This is what it’s like to deliver food during a pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

This is what it’s like to deliver food during a pandemic

LA Times  

With restaurants’ dining rooms closed, conventional wisdom would suggest that more people are ordering in. We would be super spreaders if we kept working and we were sick,” which he called a “horrifying thought.” DoorDash, Instacart, Postmates and Uber have pledged financial assistance to drivers who can’t work because of COVID-19, stating eligible drivers may receive up to two weeks of pay should they contract the disease. “You would think people are ordering more, but they’re not,” he said. They’re not trying to order food.” The other problem, he said, is that customers “actually haven’t been tipping better.” “A lot of people don’t tip; that’s a thing,” he said. “Not everybody’s willing to work for $2 or $3 an order,” he said.

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Cities are cracking down on delivery drivers and dangerous driving
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Cities are cracking down on delivery drivers and dangerous driving

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a letter this week to food delivery companies …

Gig workers step in as commute turns tiresome
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Gig workers step in as commute turns tiresome

The Hindu  

One cannot step on the streets without noticing those in red, orange, green, and now dark blue T-shirts. Better paying job Ganesh, who recently switched from a food delivery app to a plain delivery app, says he took up the second job since it pays better. Tamil Nadu Food and Other Delivery Personnel Union leader S. Ramakrishna says that a …

Delivery workers live in precarity, but are slightly better off than the average urban worker: report
1 year, 4 months ago

Delivery workers live in precarity, but are slightly better off than the average urban worker: report

The Hindu  

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How food delivery repackaged itself for home dining
2 years, 10 months ago

How food delivery repackaged itself for home dining

Live Mint  

Fueled by a restaurant-crippling virus, food delivery fundamentally reshaped the way we dine during the pandemic. “We are emerging in a world in which more people are choosing to order dinner than go grocery shopping, more people have downloaded delivery apps, and more people are willing to try restaurants that only exist online,” he noted while speaking at the Food …

We checked in with people and businesses we profiled during the pandemic. Here’s how they’re faring
3 years, 5 months ago

We checked in with people and businesses we profiled during the pandemic. Here’s how they’re faring

LA Times  

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Booming year for food delivery services in 2020
3 years, 11 months ago

Booming year for food delivery services in 2020

NL Times  

Grocery delivery services had a great time during the coronavirus pandemic. Last year food retailers like supermarkets and specialty shops saw deliveries increase by an estimated 49 percent, amounting to 2.7 billion euros in revenue, the Dutch Foodservice Institute said, NU.nl reports. Together the delivery services now account for 10 percent of the total expenditure on food and drinks. Had …

Food delivery riders say employers not doing enough to protect them from coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Food delivery riders say employers not doing enough to protect them from coronavirus

ABC  

Food delivery riders say their employers aren't doing enough to protect customers and workers from spreading coronavirus. Stay up-to-date on the coronavirus outbreak Download the ABC News app and subscribe to our range of news alerts for the latest on how the pandemic is impacting the world "I don't think the government or most Australians would care about us," he …

How To Support Restaurants Without Putting Food Delivery Workers At Risk
4 years, 9 months ago

How To Support Restaurants Without Putting Food Delivery Workers At Risk

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Restaurants across the country are closing to dine-in customers, either mandated to do so by city or state officials or self-selecting to shut down as a precaution in the COVID-19 crisis. First, know that delivery alone can’t sustain most restaurants Even before the coronavirus pandemic, restaurants’ off-premises sales, which include delivery and takeout, have been growing, said …

Restaurants are pivoting to takeout and delivery. Will it be enough to survive?
4 years, 9 months ago

Restaurants are pivoting to takeout and delivery. Will it be enough to survive?

LA Times  

As fallout from the coronavirus pandemic began to hit the dining industry, delivery companies offered a rare concession to their restaurant partners. Delivery app Postmates Inc. said Tuesday it would waive commission fees for small businesses in San Francisco that sign up for a relief pilot program. On Friday, competitor Grubhub Inc. announced it would “suspend collecting up to $100 …

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