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Uber rides demand eviscerated by COVID-19; food-delivery business doubles
FILE PHOTO: Delivery bags with logos of Uber Eats are seen on a street amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in central Kiev, Ukraine May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
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Uber launches new grocery delivery service in Montreal and Toronto
FILE PHOTO: An Uber Eats bicyclist makes a delivery during the coronavirus outbreak, in the U.S. Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington, U.S. April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
u.s. business
Uber scoops up Postmates for $2.65-billion in food delivery push
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 01, 2020 an Uber Eats deliverer rides his scooter in a street in Lausanne amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus. - Uber has agreed to buy food delivery app Postmates in a multibillion dollar deal, reported Bloomberg on July 5, 2020. The San Francisco-based rideshare giant has been badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic -- cutting a quarter of its global workforce in May -- and has been looking to boost its growing food delivery service Uber Eats. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Uber to lay off 3,000 workers in second cut this month
Uber's logo is pictured at its office in Bogota, Colombia, December 12, 2019. Picture taken December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/Files
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Gig workers grapple with ‘unsustainable’ business models amid COVID-19
A Foodora courier is pictured as they pick up an order for delivery from a restaurant in Toronto on February 27, 2020. Food delivery app Foodora has filed for insolvency as it prepares to close its Canadian operations in a couple of weeks. The subsidiary of Berlin-based Delivery Hero SE filed a notice of intention to make a proposal to employees and other creditors under Section 50.4(1) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada). Foodora owes more than $4.7 million to hundreds of restaurants, liquor outlets, governments and employees, according to a court filing by trustee Grant Thornton Ltd. on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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As the pandemic makes delivery work more dangerous, should you tip more?
An Uber Eats courier picks up an order for delivery from a restaurant in Toronto, on, Feb. 27, 2020.
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Restaurant owners say delivery app fees cutting into already slim margins
A bike courier delivers food to a woman in Vancouver on April 26, 2020.
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Restaurants relying on Uber Eats angry about weekend outage amid COVID-19
FILE PHOTO: A deliveryman for Uber Eats rides a bike in Paris during a lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, France, April, 1, 2020. French supermarket retailer Carrefour and Uber Eats would launch a new delivery service aimed at helping Parisians buy essential goods and food during the nationwide lockdown triggered by the coronavirus crisis. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
review
Ghost restaurants like Vancouver’s Urban Tadka are the new great disruptors
Nalli Nihari is a goat dish from Urban Tadka in Vancouver, B.C. on February 19, 2020.
european business
Amazon’s Deliveroo deal faces in-depth U.K. competition probe
FILE PHOTO: A biker, wearing a Deliveroo food courier backpack, demonstrates during a call on clients to boycott the brand in Paris, France, August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo