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People really loved bean burritos in 2018, according to Grubhub

sudshr47 December 6, 2018

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Looks like a lot of you snubbed carnitas in 2018. According to year-end data from Grubhub, the food that experienced the biggest surge on the delivery platform this year was the bean burrito.

Notably, the 2018 list featured zero red meat, although chicken made a strong showing. Of the top 10 items, which Grubhub defines as the items that surged the most, five were chicken: chicken slider (#3), chicken burrito (#5), chicken sandwich (#6), chicken and waffle slider (#8), and parmesan chicken (#9). 

There were also two cauliflower entries — cauliflower rice bowl (#7) and buffalo cauliflower (ew, #10) — as well as one pork entry (baby back pork rib at #4) and one seafood entry (the ever-popular poke bowl at #2). We have long been skeptical of the delivery poke bowl — why not just go eat a fresh one? — but it looks like our fellow orderers do not agree. Read more…

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Soup bully won’t stop sending anonymous food deliveries to confused neighbor

sudshr47 November 8, 2018

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In an extremely bizarre (but ultimately harmless) move, a stranger won’t stop anonymously Seamless-ing free soup to a neighbor’s house. Naturally, the soup-hating neighbor is not pleased.

Actor and comedian Hannah Solow discovered a complaint from the soup victim on her neighborhood’s Nextdoor message board.

Someone posted this to our neighborhood message board and I will never recoverpic.twitter.com/1uWwOKHHsZ

— Hannah Solow (@hamstertalk) November 8, 2018

“Someone keeps delivering soup to my house with a note that says ‘soup for my perfect little soup boy,'” the complaint reads. “I appreciate the free food but I don’t like soup. Please stop.” Read more…

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Autonomous shuttle startup May Mobility expands to a third U.S. city

sudshr47 September 29, 2018

May Mobility launched its first low-speed autonomous shuttle service in Detroit this summer. By March, the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company will be operating in at least three U.S. cities. The company, which just announced plans to expand to Columbus, Ohio, is planning to add another route in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It’s a rapid acceleration for […]

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