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DoorDash Can’t Duck Restaurant’s False Advertising Suit A federal judge has advanced a class action claiming DoorDash used its platform to deceptively divert customers from non-partnering restaurants to those that…Continue readingClass action against DoorDash for deceptively directed customers away from non-partnering restaurants

Uber has reached a confidential out-of-court settlement with a food delivery driver, after Federal Court judges questioned the company’s argument that drivers are not employees. Key points: An Adelaide Uber…Continue readingUber settles out of court with driver who alleged unfair dismissal for late delivery

Tech behemoth Uber has settled a case with an Adelaide delivery driver who was sacked for delivering food 10 minutes late. An Adelaide-based delivery driver has settled with transport giant…Continue readingUber denies a relationship with its drivers and says drivers have the ability to steal food.

Menulog, the UK owned Restaurant order aggregator, has continued to grow through 2017 and the impact that it is having on Australian consumers is becoming more apparent as more Restaurants…Continue readingMenulog and its impact on Australian diners as food quality declines

Kirsten Korosec, Alex Wilhelm Uber reported its second-quarter earnings Thursday, and buried in the blizzard of less-than-rosy numbers is a stunning figure that illustrates how much the company has changed…Continue readingUber’s delivery business is now larger than ride-hailing but it’s still losing nine-figures every quarter

User records of Uber Eats, an American online food ordering service, have been leaked by a threat actor on Dark Web. Cyble, a cybersecurity firm came across the data after…Continue readingHundreds of Uber Eats User records leaked on Dark Web

Wear a mask, wash your hands, how about keep your hands out of other people’s bags?A US man said his Uber Eats delivery driver liked his food so much that…Continue readingUber eats driver caught helping himself to man’s fried chicken

The Chief Executive Officer of transportation giant Uber has given up his post this week. In an office email sent on Tuesday afternoon, Travis Kalanick said that “he would take an ‘unspecified’…Continue readingUber CEO stands down amid claims the company is collapsing

The strange future of home delivery Delivery services are changing the way they do business to ease the pressure on supermarkets and cater to the populations unable to visit stores…Continue readingFuture of food delivery in the age of coronavirus

Food delivery apps are killing small businesses, an industry body has warned, urging Australians to support their local eateries directly. Restaurants and Catering Australia (RCA) found that the majority of…Continue readingAustralians are being urged to ditch Uber Eats and Deliveroo if they want their favourite restaurants to survive

Hands up those of us who enjoy eating out at restaurants and having a night out at the movies. Both activities may soon be a thing of the past thanks…Continue readingOnline delivery eating the lunch of restaurants and cafes

US food delivery outfit DoorDash landed in Australia early last month, knuckling into a Melbourne market already packed to the brim with players like Uber Eats, Deliveroo, and Menulog. But DoorDash’s…Continue readingHere’s the fast and loose strategy US food delivery giant DoorDash is using to muscle its way into the Australian market

If you order the pale ale battered flathead and a side of chips from one Sydney restaurant, you can expect to pay $32 whether you eat the product in-store or…Continue readingExclusive: Hidden costs restaurants pass on to customers using food delivery apps

Tony Plunkett was once UberEats’ star performer, raking in $32,000 a week. But the burger chef says Uber flipped on him, driving him “broke”. EXCLUSIVE The chef behind some of…Continue readingChef behind ‘dark kitchen’ says UberEats made him ‘invisible’, leaving him broke and $730,000 in debt

A restaurant revolution has put Uber Eats in the firing line, with some business owners complaining they’re losing money through the service.Uber Eats has become immensely popular with Australians due…Continue readingRestauranteurs raging over Uber Eats ‘feudal system’

By business reporter David Chau Australia’s competition regulator has signalled that it plans to investigate Uber’s allegedly unfair contracts with restaurant owners who have signed up to its Uber Eats…Continue readingACCC boss to investigate allegedly ‘unfair’ Uber Eats contracts

Restaurants have had a few tough consecutive years with the economy causing people to eat out less and the increasing costs of labor as well as food stock. Restaurateurs are…Continue readingWhy Uber Eats Will Eat You Into Bankruptcy

One of Australia’s wealthiest and most high profile investors, Hamish Douglass, appears to have engaged in “new economy heresy” – calling out the ride sharing company Uber as being a…Continue readingThe death of Uber: Australian investor predicts company will be broke in 10 years