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The cut-throat food-delivery business is turning into a gladiator fight. Wall Street cheered the acquisition of Grubhub by Dutch-based delivery giant Just Eat Takeaway.com on Thursday, sending Grubhub’s shares up by 4.7 percent while pushing shares of Grubhub’s former suitor, Uber, down 11 percent. Uber, which owns UberEats, had been in talks to buy Grubhub …
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Grubhub on Wednesday was acquired by Dutch food delivery giant Just Eat Takeaway.com. The companies announced in a joint press release that they would merge in a deal valued at $7.3 billion. Shares of Grubhub shot up more than 6 percent in extended trading to $62.72. The merger puts an end to weeks of speculation …
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European food ordering firm Just Eat Takeaway.com said on Wednesday it was in advanced talks to buy Grubhub in an all-stock deal. Grubhub was also approached by ride-hailing firm Uber in May for an all-stock deal. Uber, however, is now close to exiting the deal, CNBC reported on Wednesday. Uber did not immediately respond to …
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Uber said it will make changes to its ride-hailing app and Uber Eats delivery service to support black-owned businesses. In an email to customers late Thursday, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said Uber Eats will promote black-owned restaurants on its app, and that the service will not charge delivery fees to those restaurants “for the remainder of …
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Uber said it will make changes to its ride-hailing app and Uber Eats delivery service to support black-owned businesses. In an email to customers late Thursday, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said Uber Eats will promote black-owned restaurants on its app, and that the service will not charge delivery fees to those restaurants “for the remainder of …
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Uber on Friday said it would offer rides by the hour in some US cities, a feature aimed at helping Americans with essential trips during the coronavirus pandemic. The option, which is already available in a handful of cities in Australia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East, will cost $50 per hour. Fares for regular …
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Uber Technologies on Thursday for the first time detailed how much it has spent to support its ride-hail drivers and food delivery workers during the coronavirus crisis, which has battered the company and forced it to lay off thousands of employees. The company said in a blog post here it had spent $19 million as …
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The coronavirus has claimed some of SoftBank’s “unicorns” as casualties — and its billionaire CEO used a fantasy-driven slide presentation to illustrate the problem. The Japanese investment giant reported an $18 billion loss for its Vision Fund Monday after its buzzy “unicorn” tech startups like Uber and WeWork fell into what CEO Masayoshi Son called …
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Shares of Uber spiked as much as 8 percent Monday on reports that the ride-hail giant is axing an additional 3,000 employees and closing 45 offices as the coronavirus slams the brakes on its business. Combined with 3,700 pink slips the company handed out earlier this month, the latest cuts — which CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced …
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If Uber and Grubhub agree to merge, they may have an easier time with regulators in Washington than they’ve had with local officials in New York — but that’s not saying much. The ride-hailing giant hasn’t yet approached antitrust officials at the Department of Justice about its prospects for getting approval to acquire Grubhub, sources …
The cut-throat food-delivery business is turning into a gladiator fight. Wall Street cheered the acquisition of Grubhub by Dutch-based delivery giant Just Eat Takeaway.com on Thursday, sending Grubhub’s shares up by 4.7 percent while pushing shares of Grubhub’s former suitor, Uber, down 11 percent. Uber, which owns UberEats, had been in talks to buy Grubhub …
