H-E-B, the largest grocery retailer in Texas, is partnering with Instacart to deliver milk, bread, eggs and other groceries to people in Austin and Houston in an hour. “Don’t have time to come to H-E-B? No problem. We’ll bring H-E-B to you with Instacart,” Jeff Thomas, vice president and general manager of VP Central Texas […]
Postmates Launches in Austin and Wants to be the Fedex of Home Delivery
June 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The self-proclaimed “Uber” of on demand delivery, Postmates, has launched in Austin. The San Francisco-based company wants to be the “FedEx” of home delivery, said Bastian Lehmann, CEO of Postmates. Postmates chose Austin for its expansion because of high demand and a hungry consumer base wanting more […]
Burpy Expands to San Antonio and Houston
December 7, 2013 by 5 Comments
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Last Longhorn Startup class, Aseem Ali and a team of undergraduate students pitched Burpy, a grocery delivery service. Now he’s running a quickly growing startup and finishing up his degree as a senior studying mechanical engineering at the University of Texas. Burpy, which expanded into the San […]
Want Something? Favor Delivers to Central Austin Residents
July 11, 2013 by 3 Comments
By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News Ever want something from the store – a sandwich, milk, batteries – but didn’t have time to get it? If you’re in central Austin, you can now use Favor. Favor is an app based delivery service that gets customers food, drinks, or whatever else they need delivered […]
