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 […]