Problem definition: Restaurants can provide catering services to customers through the traditional offline channel or online food delivery platforms. Platforms claim they deserve to receive a positive commission fee from restaurants as they help restaurants expand their market and gain access to...

Motivated by Fresh Hema, we consider a distribution system in which retailers replenish perishable goods from a warehouse, which, in turn, replenishes from an outside source. Demand at each retailer depends on exogenous features and a random shock, and unfulfilled demand is lost. The objective...