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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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McKinley Middle School, a public school in Boston. The City of Boston is providing free breakfast and lunch to public school students, many of whom would otherwise go hungry, while schools remain closed due to the coronavirus. CONOR KELLEY/ DFP FILE

City and residents make efforts to feed those in need during pandemic

Jane Avery March 25, 2020
As schoolchildren, the elderly and the immunocompromised face hardships accessing food during a pandemic, communities around them have stepped up to help.
Companies like Amazon and Google are developing food delivery services that will compete with sites like GrubHub, Foodler, and Seamless. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JUSTIN HAWK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Delivery services not worried about Internet companies in industry

Olivia Quintana September 17, 2015

As Google and Amazon expand into the food delivery industry, the question still remains what will become of dedicated food and grocery delivery services like Instacart and GrubHub, sites that operate...

PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Whole Foods offers delivery, pick up groceries

Jaime Bennis September 12, 2014

Whole Foods Market announced Monday that they partnered with online grocery shopping company Instacart to provide customers with in-store pickup and one-hour home delivery services, for a delivery...

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