Will food delivery companies follow California’s new law to regulate the gig...
On Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), a groundbreaking piece of legislation designed to make app-based companies start treating their workers like real employees....
View ArticleNew York City Council demands Grubhub issue refunds to restaurant owners
New York’s City Council has ramped up efforts to hold food delivery company Grubhub accountable for charging restaurants erroneous commission fees on phone orders. Council members are demanding the...
View ArticleIs Instacart the worst of the food delivery apps?
Last week, Instacart workers across the nation went on strike in hopes of persuading the company to change the default tip from 5 percent to 10 percent when a customer uses its app to order groceries....
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Sweetgreen and Chipotle will remove “forever chemicals” from their bowls by...
How fast-casual leaders changed their stance on PFAS almost overnight. On January 1st, 2020, something subtle but significant changed in San Francisco: At its one restaurant in the city, the popular...
View ArticleAs restaurant profits plummet during Covid-19 panic, state regulators start...
It’s a lifeline restaurateurs, food service workers, and their stressed-out customers have been waiting for. Across the country, government officials are making the difficult decision to close public...
View ArticleAnd then there were 3: Uber to purchase Postmates, further consolidating the...
The $2.65 billion deal follows a Dutch company’s acquisition of Grubhub last month. Ride-hailing giant Uber announced on Monday that it would purchase food delivery platform Postmates for $2.65...
View ArticleAfter the success of Prop 22 in California, UberEats, Grubhub, and Instacart...
A controversial new rule that would maintain the status quo for independent contractors will likely be overturned by Biden. But it could live on as a model policy for states. Wednesday morning, the...
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How Covid-19 saved the fast food drive-thru
In 2019, cities across the U.S. started banning construction of new restaurant drive-thrus. The pandemic turned this trend upside down. As recently as last winter, the drive-thru restaurant’s future...
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Chicago sues DoorDash, Grubhub over deceptive business practices
Following a year-long investigation into food delivery platforms, the city has filed first-of-its-kind lawsuits accusing the platforms of tactics that violate municipal law. The city of Chicago...
View ArticleNew York’s ‘deliveristas’ are at the forefront of cities’ sustainable...
As cities and companies push to move people and goods around with cleaner forms of transportation, food delivery workers on bicycles show what laws and infrastructure are needed. In late September,...
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Empower workers or government overreach? California’s fast food bill tests...
Sectoral bargaining in other countries has been found to reduce inequality. Now some Californians are trying to follow suit. This story originally appeared in CalMatters, an independent public...
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