End of the weekly shop? Asda bids to rival Amazon as it becomes first supermarket to offer one-hour delivery for full range of products Customers near stores in Halifax, Rotherham and Poole will be first to try service Many competitors already provide one-hour delivery – but none offer a full range But Asda’s £8.50 fee may … Read more
Uber and Lyft drivers will add 10,000 face-tracking tablets in back of cars that will play ‘personalized’ ads to riders and monitor their reactions Alfi is providing 10,000 tablets to US Uber and Lyft drivers, starting with Miami The tablets have a camera and algorithm that tracks riders’ facial cues The tablets show ads and other … Read more
Meal delivery apps ‘push up price by 44%’: Ordering a takeaway via services such as Deliveroo and Just Eat can send cost soaring, consumer group says Prices are driven up because of the fee restaurants must pay to major delivery firms Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat The companies charge customers for each delivery or … Read more
Meal delivery apps ‘push up price by 44%’: Ordering a takeaway via services such as Deliveroo and Just Eat can send cost soaring, consumer group says Prices are driven up because of the fee restaurants must pay to major delivery firms Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat The companies charge customers for each delivery or … Read more
Uber pays food delivery worker $400,000 rather than risk having its legion of low-paid workers being classed as employees by a court Uber Eats paid Adelaide driver Amita Gupta $400,000 settlement last year Ms Gupta claimed unfair dismissal after she was blocked from the delivery app Arguments arose whether she was contractor or employee and … Read more