Instacart in the highly competitive arena. Walmart previously announced plans to expand its… Read More
Restaurant delivery powerhouse Postmates is expanding into the grocery world. The well-funded San Francisco startup today announced a new grocery delivery program in Manhattan, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The familiarly… Read More
Yesterday, we reported on Postmates‘ dispute with Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries over an audit that determined the San Francisco based startup that also operates in the Seattle area owed more… Read More
Delivery startup Postmates has been ordered to retroactively pay more than two years of workers’ compensation premiums for more than 3,000 of its couriers in Washington state, but the company is fighting the decision,… Read More
The on-demand convenience store delivery startup goPuff — which promises thousands of products at your fingertips in 30 minutes — is adding beer and wine to the list with the… Read More
If you’re a Pinterest prodigy, Twitch talent, or just someone who’d like to chat about your favorite apps, then we want to hear from you. We’re looking for tech-savvy teens and… Read More
The new album from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis was released on Friday and fans in Seattle looking for something extra with their purchase had the option of using the on-demand delivery service… Read More
Starbucks seems to be on every corner sometimes, but what about every doorstep or desk? The coffee giant, which popularized the notion of a “third place” apart from home or work, is launching a… Read More
Taco Bell now delivers. The fast food giant launched a delivery service on Wednesday in more than 90 cities across Los Angeles, Orange County, the Bay Area, and Dallas thanks… Read More
In an effort to outpace its competition and charge customers less money for deliveries, Postmates has raised an $80 million funding round that values the San Francisco-based startup at $400 million.… Read More
A new San Francisco-based startup wants to help drivers who work for Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, Postmates, and other on-demand companies make more money and better understand their actual earnings. SherpaShare… Read More
That restaurant you’re ordering from online? It may not actually know you’re making an order. That’s the situation for Seattle restaurant Nikos Gyros in the city’s Magnolia neighborhood. The Magnolia Voice… Read More
If you’re craving Chipotle and want to avoid the giant lines — or are just feeling particularly lazy — there’s good news for you. Chipotle is now delivering, thanks to a… Read More
At the Starbucks annual shareholder meeting today, the company plans to unveil new details of its highly anticipated delivery service launching in the second half of this year in Seattle and New York City.… Read More
Postmates is coming to Portland. The on-demand delivery service is set to launch in the Rose City on Thursday, March 12. Users will be able to order items with their smartphone… Read More
The past year has brought a new wave of on-demand services to cities around the country — with groceries, dinner, a personal driver and much more available at your door with the press of a… Read More
Tired of cooking after Thanksgiving? We’ve got you covered with our rundown of the best food delivery services, with advice from one of the top experts in the field (or… Read More
eBay is again scaling back its plans to offer same-day delivery, with the removal of its eBay Now app from the iOS App Store over the weekend. Until recently, eBay has been… Read More
Perhaps no story on GeekWire has generated as much interest (or discussion) over the past year as the “sharing economy” — the idea that ordinary folks can make a few… Read More
In addition to the company’s popular transportation service, Uber has also been aggressively experimenting with other uses for its technology over the past couple years to see how far its… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — At a time when it’s easier than ever to get what you want, when you want it, Amazon and Google are competing against each other and an array of… Read More
The process of delivering food isn’t rocket science, nor is it novel. Someone orders a meal, and another person delivers it. But for whatever reason, there seems to be a food… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO– Cyan Banister knows a thing or two about investing in marketplaces. Through Banister Capital, the company she owns with her husband Scott, she’s invested in Uber and Postmates,… Read More
This might be the explanation you’ve been waiting for if you’ve been wondering why Amazon and others are willing to invest millions in selling groceries online. In a special report on Business Insider,… Read More
OK, here’s the startup lesson of the day. If you’re a CEO of a startup company or any company for that matter, don’t tell your customers to “fuck off,” or… Read More
Postmates CEO Bastian Lehmann hears the comparisons all of the time: Isn’t his new online delivery service just another version of dot-com darling Kozmo.com? Of course, getting compared to a… Read More