Uber Partners With Softbank-Backed Gopuff to Deliver Everyday Essentials, From Snacks to Toothpaste
″We built a hyperlocal logistics network of micro-fulfillment centers," Daniel Folkman, senior vice president at Gopuff, told CNBC on Tuesday evening, "We own all the inventory. We are buying all that inventory from manufacturers and distributors so we are able to fulfill those orders to customers in under 30 minutes, 24 hours a day." The collaboration will launch in more than 95 U.S. cities next month with a national expansion later this summer. Customers will order through Uber Eats, and that order will be sent to one of Gopuff's 250 micro-fulfillment centers. "With this partnership, we ...