‘I appreciate the efforts of the bill sponsors in both chambers, but these bills, as written, can’t pass if we want to preserve the economic vitality and culinary diversity of the restaurant industry in Florida.’ The pandemic created a dramatic increase in usage of online food ordering platforms. Today, roughly 40% of restaurant sales come from online …
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App-based food delivery drivers and customers react to Seattle’s new hefty fees
SEATTLE (KOMO) — Food and grocery delivery drivers and their customers are feeling the pinch following Seattle’s newly-enacted minimum pay law for app-based workers, impacting companies like DoorDash, Uber Eats, Instacart and Grubhub. App-based food delivery drivers and customers react to Seattle’s new hefty fees (KOMO) The new regulations added a fee to support drivers who …
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DoorDash To Raise NYC Delivery Fees After New Minimum Wage Law
A new law in December guarantees fair compensation for 65,000 gig workers in New York City, who are essential for food delivery services. The minimum wage law forces food-delivery apps, like DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats, to pay gig workers at least $17.96 an hour. As a result of higher hourly wages, The New York Post obtained …
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DoorDash increases NYC delivery fees following new minimum wage rules
DoorDash customers in NYC will notice a new fee tacked onto their bill when they purchase food for delivery through the app. The company has started charging users $2 more for deliveries in NYC as a response to the city’s new minimum wage law, a spokesperson has confirmed to Business Insider. It warned users back in December that the …
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PROGRESSIVISM: Seattle’s “living wage” fee meant to help delivery drivers is causing drivers to make less because people stopped placing orders
WELCOME TO BASIC ECONOMICS 101, A SUBJECT NO LEADER IN SEATTLE EVER PASSED. The Seattle City Council passed a law requiring minimum compensation for gig workers (Doordash drivers and the like), and now the delivery apps have introduced new fees to cover the cost, which is causing customers not to use the apps, so now …
Olo agrees to settle shareholder lawsuit for $9M
Olo has agreed to pay $9 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by shareholders who accused the company of failing to properly disclose the end of its relationship with Subway. The agreement comes after a New York district judge twice denied Olo’s efforts to have the lawsuit dismissed. The company continued to deny any …
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Here’s how DoorDash, Uber, and Lyft are responding to rule change on gig work
The Department of Labor on Tuesday enacted a new rule aimed at preventing the misclassification of workers as independent contractors. The effort, first proposed in October 2022, provides a guide to whether a worker is an employee or an independent operator under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a difference that could afford someone key legal protections and …
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Here’s why Uber Eats delivery fees in Seattle just skyrocketed
Uber is not happy with Seattle’s lawmakers — and it’s showing up on customer receipts for food delivery orders. The company announced this week that it is jacking up delivery fees for Uber Eats in response to new worker legislation that is set to take effect this weekend in Seattle. The law, originally passed in May …
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Report: Uber to Close Drizly E-Commerce Alcohol Delivery Platform
Uber has decided to shut down Drizly just three years after acquiring the alcohol e-commerce delivery platform for $1.1 billion, Axios reported today. Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, Uber’s SVP of delivery, in a statement to Axios, said the company has decided to close Drizly in order to focus on its “core UberEats strategy of helping consumers get almost …
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To Catch A Predator: Shift4 Likely Engaging in Full-on Fraud, Any Buyer Better Lawyer Up
There’s a playbook out there for how to be a payments bro. And it looks like this. Step 1: launch a marketing campaign to show you’re utterly indignant over how potential customers are being treated by your competition. Let everyone know. Get on camera. Have a press team schedule endless interviews about how it’s not fair. Have …