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Robomart to deliver Ben & Jerry’s ice cream on-demand

Red and white delivery van

The direct-to-consumer shipping trend has gone cold – as in ice cream cold. Robomart, the on-demand retail store that sends a vehicle filled with items directly to the consumer, announced a partnership with Unilever to deliver that company’s famous ice cream brands, including Ben & Jerry’s and Breyers.

Robomart vehicles will deliver ice cream products under Unilever’s The Ice Cream Shop virtual brand name. The delivery products will include the aforementioned brands as well as Good Humor, Magnum...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/robomart-store-on-wheels-to-deliver-ben-and-jerrys-ice-cream-direct-to-homes

Honeymoon’s over: Just Eat Takeaway considers selling Grubhub

Just Eat Takeaway may sell Grubhub

One year appears to be all that Just Eat Takeaway could handle in the U.S. market. The German delivery company acquired U.S-based Grubhub last summer for $7.3 billion but now it is exploring a potential sale of Grubhub less than a year later.

“The management board confirms its alignment with shareholders in wanting to both create and realize value from the company’s highly attractive portfolio of assets. As such, management is currently, together with its advisers, actively exploring the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/honeymoons-over-just-eat-takeaway-considers-selling-grubhub

Park and pray: More delivery drivers park illegally amid curb congestion

Last-mile delivery has a parking problem, and it is hurting efficiency, raising costs and ultimately hurting the ability to attract new drivers.

Just 7.5% of drivers surveyed by curb management company Automotus said they are always able to find parking at the curb upon arrival, and 25% spend between four and seven minutes searching for a spot.

“From the data, we see that very few drivers are able to get a parking spot without circling around for several minutes,” said Anil Merchant, head of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/park-and-pray-more-delivery-drivers-park-illegally-amid-curb-congestion

Analysis: NYC grants sweeping new rights to food delivery workers

NYC announced new provisions to protect food delivery drivers

Imagine not being able to use the bathroom at your place of work. For many New York City food delivery drivers, that has been the reality because restaurants aren’t required to provide them with bathroom access. At least not until now.

This week, Mayor Eric Adams and Peter A. Hatch, Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) commissioner, announced a set of provisions aimed at protecting app-based workers. The provisions, which took effect Monday, include a rule requiring restaurants to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/analysis-nyc-grants-sweeping-new-rights-to-food-delivery-workers

This NYC food delivery startup is giving power back to restaurants

This food delivery startup is changing the game

It’s no secret that there’s a little bit of animosity between restaurants and food delivery apps like Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub. Restaurants often hemorrhage up to 30% of their off-premise sales as part of the commission the apps charge them, and when places like New York City pushed back, the companies opened their collective coffers and jointly sued. Their actions have even earned them the title of “modern day Mafia” among some restaurateurs, who say that the apps are killing their...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/this-nyc-food-delivery-startup-is-giving-power-back-to-restaurants

Food delivery apps face EU crackdown: Are US companies next?

Companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash could feel the heat in the U.S. when EU lawmakers rule on gig worker classification this week

Third-party food delivery companies in Europe aren’t doing so hot. The European Commission, the executive branch of the EU, is scheduled to meet this week to propose what speculators believe will be stricter labor rules to regulate the gig economy in the region.

Specifically, ​​reports suggest that the commission will require gig companies to directly employ their couriers, rather than classify them as independent contractors. On the heels of that news, investors have soured on food delivery...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/food-delivery-apps-face-eu-crackdown-are-us-companies-next

Stride aims to give every gig worker a portable benefits account

Stride secures $47 million funding raise to build out portable benefits accounts for gig workers and gig drivers

One enduring feature of the gig economy is “multi-apping” — driving or delivering for several platforms. Many gig workers drive not only with Uber, for example, but with Lyft, too.

The problem, though, is that gig workers don’t receive benefits from any of the platforms they work for due to their legal status as independent contractors, which has contributed to a back-and-forth between gig workers and gig companies that has roiled the gig economy for months.

But what if gig workers not only...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/stride-aims-to-give-every-gig-worker-a-portable-benefits-account

This company is turning gig workers into gig economy shareholders

Moves Financial is giving stock in gig companies to gig workers

As gig economy companies like Uber continue to bring in more money and users, the rising tide has not lifted all boats.

In the last quarter, rideshare and food delivery companies raked in the revenue: Uber brought in nearly $4 billion; DoorDash accrued $1.24 billion; Just Eat Takeaway, which owns Grubhub, made $884 million; and Lyft generated $765 million. But where is that money going?

According to Matt Spoke, CEO of gig economy fintech provider Moves Financial, a lot of it is being spent on...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/this-company-is-turning-gig-workers-into-gig-economy-shareholders

NYC legislation establishes minimum payment per trip for delivery drivers

Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber Eats must now pay NYC delivery drivers a minimum payment per trip

New York City is quickly becoming one of the front lines in the battle for gig worker protections. 

In May 2020, the city enacted commission caps on third-party delivery services, limiting the amount they could charge partnering restaurants to 15% in an effort to help them weather the economic throes of the pandemic. About a month ago, it made those caps permanent. Predictably, the big three food delivery services, Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub, reacted the same way they did when San Francisco...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nyc-legislation-establishes-minimum-payment-per-trip-for-delivery-drivers

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