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There has been a lot of talk recently about Uber eats potentially combining forces with Grubhub. However, the rumors were officially quelled when European delivery app, Just Eat Takeaway came out of nowhere and made a deal with Grubhub forcing UberEats to drop out.

Just Eat Takeaway acquired Grubhub for $7.3 billion, forming the world’s largest online food delivery company outside of China. This new merger is going to provide some serious competition for both UberEats and the current US market leader, Doordash.

UberEats is already in an unprofitable situation, having lost $313 million last quarter. If they had been …

Not much good has come out of the Covid-19 pandemic but one new law, pushed into action by Covid-19, could positively change the working landscape for gig workers. 

When gig based work started decreasing due to the pandemic and stay at home orders, gig workers found themselves struggling to make ends meet with no financial help in sight. After a few weeks of living under the blight of Covid-19, Uber, Lyft and others started to put together agreements to pay drivers and delivery personnel who missed work because of the virus. Now Seattle is on the cusp of making sick …

Uber is stepping up and showing that they support the Black Lives Matter movement through offering free Uber Eats deliveries for any order placed with a black-owned restaurant from now until the end of 2020.

"We are committed to supporting the Black community," CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a statement. "As a starting point, we will use Uber Eats to promote Black-owned restaurants while making it easier for you to support them, with no delivery fees for the remainder of the year."

Now, when users open their Uber Eats app they will see a new banner announcing this promotion. Users …

Many states have started to slowly open back up and we have been receiving many inquiries on whether or not it is now safe to take rideshares once again. Based on our research and conversations with many rideshare drivers, we do feel taking an Uber or Lyft is a relatively low risk activity as long as you take the following precautions.

1. Always wear a mask and bring hand sanitizer to use after you touch the car door handle. Uber is even rolling out a new technology to verify that both the driver and rider are wearing masks during the entire …

In an effort to help busy families during Covid-19, Uber has announced a new feature within their Uber Eats app, Family Style Meals. Family style meals will offer larger portions and value meals from participating Uber Eats restaurant partners.

To order a family style meal, open your Uber Eats app and then tap on “Family Style Meals”. According to Uber and depending on the restaurant, “menu options will include curated menus focused on larger portions intended to be shared, or a combination of items from mains, appetizers / sides, desserts and beverages that offer value and savings”.

Family Style Meals …