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From Crispy Chicken Sandwich tacos at Taco Bell to “new” fries at Wendy’s, there’s no shortage of shiny new items to draw the attention of the fast food connoisseur. The chicken sandwich wars also continue, two years after Popeyes kicked off the craze. And with many restaurant chains raising their prices, the business of keeping fast food fresh and interesting is more important than ever. But these enticing eats are created for more reasons than just driving up a company’s bottom… Source link

Image credit: Yandex Yandex (NASDAQ and MOEX: YNDX), one of Europe’s largest internet companies and the leading search and ride-hailing provider in Russia, announces that it has entered into a binding agreement with Uber to restructure the ownership of their joint ventures, MLU B.V. (“MLU”) and Yandex Self-Driving B.V. (“SDG”). Under this agreement, for total consideration of $1.0 billion in cash, Yandex will receive: Uber’s 33.5% indirect interest in Yandex.Eats, Yandex.Lavka and… Source link

Yandex has struck a $1 billion deal to buy out U.S. ride-hailing giant Uber from a host of the pair’s joint ventures in Russia, the company announced Tuesday. The deal signals a new stage in the partnership between Yandex and Uber which has seen the pair cement its position as Russia’s leading ride-hailing service and launch a host of initiatives in areas such as self-driving vehicles, express food delivery and car-sharing. Under the terms of the deal, Yandex will take… Source link

Yandex Self-Driving Group (SDG), the autonomous vehicle arm of internet giant Yandex, and Grubhub have teamed up to introduce delivery robots to the Ohio State University (OSU) campus in the US. Orders placed by students and personnel via the Grubhub app will be delivered by a fleet of 50 Yandex robots, with the service operating from 9am to 9pm and serving both residential halls and communal areas. Each Yandex robot moves at between three and five miles per hour,… Source link

College students can expect to see more delivery robots on campus this semester. Online food delivery platform Grubhub and Yandex Self-Driving Group (SDG), an autonomous vehicle developer inside Yandex, one of Europe’s largest internet companies, will roll out delivery via Yandex’s robots at its first college campus — Ohio State University (OSU). This follows the recent news that Kiwibot, a robotic last-mile delivery company, and its foodservice and facilities management partner,… Source link

“By partnering with Grubhub, we can bring robotic delivery to some of the people who need it most – students, researchers and professors who are short on time,” says Peter Szelei, Business Development Executive at Yandex SDG. “Not only do the rovers enhance the current food delivery options, but open new possibilities for smarter, better and faster dining.” “Imagine ordering morning coffee and grabbing it from a robot waiting at your doorstep as you head out to class, or studying in… Source link

MOSCOW, July 22. /TASS/. Yandex has registered a company in the United Kingdom that will deal with delivery of foods from dark stores, Yandex.Lavka, a food delivery unit of the Russian technology company, told TASS on Thursday. “Yes, we registered a legal entity that will develop the rapid supply of foods from local stores on the British market. We are hiring a team proactively and looking for spaces for dark stores,” Yandex.Lavka said. “This is essentially Yandex.Lavka but oprerating… Source link

Yandex.Rover autonomous delivery robot on a snow-covered route to transport online food orders … [+] Russia’s largest internet company, Yandex NV, is deploying suitcase-sized robots that seek to provide takeaway despite a winter snowstorm.Photographer: Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg © 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP Yandex, a Russian technology company working on self-driving systems, has partnered with GrubHub to deploy a fleet of delivery robots on selected university campuses in the United… Source link

U.S. and Canada: Top 50 food and grocery retailers by salesThe SN Top 50 Retailers report is compiled in partnership between Supermarket News and research partner IGD, a leading UK-based analysis and insight organization for the food and consumer goods industry. The table includes the rankings of the Top 50 food and grocery retailers and wholesalers in the U.S. and Canada, including supermarkets, mass merchandisers, dollar stores, convenience stores and drugstores. Sales figures… Source link

Grubhub and Russia-based Yandex are teaming up to bring meal services to students through rovers. Photos courtesy of Grubhub/Yandex Students at more than 250 colleges and universities already enjoy the ease of Grubhub’s food delivery service, but it’s about to get a lot more streamlined. Grubhub announced it has partnered with Yandex… Source link