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Exclusive-Germany’s Delivery Hero, Spanish Unit Glovo Targeted in EU Antitrust Raids
Date: July 6, 2022
By Joan Faus and Toby Sterling BARCELONA/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -German online takeaway food company Delivery Hero and its Spanish business Glovo were raided by European Union antitrust regulators, the companies said on Wednesday, putting them at risk of hefty fines. The European Commission said earlier that online food and grocery delivery companies in two EU countries...
Amazon Teams up With Just Eat on U.S. Food Delivery With Grubhub Investment
Date: July 6, 2022
By Toby Sterling (Reuters) – Amazon has agreed to take a 2% stake in Just Eat Takeaway.com’s struggling U.S. meal delivery business Grubhub and will offer its Prime members access to the service for one year. The deal is a major relief for Just Eat Takeaway, Europe’s largest meals company, whose stock had fallen 70%...
Fast Grocery Group Gorillas Eyes Collaborations in Profitability Push
Date: June 22, 2022
By Conor Humphries, Nadine Schimroszik and Emma-Victoria Farr DUBLIN (Reuters) -German grocery delivery app Gorillas, which began cutting jobs last month to conserve cash, is looking to collaborate with large retailers as it races to achieve group-level profitability within 12 months, its chairman said on Wednesday. The Berlin-based startup, founded in 2020, is reviewing its...
Dhl Raises Prices for Parcel Deliveries, Calling It Unavoidable
Date: June 13, 2022
BERLIN (Reuters) – Logistics giant DHL will charge private customers more for parcel deliveries from July 1 as labour and transport costs have made price increases unavoidable, said the company on Monday. DHL, part of the Deutsche Post DHL Group, will increase the price to ship a parcel abroad by between 1 euro and 3.50...
S.Korean Naver’s Robotics Ambitions Challenged by 5G On-The-Ground Realities
Date: May 25, 2022
By Joyce Lee and Byungwook Kim SEONGNAM, South Korea (Reuters) – On weekdays, South Korean tech company Naver Corp’s new headquarters near Seoul resembles a scene straight out of a science-fiction movie, with some 40 robots ambling across floors and delivering parcels and Starbucks coffee to humans. The Rookies, as the robots are called, weave...
Deliveroo’s UK Riders Win Collective Bargaining Rights Under Union Deal
Date: May 12, 2022
(Reuters) – Deliveroo said on Thursday it has signed an agreement with trade union GMB to give the food delivery firm’s 90,000 self-employed riders in Britain the rights to collective bargaining on pay and consultation on benefits. The British company said a pay floor will be guaranteed to riders as part of the deal and...