Sublime

We look at apps like DoorDash and see food delivery. Rather, view them as the last-mile enabler for businesses who are leaning into localized eCommerce. Food delivery, alone, will not justify the $50+ billion market cap but a city-by-city network of local retailers may.

Simply, we waste more than a third of our food supply, and the gains from simple improvement in distribution would far outweigh those from modification of supply. Simply consider that close to 80 or 85 percent of the cost of a tomato can be attributed to transportation, storage, and waste (unsold inventories), rather than the cost at the farmer lev

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Kagan Sumer — founder of Gorillas, one of the best known startups in the Quick Commerce space — consistently says, “We have the technology to go to space and we’re still going to the supermarket?” It’s a thought provoking idea, especially when compounded by our poor ability to manage our personal kitchen pantry inventory, which results in 54 billio... See more