Uber Eats

Uber Eats is an American online food ordering and delivery platform launched by Uber in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California. Users can read menus, reviews and ratings, order, and pay for food from participating restaurants using an application on the iOS or Android platforms. Meals are delivered by couriers using cars, scooters, bikes, or on foot.

About Uber Eats in brief

Summary Uber EatsUber Eats is an American online food ordering and delivery platform launched by Uber in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California. Users can read menus, reviews and ratings, order, and pay for food from participating restaurants using an application on the iOS or Android platforms, or through a web browser. Meals are delivered by couriers using cars, scooters, bikes, or on foot. In August 2018, Uber Eats changed its flat USD 4. 99 delivery fee to a rate that is determined by distances. The fee ranges from a USD 2 minimum to an USD 8 maximum.

In November 2018, the company reported making food deliveries in 200 cities in 20 countries in EMEA markets. In January 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, UberEats saw a 30% rise in new customers. In April 2020, New Yorkers sued Uber, along with a group of Eats along with GrubHub, Postmates, and Postmates. The lawsuit seeks damages, including triple damages for the cost for dine-in-in customers, as they are required to subsidize the cost of delivery; and that the apps charge “exorbitant fees”