Fast delivery grocery app Gopuff introduced a 20-minute delivery promise – and Big Apple pols just as quickly vowed to push back because of safety concerns, The Post has learned The Philadelphia-based company rolled out a new service for subscribers Tuesday that “promises delivery in under 20 minutes for just $1.49/order,” in what it described …
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DeSantis signs Florida delivery bill pre-empting local delivery regulations
The law, backed by Uber and DoorDash, requires delivery firms to delist restaurants that want to be removed and will prevent local governments from passing regulations impacting third-party delivery. Dive Brief: Dive Insight: Uber Eats and DoorDash both backed SB 676, company representatives told Restaurant Dive. “We’re pleased that Florida policymakers took a collaborative approach on how …
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ASAP delivery service previously known as Waitr files for bankruptcy
Waitr Holdings filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on April 2, with plans to liquidate any of the company’s assets ASAP, the food delivery service formerly known as Waitr, has shut down after the company filed for Ch. 7 bankruptcy, according to an 8-K form filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2. According to …
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City Hall bumps pay for NYC delivery workers from $18 to nearly $20 an hour
NYC food delivery workers are getting a new, near 9% pay bump starting Monday, Mayor Adams announced. Workers for apps like Uber Eats, Grubhub and Doordash will now make $19.56 per hour spent making deliveries, or an increase of around $1.50 every hour. “Our delivery workers have consistently delivered for us, and today we are delivering for them,” …
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ASAP delivery service files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
The restaurant delivery company formerly known as Waitr is no more. The Louisiana-based provider, which rebranded as ASAP in 2022, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Tuesday and ceased operations. It had been struggling amid competition from bigger delivery companies like DoorDash and Uber Eats for years. Its revenue and corporate headcount declined sharply last year …
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Parent company for Louisiana-based Waitr food delivery service files for bankruptcy
Waitr Holdings, the parent company for the company formerly known as Waitr and several other subsidiaries, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The company announced the move in a document filed Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. It comes after the company now known as ASAP announced on Friday it would cease operations …
How did the cost of food delivery get so high?
Whizy Kim is a reporter covering how the world’s wealthiest people wield influence, including the policies and cultural norms they help forge. Before joining Vox, she was a senior writer at Refinery29. No one is happy about the delivery apps. Not the customers, who feel gouged by an avalanche of fees. Not restaurants, who feel gut-punched by the …
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The Impact of “PayUp”: Unpacking Seattle’s Damaging New Delivery Law
Seattle’s experimental new minimum pay ordinance for delivery couriers, first passed by the Seattle City Council in 2022 and implemented in January 2024, was intended to help Seattle-based couriers earn substantially more than the city’s minimum wage of $19.97. The legislation – primarily advocated for by individuals who no longer serve on the Council – …
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Food delivery apps could soon face state regulations in Florida
TAMPA – A Florida bill now on the governor’s desk may give the state regulatory control over food delivery apps like Uber and GrubHub. The bill aims to protect restaurants and consumers, according to lawmakers in Tallahassee. Key aspects of the proposed law include making sure restaurants don’t appear on a platform unless they want to be there, and …
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Seattle Law Mandating Higher Delivery Driver Pay Is a Disaster
In 2022, Seattle’s City Council passed an ordinance mandating a minimum earnings floor for app-based food delivery drivers in the city. The law finally went into effect in January 2024, but so far the main result has been customers deleting their delivery apps en masse, food orders plummeting, and driver pay cratering. The ordinance, part of a …
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