With the help of bush pilots, residents of remote Alaskan villages are increasingly using DoorDash, Uber Eats and other food-delivery services.
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Instacart’s Pandemic Boom Is Fading
The grocery delivery start-up changed its leadership, slashed its valuation and shifted its strategy after sales slowed.
At Least 50 People Have Been Killed Doing Gig Driving Since 2017, Report Says
Much attention has been paid to the risks passengers face accepting rides from Uber or Lyft, but drivers can also be in danger.
Uber, Lyft Drivers Struggle With High Gas Prices
Some drivers say they find it hard to justify spending hours on the road for Uber or Lyft as fuel costs continue to tick upward.
Gorillas, the Rapid Delivery Service, Is Changing Berlin. Is N.Y.C. Next?
In Germany’s capital, workers are striking, congestion is on the rise and the German bodega — the spätkauf — is under threat.
Bosses Have a New Headache: How Long Should Sick Workers Isolate?
Amid staffing shortages, companies are weighing conflicting guidance on when employees who have tested positive for the coronavirus can safely return to work.
N.Y.C. Food Delivery Workers Would See Better Pay Under New Bills
A package of legislation from the City Council will set minimum pay and working conditions, placing New York at the forefront of regulating a multibillion-dollar industry.
Food Delivery Apps Sue NY Over Fee Limits
Grubhub, Uber Eats and Door Dash have characterized a 15 percent cap on fees charged to restaurants as an unconstitutional measure that will hurt consumers.
A Judge Declared California’s Gig Worker Law Unconstitutional. Now What?
The law, the result of a $200 million proposition fight last year, ensures that workers like Uber and Lyft drivers are considered independent contractors.
How the Restaurant Delivery Business Holds Strong as In-Person Dining Returns
As in-person dining returns, home delivery is holding up. For restaurants, services like DoorDash and Uber Eats could become a permanent part of their business.
Huge Paydays for C.E.O.s, as Gap With Workers Widened
The gap between workers and C.E.O.s widened during the pandemic as public companies granted top executives some of the richest pay packages ever.
Tech in the Post-Pandemic World
Assessing its future, both the bad and the good.
Why Do British Uber Drivers Deserve Better Benefits?
Gig work doesn’t have to be a race to the bottom.
‘Stupid’ DoorDash Deliveries Get Pennsylvania Prosecutor Demoted
The district attorney for Bucks County, Pa., said Gregg Shore, a high-ranking prosecutor, had been making food deliveries during work hours for the county. “I don’t know why he did this,” he said.
‘My Turn to Get Robbed’: Delivery Workers Are Targets in the Pandemic
Armed robbers are targeting delivery workers in New York, stealing the expensive electric bikes that are the key to their livelihood.
You’ve Heard of Ghost Kitchens. Meet the Ghost Franchises.
Virtual food brands, often driven by real celebrities, are rapidly spreading across the country. Do they help or hurt independent restaurants?
San Francisco Rallied to Find a DoorDash Driver’s Missing Children
Spurred on by social media, residents searched the streets after Jeffrey Fang’s children were taken in a carjacking. The police ultimately found them, unharmed, across town.
Super Bowl Means Snacking, Even Without Parties
The likes of Frito-Lay and food delivery services are expecting a busy Sunday, as more viewers stay home rather than gather in large groups.
Biden Should Help Protect Uber and Lyft Drivers
The Biden administration has an opportunity to restore basic labor protections to the people who deliver our groceries and drive for Uber and Lyft.
Market Edges Toward Euphoria, Despite Pandemic’s Toll
Investors of all stripes piled into stocks this year, creating levels of froth reminiscent of the dot-com boom. Analysts say there’s room to go higher, but some worry about a bubble.
Airbnb Prices I.P.O. at $68 a Share
The move, which is the second time the home-rental company raised its offering price, would value Airbnb for as much as $42 billion.
DoorDash Stock Soars After Initial Public Offering
The delivery company’s shares started trading at $182 each, 78 percent above its initial public offering price of $102, in a sign of investor appetite.
Apps Are Helping to Gut the Restaurant Industry
High fees are cutting already thin margins to the bone.
‘This Is Insanity’: Start-Ups End Year in a Deal Frenzy
Investors are tripping over one another to give hot start-ups money. DoorDash and Airbnb are going public. The good times are baaack.
Food Delivery Apps Are Booming. Their Workers Are Often Struggling.
Delivery drivers have been essential to feeding New York, while boosting sales for companies like DoorDash and Uber. But they say work conditions have gotten worse.
DoorDash Reveals I.P.O. Filing
The company’s performance renewed questions about whether “gig economy” businesses can turn a profit.
Prop 22 in California Is a Bad D
A voter-approved measure strips them of basic protections enjoyed by employees in other businesses.
Why California’s Prop 22 Puts Our Labor Laws in Danger
The gig companies wrote new labor laws that are almost impossible to change.
Uber and Lyft Drivers in California Will Remain Independent
The victory of Proposition 22, the most expensive initiative in the state’s history, could help gig companies remake labor laws throughout the country.
It’s a Ballot Fight for Survival for Gig Companies Like Uber
A group that also includes Lyft and DoorDash has spent nearly $200 million to support a California proposition that could save them from a new labor law.
California, Reject Prop 22
Gig workers deserve the dignity of fair compensation.
A Local Alternative to the Big Delivery Apps, in Los Angeles
Modeled after food delivery services in Seoul, a tiny Koreatown business keeps neighborhood restaurants running through the pandemic.
NJ Flood Dragged Her Into a Tunnel. Miraculously, She Survived.
“I’m going to die here, I don’t want to keep trying,” recalled Nathalia Bruno, a food deliverer in New Jersey. “But then I saw a flash of light.”
Uber Rides Cost More? OK
Many gig-based business models help customers take advantage of workers. Let’s stop giving tech companies a free ride.
Just Eat Takeaway to Acquire Grubhub for $7.3 Billion
The Dutch food delivery company beat out Uber to buy Grubhub, whose chief executive will oversee operations in North America.
As Diners Flock to Delivery Apps, Restaurants Fear for Their Future
While the apps say they are saving them in the pandemic, many restaurateurs say the opposite.
Jesus, the Beatles and … Masa Son?
The SoftBank chief made some eye-opening arguments to justify his company’s poor investment performance.
This Food Delivery Worker Won’t Let Coronavirus Get in Her Way
D’Shea Grant’s deliveries take longer than they used to. Her customers are on edge. The pandemic has made everything more complicated. But she keeps at it anyway.
The Delivery Workers Who Risk Their Health to Bring You Food
Demand for home delivery is rising, and New Yorkers barricaded in their homes are leaning more and more on a largely immigrant work force.
Pandemic Erodes Gig Economy Work
Gig companies promoted their flexible hours as an economic lifeline for workers. In the coronavirus outbreak, it has been anything but.