Uber Acquires Postmates for $2.7B and Launches new On-Demand Grocery Services in Canada & Latin America
This week, Uber announced a US$2.65 billion acquisition of Postmates, an on-demand food and grocery delivery company with operations in 4,200 U.S. cities. A day later, Uber announced the launch of its on-demand grocery delivery service in partnership with Cornershop, a Chile-based online grocery delivery company that Uber has held a majority stake in since last year. [more]