Restaurant chain Leon launches delivery site to survive the crisis By Harriet Dennys For Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 23:06 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 23:06 GMT, 21 March 2020 Restaurant chain Leon will this week launch an Ocado-style home delivery site as it reinvents itself to survive the coronavirus crisis. Following the Government’s … Read more
The cousin of a millionaire lottery winner has been locked up for raiding his relative’s home at knife point and snatching £55,000 in cash A man who burgled and robbed his cousin of £55,000 at knifepoint after he discovered she had won £1m on a scratchcard has been jailed. Gary Westcott, 40, from Rochdale, along … Read more
Karl Stefanovic’s pregnant wife Jasmine Yarbrough reveals who she’s invited to be by her side in the delivery room when she gives birth By Shive Prema For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:24 GMT, 15 March 2020 | Updated: 01:26 GMT, 15 March 2020 Jasmine Yarbrough is due to welcome her first child with Today show … Read more
Ministers are considering relaxing time restrictions on supermarket home deliveries to ensure vulnerable people are not left isolated during the coronavirus crisis. It is understood one of the measures being examined would allow deliveries to be made at times which are currently viewed as anti-social – late in the evening or very early in the morning. … Read more
Postmates and Instacart launch features that offer non-contact delivery amid coronavirus outbreak Postmates and Instacart are offering non-contact deliveries The features are due to coronavirus spreading from person-to-person contact Postmate lets users choose to have food orders left at the door Instacart is allowing the same option for grocery deliveries By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com Published: … Read more
Chinese driverless delivery van startup sees a surge in demand amid coronavirus outbreak as the machine stops physical contact with customers China has eased restrictions on autonomous vehicles since coronavirus Now, a Neolix, a driverless delivery service is thriving by doing tasks The technology is delivering goods and food without human contact It is also filling … Read more
Tesco delivery drivers have advised each other to take their employer to court if they have to deliver food to people who ‘they are aware of being in self-isolation’ at home due to the coronavirus. In a forum for Tesco employees, the drivers questioned whether or not it was a fair request to be asked … Read more
Amazon unveils ‘Scout’ delivery bot set to roam the streets of Seattle to deliver packages The bright blue battery-powered robots can deliver packages autonomously Six Scout robots are being used in an area of Snohomish County, Washington They roll along at a ‘walking pace’ and avoid humans and pets on the sidewalk By Annie Palmer … Read more
The ‘Monday effect’ is REAL: Post-weekend blues and shutting down operations combine to delay parcel delivery from retailers like Amazon by up to 10 per cent, study finds ‘Monday Effect’ is a phenomenon which sees productivity decrease on Mondays Known to impact finance, productivity and psychology as well as supply chain Researchers found online orders placed on … Read more