Uber Expands Direct Offering with Cartwheel Partnership

Uber Eats is expanding its hybrid delivery offering through a new partnership with Cartwheel that will make it easier for restaurants across the globe to build a white-label fulfillment program that lowers the total cost of delivery for operators. Hybrid or white-label delivery has become a flashpoint for restaurants operators as delivery captures an increasingly …

EatStreet Drivers Win Final Nod for $1.2 Million Wage Suit Deal

EatStreet Inc. and food-delivery drivers who say the company improperly used their tips to meet minimum wage obligations secured final approval for a settlement worth more than $1.2 million. But the company has warned it might not be able to pay. The deal includes more than $413,000—one third of the total settlement fund—in attorneys’ fees …

Lawsuit Claims Apple Users Are Charged More for Delivery on DoorDash

If you’ve spent more time comparing your DoorDash bill on your iPhone to your friend’s Android device than actually eating your delivery food, you might be on to something—at least according to a recent lawsuit. According to an amended complaint filed May 5 in Maryland federal court, Apple users get the raw end of the deal in …

DoorDash faces lawsuit accusing it of charging iPhone users more for delivery

DoorDash has been charging iPhone users more than Android users for identical deliveries, according to a lawsuit seeking class action status. The court documents (PDF, via 9to5Mac) submitted for the case included screenshots showing how iPhone users are charged an extra fee for “expanded range.” On the company’s website, it said the fee “helps DoorDash preserve [customers’] access to …

Some Uber and DoorDash drivers say rich people are the worst tippers, but they can count on the middle class

For you: Insider Today newsletter — the day’s most fascinating stories.Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Some gig workers have a bone to pick with the wealthiest Americans. Insider published a story last week about Jay, a …

NYC proposes paying delivery-app workers up to $33 hourly: DoorDash doomsday

Getting that pizza delivered could cost $5 to $7 more if the city adopts a new pay rate for delivery-app workers. A controversial proposal by the city Department of Consumer and Worker Protection would hike pay for GrubHub, UberEats, and DoorDash delivery workers far past the $15 minimum wage. Under one plan, deliverers would be …

DoorDash is adding support for cash — but not in its main app

Image Credits: DoorDash Restaurant delivery service DoorDash announced today it will begin to support the ability for customers to pay with cash for their online orders. But there’s a catch — the feature is only being rolled out to DoorDash’s white-label delivery solution for restaurants, DoorDash Drive, which allows restaurant owners to offer delivery from their own website or …

Massachusetts fines delivery startup Gopuff $6.2 mln in worker pay dispute

When employers misclassify their workers, they deprive them of basic employee protections and benefits, and create an unfair playing field for other law-abiding companies,” Campbell said in a statement. Uber and subsidiary Postmates are currently challenging a California worker classification law similar to the one in Massachusetts, which they say is unconstitutional because it was …

Calif. court rules former Grubhub driver was employee, not contractor

A former Grubhub driver is set to make $65 after a California judge ruled he was working as an employee, not a contractor, when he made deliveries for the company eight years ago in Los Angeles. The $65 is what Grubhub owes Raef Lawson in minimum wage for his time delivering food through the app …

DoorDash adds cash payment option to Drive product

Dive Brief: Dive Insight: DoorDash’s latest updates are particularly focused on pizza restaurants. Twenty percent of pizza orders fulfilled on DoorDash Drive where cash on delivery was enabled were paid for with cash, the company said.  Merchants previously shared that some customers preferred to pay with cash and some individuals didn’t have an alternative, the …