Dive Brief: Dive Insight: Carryout comprising 40% of sales has allowed the chain to mitigate some of the headwinds associated with the delivery category, Domino’s CEO Russell Weiner said. To improve the carryout experience, the company launched its Apple CarPlay innovation, which allows people to place and track their orders in their car and offers an alternative …
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Operators that use in-house delivery can request a Grubhub driver for $5 per order whenever needed. Dive Brief: Dive Insight: Grubhub’s latest feature is similar to one DoorDash began offering in 2021 that allows partner restaurants to toggle back and forth between in-house delivery and a DoorDash driver. Shifting between delivery types has been particularly helpful for chains like …
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We’re excited to announce that ASAP will soon be powered by Uber Eats! In order to deliver ASAP orders, please sign up here: Deliver with Uber. To learn more about delivering with Uber and how you will get paid, click here. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at drivers@deliverylogistics.io. Already delivering …
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June 21 (Reuters) – Uber Technologies (UBER.N) said on Wednesday it was cutting 200 jobs in its recruitment division amid plans to keep the staff count flat through the year and streamline costs. The reductions affect less than 1% of Uber’s 32,700-strong global workforce and follow the ride-share company laying off 150 employees in its freight services …
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DoorDash will give delivery workers the option to be paid a guaranteed hourly minimum rate instead of being paid per delivery, the company said Wednesday. The new option, a novelty in the gig worker industry, comes as DoorDash and other app-based gig companies like Lyft and Uber will have to provide New York City delivery workers with …
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A new rule regarding the minimum wage for app food delivery workers in New York City has led to DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber all filing lawsuits against the city. You know, just in case you thought ordering dinner was a simple, straightforward transaction. The new NYC law, which passed in June and was initially scheduled to take effect July 12 (more …
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Madison-based online food ordering and delivery service EatStreet Inc. will lay off 26 Wisconsin delivery drivers as it begins contracting drivers from third parties instead of employing them directly. The layoffs will begin around Aug. 21, according to information EatStreet filed with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development earlier this month. more
According to a new report from Axios, Amazon wants to partner with small businesses, such as bodegas and IT shops, so that they can become delivery partners. The company pays a small fee to small retailers for each package they deliver. With this program, Amazon wants to expand its last-mile delivery network and find new partners …
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A rare move by DoorDash Inc. to offer hourly pay could make its drivers look more like employees under federal labor laws, according to employment attorneys, potentially prompting fresh legal questions about the independent contractor model’s use in the gig-economy. Tech companies that dominate the app-based industry, including DoorDash, classify the workers that provide their services as independent contractors, …
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Dive Brief: Dive Insight: Cody Aughney, VP of dashers and logistics business teams at DoorDash, said the company based the change on feedback from some of its delivery workers, referred to as dashers, who wanted more consistency in pay. “They want to know exactly how much they’re going to make for their time spent dashing,” …
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