Whitney Filloon | Vox Our world has too much noise and too little context. Vox helps you understand what matters. 2019-03-06T11:05:30+00:00 https://www.vox.com/authors/whitney-filloon/rss https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/vox_logo_rss_light_mode.png?w=150&h=100&crop=1 Whitney Filloon <![CDATA[Delivery App Postmates Rolls Out Amazon Prime-Style Service for $9.99 a Month]]> https://www.vox.com/2016/3/31/11587418/delivery-app-postmates-rolls-out-amazon-prime-style-service-for-9-99 2019-03-06T05:38:37-05:00 2016-03-31T13:18:57-04:00

A new offering from Postmates could prove useful for food delivery junkies: The popular app that boasts official partnerships with the likes of Chipotle and Starbucks has just unveiled a monthly subscription service à la Amazon Prime, reports Bloomberg.

Called Postmates Plus Unlimited, it costs $9.99 a month and gives users free delivery on orders of $30 or more from Postmates partners, and also waives the 9 percent service fee that’s usually assessed on each order.

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Loyal fans of In-N-Out Burger might be thrilled at the prospect of having a Double-Double and Animal-style fries delivered to their front door, but the iconic burger chain feels otherwise. The company has filed a lawsuit against popular food delivery service DoorDash, reports TMZ.

Similar to other third-party delivery services like GrubHub, DoorDash — which raised an additional $35 million last spring for a total valuation of around $600 million — offers customers the ability to order food from numerous restaurants via its website or mobile app.

In the complaint, filed November 6 in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, In-N-Out accuses the California-based delivery startup of trademark infringement and unfair competition, and seeks a permanent injunction to get DoorDash to stop delivering its food. The lawsuit says that “despite the fact that [DoorDash] is in no way affiliated with [In-N-Out], [DoorDash] has advertised, and continues to advertise, that it delivers food from [In-N-Out]’s restaurants” — even displaying a fake In-N-Out logo.

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