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On-demand food delivery is a service that allows customers to order food from restaurants and have it delivered to their homes or offices. Customers can typically place orders through a mobile app or website, and a third-party driver then provides the food.
On-demand food delivery has become increasingly popular in recent years due to the rise of smartphones and the convenience of having food delivered to your door. Some popular on-demand food delivery services include Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub, and Postmates.
‘I’m not wasting my time and gas for a no-tipper.’ The saying “no tip, no trip” among DoorDash drivers suggests that if a customer does not tip, many drivers may ignore the order and wait for more good orders. Videos on TikTok have shown the likely consequences of this trend. […]
A record number of Uber trips are taken as drivers flock to the platform, bucking pandemic-era fears and leading the chief executive to declare results in the last three months of 2022 “our strongest quarter ever”. The fourth quarter results of Uber show that transportation and food delivery are giants. […]
Roku and DoorDash’s new partnership is bringing interactive ads to streaming that offer delivery deals with the click of a remote control button. Roku and DoorDash have partnered to offer interactive advertisements directly to customers’ TV screens. These ads will prompt customers to enter their cell number through their remote […]
The rise of “ghost restaurants” or “ghost kitchens” has raised questions about government oversight and licenses. These places prepare food at home, sometimes in a warehouse or garage, without a permit and then deliver the food to customers through delivery platforms. This kind of informal business model is becoming increasingly […]
February 2022 The fast grocery-delivery service, Getir, operates by delivering groceries within 10 minutes of ordering. The company uses “dark stores” as distribution hubs to achieve this quick delivery. This has led to complaints from city authorities about the disruption caused in neighborhoods. Amsterdam and Rotterdam have banned new dark […]
France clamps down on delivery depot ‘dark stores.’ September 2022 Due to growing concerns from residents and city officials, the French government has classified “dark stores” as warehouses instead of shops. These stores are city-center depots used for instant home deliveries of food ordered over the Internet and have increased […]
The news of Zomato hiring across 800 job roles met with mixed reactions. Some netizens criticized the company’s work culture after reading job descriptions emphasizing 24/7 availability and lack of work-life balance. Some users took to social media to express their views, calling it a “toxic” and “slavery” promoting culture. […]
The Georgia state legislature is considering Senate Bill 34, which aims to standardize food delivery services in the state. The bill would require delivery services to enter into a contract with the restaurant, get permission to use the restaurant’s name or logo in marketing, maintain clean food holding areas and […]
Barcelona has approved a ban on “dark stores,” distribution centers used by grocery delivery companies, to preserve traditional neighborhood stores and residents’ quality of life. The ban will affect the local delivery app Glovo, which has eight dark stores in the city, and 21 dark stores. Glovo has not yet […]
Zomato, an online food delivery platform, announced the rebranding of its 10-minute food delivery service, Zomato Instant. The company stated that it is working on a new menu with its restaurant partners and that the service is not shutting down. The service, launched in March, targeted ultra-quick deliveries by stocking […]