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Co-op features Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat in ‘advertising first’ Christmas campaign
The campaign – the first from Co-op to focus on its quick-commerce offering – extends to in-store shelf barkers, posters and displays on self-checkout machines
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Interviews
Alex Troughton: the ‘grocery addict’ driving Uber Eats
Uber Eats’ ‘bet’ to introduce grocery to its offering has paid off handsomely. Now it’s expanding its reach and experimenting with new picking models
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Wine retailer Majestic makes debut on Just Eat app
The collaboration means Majestic customers can now benefit from rapid delivery of their purchases via Just Eat, as well as Deliveroo and Uber Eats
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Morrisons boosts immediacy offering with expanded Uber Eats deal
The supermarket has been working with Uber Eats for the past two years, offering delivery from its estate of Morrisons Daily convenience stores
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Just Eat partners with Boots for on-demand beauty and healthcare delivery
The launch today sees the service rolled out across major cities including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, and Edinburgh
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Uber Eats and Deliveroo among businesses facing most allegations of migrant worker rights abuses
The food delivery companies were linked to three labour abuse cases each in the first half of 2024
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Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Co-op rapid delivery partner Stuart cuts courier pay without warning
A table showing the 2023 pay structure has been removed from the Stuart website
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Compensation call for delivery riders caught up in far-right riots
Violent disorder has been suffered in multiple towns and cities since last Tuesday, with more than 400 people having now been arrested for their involvement
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Cold food and poor pay: Order stacking booming among food delivery apps
Transporting multiple orders at the same time means drivers achieve a higher throughput
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Analysis & Features
Will Labour’s worker reforms apply to the gig economy?
Labour’s ‘new deal for workers’ makes no mention of app couriers
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On-demand grocery hits 80 million orders worth £2bn
The channel’s value has shot up from almost nothing five years ago
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Uber Eats riders come out against picking and packing grocery orders
The biggest concern cited by respondents was that the move “would be used as yet another opportunity to cut driver pay”
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Comment & Opinion
Is Uber Eats’ courier pick, pack and pay the panacea promised?
Why don’t couriers pick, pack and pay in stores already?
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Uber Eats couriers to pick, pack and pay for grocery orders
The company said in the past two years the number of people who had placed a grocery order via Uber Eats in the UK had close to doubled
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Aggregator apps bow to Home Office pressure on illegal substitute riders
Deliveroo was the first to roll out a new substitute registration feature, including right to work checks, earlier this month. Just Eat and Uber Eats will soon follow suit
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Analysis & Features
Do Getir’s woes show quick commerce just can’t work?
The Turkish player is reportedly looking to pull the plug in Europe
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Comment & Opinion
Has the cost of living killed delivery’s takeaway buzz?
Brits are munching their way through more delivered takeaways than ever, apparently increasing their waistlines and killing the high street, a new study suggests
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Analysis & Features
Are delivery apps harming both riders and retailers?
While riders mount strikes, grocers are exposed to serious risks
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News
Co-op top grocer on all major delivery apps
The convenience retailer is the most popular grocer on Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat
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Co-op partners with Uber on white-label online grocery fulfilment
The partnership with Uber Direct will initially enable an additional 50 Co-op stores to offer rapid online home delivery