Menulog announces pivot towards ‘employment model’ for all couriers within coming years

Menulog says it is moving away from the controversial independent contractor model favoured by its gig economy rivals and wants to have all its couriers employed by the company within a “few years’ time”. In a move designed to differentiate itself from rivals such as Uber Eats and Deliveroo, Menulog’s managing director, Morten Belling, said on …

Food delivery service Menulog expands with own fleet of drivers

Food delivery service Menulog will have its own drivers, in a bid to become the country’s biggest food delivery service. Menulog launched in New Zealand nearly 10 years ago but was limited in choice because it only served businesses that did their own deliveries. Managing director Morten Belling said contracting delivery drivers would allow the …

Menulog delivers red ink in fight with UberEats

The new managing director of food delivery business Menulog says aggressive investment in brand-building will be stepped up to chase more market share as the cost of expansion into new states dragged the group into the red in the first half of 2019. Ben Carter, who took the helm of Menulog on June 1, said …

Foodora’s fail ‘no surprise’ as entire future of the food delivery industry is now questioned

HEAD onto the Foodora Australia website today and it’s as bright and breezy as ever. The lurid pink hue jumps out and, at the top of the page, a message still pops up asking for people to join the “Foodora courier team”. But no one’s going to be signing up to “courier” meals for Foodora …