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The Worst Bank In The World Isn’t Technically A Bank
- Vivian Tu says that Starbucks is the worst bank in the world.
- Although Starbucks isn’t technically a bank, it has $1.6 billion in outstanding gift card balances. That’s like an interest-free loan from its customers.
- It also gets to keep a chunk of that money, as it had $196 million in unused gift card balances.
Some of the big banks definitely don’t have the best reputations. There are plenty out there that pay paltry interest rates and ding clients with costly...
https://mfame.guru/the-worst-bank-in-the-world-isnt-technically-a-bank/
Commodity radar: They’ve got an awful lot of coffee (shortage) in Brazil…
At Premium we sometimes muse that our subscription fee is the equivalent of the price of a cup of coffee per week. But after an extraordinary year in the coffee markets, with prices doubling from $1.24/lb to $2.36 today, that comparison no longer stands.
The spotlights were on Brazil in 2021, where frost and drought damaged the coffee crop. The weather story was as dramatic a narrative as any Brazilian soap opera …
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https://theloadstar.com/commodity-radar-theyve-got-an-awful-lot-of-coffee-shortage-in-brazil/
Delivery robots are coming to a college dorm near you
If you look up while walking on a college campus, you’ll most likely see a flurry of activity – students riding to class on bikes, athletes zipping around on scooters, Subway sandwiches and Frappuccinos cruising around on miniature delivery robots — hold on, what?
You read that correctly. There’s a new vehicle adding to the traffic of campus corridors: fun-sized autonomous food delivery robots, courtesy of Starship Technologies. The company is adding the University of Illinois Chicago, the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/delivery-robots-are-coming-to-a-college-dorm-near-you
The light load: Confessions of a transportation tenderfoot
Change is good: Judge Judy was better than Judge Wapner, and Taylor Swift is a marginal improvement on the Archies.
Change is bad: Spitting snow becomes a blizzard, leaving you with 16 inches of visibility on I-29 somewhere between the Siouxs — Falls and City — praying that that borrowed Ciera contains the mandatory — MANDATORY! — winter stash of Hershey bars.
It did not.
Not that I’m Folgers-grade bitter about that and not that I needed the chocolate to survive. I had fat stores to last for weeks...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-light-load-confessions-of-a-transportation-tenderfoot
Drones in the backyard: FAA grants home delivery to Flytrex
After months of testing drone delivery to designated pickup locations, Flytrex is now able to take the next step — delivering to the customer’s yard.
The Israeli-based company announced Tuesday that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had approved its request to fly drones over people, allowing expansion of a pilot program from its current constructs to include delivery of thousands of items to customers’ yards.
“The FAA approval is important to expanding on-demand drone delivery throughout...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/drones-in-the-backyard-faa-grants-home-delivery-to-flytrex
The Stockout: Starbucks targeting GHG reduction early in its supply chain
Last week Starbucks expanded upon its previously stated goal to be a “resource-positive company,” with specific goals related to sourcing coffee beans, land use and production. What’s striking is how targeted the company’s greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction efforts are at the point of origin and the company’s willingness to share environmental best practices throughout the industry. In doing so, the company is targeting the largest sources of coffee greenhouse gases, which adds credibility. I...
Drone delivery provider Flytrex lands $9M to scale US operations
Flytrex, which is conducting a drone delivery pilot in North Carolina with Walmart (NYSE: WMT), has secured $9.3 million in additional funding to expand its operations and finalize Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification for drone deliveries.
Total funding for the company is now $20.3 million after it received $3 million in a Series A on Jan. 3, 2017, and an additional $8 million in a Series B on Jan. 8, 2019, according to Crunchbase. The latest round includes $8 million led by...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/drone-delivery-provider-flytrex-lands-9m-to-scale-us-operations
If drones can deliver Starbucks, what’s taking so long for packages?
If you live in Fayetteville, North Carolina, you can now have Starbucks delivered — not quite in your backyard yet, but soon perhaps.
An Israeli drone company, Flytrex, has been testing drone delivery in North Carolina, delivering items from restaurants in the Holly Springs Towne Center to a pickup location within a five-minute drone flight. Starbucks, Dairy Queen Blizzards, pastries and light meals are among the menu items.
“It’s more gentle than most human couriers,” Yariv Bash, co-founder and...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/if-drones-can-deliver-starbucks-whats-taking-so-long-for-packages?
Maersk on board journey to zero emissions
A.P. Møller – Maersk is one of nine global corporate powerhouses working together to accelerate the transition to a world with net-zero emissions.
The launch of Transform to Net Zero was announced Tuesday by the leaders of the nine companies. In addition to Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping line, the founding members are Danone, Mercedes-Benz AG, Microsoft Corp., Natura &Co., Nike Inc., Starbucks, Unilever and Wipro. They are joined by the Environmental Defense Fund and supported by
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