Uber Eats

App-based food delivery workers in New York City currently make an average of $7.09 an hour. The city has announced it will increase the minimum wage for these workers to $19.96 an hour.

In a significant move towards the mass commercialization of autonomous delivery, Serve Robotics is set to deploy up to 2,000 of its sidewalk delivery robots on the Uber Eats platform across multiple U.S. markets.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against an MS-13 Gang member, who had recently been released from prison on parole, charged with murdering an Uber Eats driver in a case that police have called “demonic.”

On Wednesday night, a college basketball game between Loyola Chicago and Duquesne was interrupted when an Uber Eats delivery person walked onto the floor, forcing referees to stop play.

A Paris suburb witnessed inter-ethnic brawls between Turks and Afghan delivery drivers with two brawls between groups of migrants this month.

Food delivery companies in France have agreed to sign a charter preventing subcontracting to illegal migrants after the govt urged action. 

A Belgian media investigation has revealed that the majority of food delivery drivers working in the EU capital are illegal immigrants using “fake” accounts.

Uber Eats has dropped former NFL QB Jay Cutler from their ad campaign due to his opposition to mask mandates in schools.

The two 13 and 15-year-old girls charged in the armed fatal carjacking of a man recently in Washington, DC, will reportedly receive a plea deal.

A French Uber delivery driver was stabbed in the stomach and hospitalised last week in the department of the Rhône after a man attempted to steal his scooter.

Two young teens have been charged in a carjacking that left an elderly Uber Eats driver dead Tuesday.

Uber could shut down services in California as early as Friday as the ridesharing company continues to fight the state over a new law that requires its gig economy drivers to be re-classified as employees. The threat of a stoppage comes after Uber posted a whopping $1.8 billion loss during the second quarter as the Chinese coronavirus pandemic continues to take a financial toll on the company.

Ridesharing giant Uber is reportedly set to purchase the fourth-largest food delivery service, Postmates, for $2.65 billion in stock. Postmates is a direct competitor for Uber Eats, the Silicon Valley company’s food delivery subsidiary.

Uber Eats is offering free delivery from black-owned restaurants for the rest of the year as part of the company’s response to the #BlackLivesMatter protests that have engulfed major cities during the past seven days. But questions about the promotion’s legality have arisen, with some experts saying that it violates civil rights laws.

In a surprising turn of events, it seems that online meal delivery services are having a hard time dealing with the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. Analysts at Deutsche Bank commented, “Whilst the COVID-19 outbreak could intuitively be seen as beneficial to online food delivery players, with millions of people under lockdown, we conclude that this is not the case.”

An Uber Eats driver allegedly kicked in a drive-thru window at a fast food restaurant in West Allis, Wisconsin, on February 23. 

Food delivery services including GrubHub and Uber Eats are facing pushback from restaurants against the firm’s service fees.

A new study by US Foods found that approximately 28 percent of delivery drivers eat from the meals they courier to consumers’ doorsteps.

A recent exposé on a number of Silicon Valley delivery apps reveals the pressure drivers are put under and how tips meant for drivers are diverted directly to the bottom line by some popular delivery apps, including DoorDash.

The New York state assembly has given Uber, investors, and business groups a huge extra supply of 250,000 illegal immigrant drivers, so depressing wages for Americans and legal immigrants who earn their wages by delivering people, cargo, and food to their destinations.

Ride-sharing app Uber has finally admitted that the company may never be profitable, reminding many of the dot-com crash of the 2000’s.

Three major players are breaking away from the competition in the food delivery service market. Uber Eats, GrubHub, and DoorDash are dominating the emerging industry in a similar fashion to Facebook, Google, and Twitter have dominated social media.