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Andy Jassy’s Letter to Amazon Shareholders: A Review

Andy Jassy’s Letter to Amazon Shareholders: A Review

by Brittain Ladd | Apr 14, 2023 | Delivery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy released his annual letter to shareholders. You can read the letter in its entirety here. Below are my comments. Overall, Jassy is focusing on all the right things for Amazon. Jassy had to reduce headcount at the corporate level, and allow for...
Amazon Should End its Drone Program

Amazon Should End its Drone Program

by Brittain Ladd | Mar 14, 2023 | Delivery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail

In 2013, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos appeared on CBS news to unveil the future of package delivery – drones. I remember watching the program and thinking, “Jeff Bezos is the new PT Barnum, a showman who allegedly said that suckers are born every minute.” CBS...
What’s next for GrubHub?

What’s next for GrubHub?

by Brittain Ladd | Mar 13, 2023 | Delivery, Food & Drink, No Retreat, No Surrender

Grubhub announced today that CEO Adam DeWitt, will step down from his position. Howard Migdal has been appointed executive vice president of North America and CEO of Grubhub. Under DeWitt’s leadership for the past 11 years as CFO, President, and most recently...
The Sad Saga of Food Rocket and Couche-Tard

The Sad Saga of Food Rocket and Couche-Tard

by Brittain Ladd | Mar 11, 2023 | Delivery, Food & Drink, No Retreat, No Surrender

Imagine you’re the CEO of an $8B convenience global retail chain with approximately 9,300 c-stores in North America – 7,100 in the United States and 2,100 in Canada – for a worldwide total network of 14,200 stores. As the CEO, you want to maximize sales at...
Uber’s ‘Bridge Too Far’

Uber’s ‘Bridge Too Far’

by Brittain Ladd | Mar 10, 2023 | Delivery, Food & Drink, No Retreat, No Surrender, Trucking

One of my favorite books is ‘A Bridge Too Far’ by Cornelius Ryan. The book recounts one of the largest military operations in WW ll code-named Operation Market Garden. The offensive called for three Allied airborne divisions (the “Market” part of the...
Automated Last-Mile Delivery has Arrived

Automated Last-Mile Delivery has Arrived

by Brittain Ladd | Mar 4, 2023 | Delivery, No Retreat, No Surrender

During multiple supply chain conferences in 2022, DoorDash, Uber, Instacart, Grubhub, Amazon, Walmart, Target, Domino’s, McDonald’s, Walgreens, CVS Health, and Yum! Brands, to name a few, were among the companies asked this question: What do you want to...
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