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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1259" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/07/04/738724355/amazon-shuts-down-food-delivery-service" target="_blank">Amazon Shuts Down Food Delivery Service - npr</a>One of the largest companies in the world, Amazon, just shuttered its food delivery service, Amazon Restaurants. But Amazon&#039;s fails are a bit different. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:Amazon just closed down its food delivery service. It was called Amazon Restaurants. But the tech giant is trying to learn from its mistakes. It&#039;s now trying to solve an issue that has perplexed them for years, the so-called last-mile delivery. Planet Money&#039;s Stacey Vanek Smith and Sally Herships explain.SALLY HERSHIPS, BYLINE: Compared with the kind of traffic Amazon sees on its main site, amazon.com, Amazon Restaurants, it was kind of limited.&nbsp; &nbsp; STACEY VANEK SMITH, BYLINE: Never even heard of it.&nbsp; &nbsp; HERSHIPS: (Laughter) Well, Stacey, the service was offered in only about 25 cities, and you could only use it if you were a Prime subscriber. Amazon Restaurants worked a lot like other food delivery services. You pull up the site. You type in your zip code. You figure out what you want to eat, and then hopefully, very soon a delivery person from Amazon&#039;s grocery delivery service, Prime Now, would show up with your food.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1259, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.npr.org/2019/07/04/738724355/amazon-shuts-down-food-delivery-service'][B]Amazon Shuts Down Food Delivery Service - npr[/B][/URL] One of the largest companies in the world, Amazon, just shuttered its food delivery service, Amazon Restaurants. But Amazon's fails are a bit different. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Amazon just closed down its food delivery service. It was called Amazon Restaurants. But the tech giant is trying to learn from its mistakes. It's now trying to solve an issue that has perplexed them for years, the so-called last-mile delivery. Planet Money's Stacey Vanek Smith and Sally Herships explain. SALLY HERSHIPS, BYLINE: Compared with the kind of traffic Amazon sees on its main site, amazon.com, Amazon Restaurants, it was kind of limited. STACEY VANEK SMITH, BYLINE: Never even heard of it. HERSHIPS: (Laughter) Well, Stacey, the service was offered in only about 25 cities, and you could only use it if you were a Prime subscriber. Amazon Restaurants worked a lot like other food delivery services. You pull up the site. You type in your zip code. You figure out what you want to eat, and then hopefully, very soon a delivery person from Amazon's grocery delivery service, Prime Now, would show up with your food. [/QUOTE]

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