Uber Eats getting embedded into main app: Report
5 years, 7 months ago

Uber Eats getting embedded into main app: Report

Live Mint  

San Francisco: Ride-hailing major Uber has embedded the web version of its food delivery app — Uber Eats — into the main application in select markets. "We're rolling out a new way to order Eats directly in the Uber app on Android," an Uber spokesperson was quoted as saying by the TechCruch on Wednesday. San Francisco-based Uber had more than 91 million active riders and 3.9 million drivers across the world by December 2018, with services available over 63 countries and regions, according to its official website. Livemint tops charts as the fastest growing news website in the world 🌏 3.6 Crore Indians visited in a single day choosing us as India's undisputed platform for General Election Results.

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Uber Eats bows down to union pressure and will payroll riders
1 month, 1 week ago

Uber Eats bows down to union pressure and will payroll riders

Dutch News  

Food delivery firm Uber Eats is to stop using freelancers from next year and will instead hire in its riders via a staffing agency, the Telegraaf reported on Wednesday. Uber Eats was the last meal delivery firm in the country to still use self-employed riders but has been experimenting with temp agencies Randstad and Adecco for several months, the paper …

Instacart partners with Uber Eats to offer restaurant deliveries
8 months ago

Instacart partners with Uber Eats to offer restaurant deliveries

Associated Press  

Grocery delivery company Instacart is partnering with Uber Eats to offer a new perk to its customers: restaurant delivery. Instacart said its Instacart Plus members – who pay $99 per year or $9.99 per month for free grocery deliveries over $35 – will also get free restaurant delivery for orders over $35. Regular Instacart members will be charged Uber Eats …

DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub all go down causing takeout panic across the US
1 year, 4 months ago

DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub all go down causing takeout panic across the US

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The popular food delivery …

Domino’s signs deal with Uber Eats in a bid to make more dough
1 year, 5 months ago

Domino’s signs deal with Uber Eats in a bid to make more dough

Associated Press  

If you can’t beat them, join them. In a major reversal, Domino’s Pizza said Wednesday it’s partnering with Uber Eats to make deliveries in the U.S. and 27 international markets. Under the agreement, uniformed Domino’s drivers will still make the deliveries that customers order via Uber Eats, and Uber Eats will share data with Domino’s on delivery efficiency and incremental …

Uber rides take coronavirus hit but food-delivery business doubles
4 years, 5 months ago

Uber rides take coronavirus hit but food-delivery business doubles

Live Mint  

Homebound customers of Uber Technologies Inc more than doubled their orders from the company's food-delivery service in the second quarter but demand for ride-hailing trips only marginally recovered from pandemic rock-bottom. The company on Thursday posted a $1.8 billion net loss from April through June, including charges related to laying off 23% of its global workforce during a period when …

Uber buys Postmates, ups delivery game in $2.65 billion deal
4 years, 6 months ago

Uber buys Postmates, ups delivery game in $2.65 billion deal

Associated Press  

— Uber has widened its reach in the fiercely competitive delivery market by acquiring Postmates in a $2.65 billion all-stock deal, the company said Monday. While Uber’s meal delivery business, Uber Eats, has mostly focused on restaurants, Postmates delivers a wider array of goods including groceries, pharmacy items, alcoholic drinks and party supplies. “We look at groceries as a category, …

Uber Gobbles Up Postmates In $2.65 Billion Bet On Food Delivery
4 years, 6 months ago

Uber Gobbles Up Postmates In $2.65 Billion Bet On Food Delivery

NPR  

Uber Gobbles Up Postmates In $2.65 Billion Bet On Food Delivery Enlarge this image toggle caption Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Uber is buying the delivery app Postmates, bolstering its food-delivery business at a time when few people are hailing rides. Sponsor Message In contrast, orders for its Uber Eats food delivery service doubled during the same three-month period. …

Uber Cuts 3,000 More Jobs As Pandemic Squeezes Ride-Hailing
4 years, 7 months ago

Uber Cuts 3,000 More Jobs As Pandemic Squeezes Ride-Hailing

NPR  

Uber Cuts 3,000 More Jobs As Pandemic Squeezes Ride-Hailing Enlarge this image toggle caption Pascal Guyot/AFP via Getty Images Pascal Guyot/AFP via Getty Images Uber is laying off another 3,000 employees as it tries to weather the damage to its business from the coronavirus pandemic. The layoffs come less than two weeks after the company cut 3,700 jobs and said …

Delivery giant DoorDash takes step toward public offering
4 years, 10 months ago

Delivery giant DoorDash takes step toward public offering

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Food delivery giant DoorDash has taken a first formal step toward a stock market debut. DoorDash Inc. has overtaken Grubhub as the top digital food delivery company in the U.S., according to data analytics firm Second Measure, capturing 38% of monthly food delivery sales in January, compared to 31% for Grubhub. Ride-hailing company Uber — another major …

Swiggy explains reason behind the difference in online and offline food prices
4 years, 11 months ago

Swiggy explains reason behind the difference in online and offline food prices

India Today  

Swiggy users have always complained about the difference in food prices offline and online. Addressing the concerns of a Twitter user from Bengaluru, who had highlighted the discrepancy in prices, Swiggy issued a clarification and wrote that the change in prices can happen due to the restaurant’s policies. However, the prices might be different online and offline as it is …

Zomato acquires Uber Eats in an all-stock deal; to get around 10% shares in Gurgaon-based food delivery platform
4 years, 11 months ago

Zomato acquires Uber Eats in an all-stock deal; to get around 10% shares in Gurgaon-based food delivery platform

Firstpost  

Despite arriving in the Indian market in 2017, Uber Eats has not made enough inroads in the online food delivery segment Uber Eats, the food delivery business run by Uber has been acquired by Zomato, the online food delivery and restaurant discovery platform in all-stock deal, according to news reports. Uber Eats in India will discontinue operations and direct restaurants, …

Uber Eats focusses on aggressive expansion in India
5 years, 1 month ago

Uber Eats focusses on aggressive expansion in India

India TV News  

Uber Eats, the food delivery unit of Uber, on Friday said it is focussing aggressively on expanding its presence in India, a market that is expected to become a USD 15 billion opportunity over the next few years. India is fundamental to Uber's growth and we have a stable and massive rides business and we don't see a reason why …

Uber Eats Hopes Drones Can Lift It to Profitability
55 years ago

Uber Eats Hopes Drones Can Lift It to Profitability

Wired  

Come next summer, the most remarkable thing about your home-delivered late-night California burrito won’t be the French fries inside. It’ll be that the San Diego speciality made part of its journey by drone, as part of a scheme to pull Uber’s food-delivery business financials out of a nosedive. The idea, then, isn’t to replace human drivers: Even Uber’s longterm plans …

Online ordering boom gives rise to virtual restaurants
5 years, 2 months ago

Online ordering boom gives rise to virtual restaurants

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Frato’s Pizza looks like a typical family restaurant, with its black-and-white checkered floor and red chairs. “I will have lost weeks of work, but not large sums of money.” Chick-Fil-A, The Halal Guys and Dog Haus are among top brands that have opened ghost kitchens through Kitchen United, a start-up that builds kitchen commissaries for restaurants looking …

The revolt against food delivery apps
5 years, 4 months ago

The revolt against food delivery apps

Live Mint  

New Delhi: For a little under two years now, Rajat Rekhi has been doing brisk business selling West Asian cuisine from inside a tiny kitchen tucked away in south Delhi, which only delivers via online platforms. Over the weekend, a slew of restaurants across India began delisting from dine-in apps that offer membership-driven discounts—such as EazyDiner, Zomato Gold, and nearbuy—in …

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