Uber Eats debuts ‘dark’ grocery store nationwide

Uber Eats South Africa has introduced Uber Eats Market on its food delivery app. The dark store is opened in partnership with Smart Kitchen Co. The announcement was made at an Uber Eats event in Johannesburg today. The new store, according to the last mile delivery app, is Uber South Africa’s debut at quick commerce, enabling …

Uber Eats ‘misled’ SA on multi-store deliveries – but this township app has figured it out

Uber Eats doesn’t offer food from different restaurants in a single order, even though it recently misled South Africans into believing it does, ruled the country’s Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB). Meanwhile, users of a township delivery service founded in Hammanskraal have been enjoying multi-store deliveries over weekends. Uber Eats recently aired a television advert which …

Bolt Food guns for rivals Uber Eats, Mr D Food

Bolt Food SA, the food delivery arm of ride-hailing firm Bolt, plans to expand into Johannesburg, as it looks to take on main competitors Uber Eats and Mr D Food. The food delivery app, which launched in Cape Town during the onset of the COVID-19 lockdown, says it has experienced 50% month-on-month growth in the …

Uber Eats goes local to find its niche in South African food fight

SOWETO, South Africa (Reuters) – A stone’s throw from Nelson Mandela’s former home in South Africa’s Soweto township, Dumile Badela’s restaurant is now more hectic and lucrative than ever, thanks to Uber Eats, his hungriest customer yet. Having already dominated Africa’s ride-hailing sector, Uber is trying to conquer the food delivery market by leveraging its …

Most Popular Delivery App in Saudi Arabia Lets Users Bargain With Couriers

Typing out your order on Mrsool is only the start of what’s made the Saudi delivery app more popular in the kingdom than Uber Technologies Inc. and Facebook Inc. The experience that follows recreates the bargaining of a traditional market. Once the customer picks out items from a store or restaurant, couriers bid to run the errand, offering a …

Uber Eats and Mr D Food charge restaurants up to 30% commission – but ask them not to charge more

Uber Eats and Mr D Food ask outlets up to 30% commission on each meal ordered via their platforms. Uber Eats says the delivery fee, which differs from location to location, is required to cover operational costs. Both Uber Eats and Mr D Food encourage outlets to keep prices in line with in-store menu prices, …

These UberEATS Download Stats Make For Interesting Reading

…In between the launch date and now, UberEATS has racked up more than 550 000 downloads, and that number continues to grow at more than 10 000 a week. …Allenberg also revealed that UberEATS has now partnered with more than 1 200 restaurants in Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Johannesburg, Durban, and Pretoria, with more than 35 000 items for order. If you’re …