Post by
greendaze on Jul 08, 2020 3:17pm
And now .
Uber Technologies, Inc. UBER is launching grocery-delivery services in some Latin American and Canadian cities as demand for grocery deliveries surges amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company has witnessed a 176% rise in grocery orders since February.
Uber has partnered with Cornershop, a Chilean grocery-delivery startup, for the services. We remind investors that last year Uber had entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Cornershop. The transaction is expected to close in a few days upon regulatory approval in Chile. The grocery-delivery service marks Uber’s first product integration with Cornershop.
The service, expected to be rolled out in the United States later this month, can be availed of through the Uber and Uber Eats apps. Orders placed on the apps will be facilitated and delivered by Cornershop team members. Similar to other services on Uber, customers can track the status of their orders.
After initially launching the services in some cities in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Canada, Uber plans to extend the same to the rest of the world later this year.
While coronavirus has led to a downturn in Uber’s core ride-hailing business (first-quarter gross bookings declined 5% year over year for the first time ever), the same is causing a surge in its food-delivery business — Uber Eats — as people prefer to stay home and order food online. Gross bookings from Eats augmented 52% year over year in the first quarter of 2020, while revenues from the unit jumped 53%. Moreover, the company revealed that second-quarter bookings on Uber Eats have soared more than 100% year over year.
Comment by
greendaze on Jul 08, 2020 11:04pm
I'm well versed as to Uber's foot print . If it's as bad as you wish , why do you care ? Regardless , did you miss out on the continuing rise at v.fd ? I didn't . What do you think about Blackrock financial charging into this sector ?
Comment by
greendaze on Jul 09, 2020 9:29pm
15.49 % gain today 9L . A ha ha . Another taxi play ? Look again .
Comment by
NineLives on Jul 10, 2020 9:38am
I honesty wish you the best luck in the world. I hope lofty expectations don't ruin you. If you can make money off these dogs then I salute you.
Comment by
greendaze on Jul 10, 2020 11:07am
Same , same . It's up again today . I wish you well , as well . You don't like dogs ? I like dogs . I don't like under performance. The dogs I know and love never underperform . LLAP
Comment by
NineLives on Jul 10, 2020 2:50pm
it’s July 10th your FD numbers are due today. If the revenue/earnings is poor then I would expect them to be released after the market close on a sweltering hot Ontario afternoon! When nobody is around !
Comment by
greendaze on Jul 10, 2020 3:21pm
Really ? Does august 27-30 ring a bell ?
Comment by
NineLives on Jul 10, 2020 3:29pm
You’ve got to be joking, they pushed them back even further ??
Comment by
greendaze on Jul 11, 2020 10:11pm
Memo to self : never argue with a brick .