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Uber To Buy Latin American Online Grocery Delivery Service, Cornershop

The grocery service delivers in Chile, Mexico, Peru and Canada, with plans to expand.
Cornershop was founded by a group of friends in 2015 and is based in Santiago, Chile. The grocery delivery company primarily serves Latin America.

Uber is getting into the grocery delivery business, at least in Mexico, Chile, Peru and Canada.

Uber that it's adding grocery delivery to its growing list of services, buying a majority stake in a Latin American online grocery provider called Cornershop.

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