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How Grubhub, UberEats, and Minibar are Taking over Your Local Restaurant and Wine Store

A frenzy of deal-making is remaking the food delivery app business. In January, UberEats acquired Ando, a food delivery startup founded by celebrity chef David Chang. In early March, Japanese conglomerate Softbank invested $535 million into DoorDash. A few weeks later, Grubhub expanded its partnership with the review site Yelp to facilitate ordering home delivery of restaurant meals. Meanwhile, the tech publication ReCode reported last week, DoorDash and Postmates have discussed merging.

RetailKevin CartyApril 12, 2018data, DoorDash, drizly, Grubhub, minibar, monopoly, Postmates, UberEats, price discrimination, retailers, retail, Beer, Big Data

An ADM-Bunge Merger Would Drive More Concentration in Commodity Grains

Commodity trader Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM) is in advanced talks to purchase fellow commodity trader Bunge, Bloomberg reported this week. That deal, if completed, would create a $34 billion grain company rivaling Cargill, the world’s most dominant trading house.

Mergers & AcquisitionsLeah DouglasFebruary 23, 2018ADM, Bunge, commodity markets, corn, low commodity prices, monopoly, soybean processing, grains, mergers