Amazon’s £442 million investment in restaurant delivery platform Deliveroo will go ahead, giving Jeff Bezos’ biggest toy a 16 percent stake in the London-based pedaller. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) approved the investment this morning, according to Propel, after a protracted, unpredictable investigation riven with the impact of COVID-19, …

Three weeks after Portland City Council passed a new ordinance capping fees on food delivery apps at 10 percent, two companies — Postmates and Grubhub — are still flouting the rules, and taking fees of up to 30 percent from local restaurants. In early July, City Council unanimously passed a …

Instacart filed a lawsuit against Uber’s rival grocery delivery service for alleged IP theft Instacart is suing Cornershop, a rival grocery delivery service majority owned by Uber, for allegedly stealing its product images, descriptions, and pricing data in what amounts to intellectual property theft, the Information reports. In a blog …

Portland has joined cities like New York and San Francisco, approving a cap on the amount of money delivery apps can charge restaurants for using their service. Portland City Council approved an ordinance that makes it illegal for apps like Caviar or Postmates to charge more than 10 percent in …

The rollout will start in Dallas and Miami The coronavirus pandemic has made grocery delivery services like Instacart incredibly popular and, in many cases, necessary for those who cannot leave their houses safely. So Uber is now expanding into grocery delivery to capture some of that market. In a press …