Delivery workers are struggling to survive the pandemic
According to NYC delivery workers, online apps have fundamentally changed their work, making it less stable, more dangerous, and increasingly lonely. “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night...
View ArticleA DoorDash driver’s car was stolen with his kids inside. Funds poured in to...
Last weekend, while Jeffrey Fang, a DoorDash delivery driver in San Francisco, dropped off a food order, his van was stolen with his two small children inside the vehicle. A multicounty search found...
View ArticleChain restaurants are required to disclose calorie counts on menus. In the...
Consumer groups say that restaurants on food delivery apps—ever-popular during the Covid-19 pandemic—are effectively circumventing menu labeling laws meant to give eaters transparency and nutrition...
View ArticleNotice a strange new restaurant in your neighborhood? It might be a ghost...
In recent months, a slew of not-quite-believable restaurants have been popping up on delivery platforms like DoorDash: 45 locations of “F*cking Good Pizza”, a mini-chain of places called “Pimp My...
View ArticleInstacart is partnering with JPMorgan Chase to launch a credit card, and...
Instacart is partnering with JPMorgan Chase to launch its own credit card in hopes of retaining customers and attracting new users. DoorDash is looking for a partner to do the same, The Wall Street...
View ArticleDoorDash just unveiled a new fee structure. And delivery could cost you more.
Earlier this week, DoorDash announced it will allow restaurants to pick how much to pay the delivery service per order. But all choices aren’t created equal. The lowest commission level—DoorDash...
View ArticleDelivery Apps like Grubhub and DoorDash charge restaurants huge commission...
The Grubhub model is here to stay. But community-based delivery services could be lifelines for small restaurants battling huge commission fees. During the pandemic, homebound Americans more than...
View ArticleRevenue from ghost kitchens could reach $1 trillion by the end of the decade
Virtual restaurants that distribute meals through delivery apps but have no sit-down brick and mortar locations have been increasingly popping up in the last few years, but market researchers are now...
View ArticleChicago sues DoorDash, Grubhub over deceptive business practices
Following a year-long investigation into food delivery platforms, the city has filed first-of-its-kind lawsuits accusing the platforms of tactics that violate municipal law. The city of Chicago...
View ArticleDoorDash engineers are upset that they will have to deliver meals once a month
Criticism over DoorDash’s treatment of its delivery workers might be as commonplace as lunch rush spikes, but the company’s latest labor brouhaha isn’t from its independent contractors, who reportedly...
View ArticleShake Shack and DoorDash created a new dating site where a match means a free...
For anyone who has spent an evening hunched over their phone toggling between dating and food delivery apps … DoorDash and Shake Shack want to help you find love on a full stomach with their new...
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