Hacker News with Generative AI: Food Delivery

DoorDash and Klarna signed deal where customers can pay for food in installments (unusualwhales.com)

Fintech, Food Delivery, Payments, Partnerships

9 points by nradov 12 days ago | 8 comments

DoorDash Offering Payment Plans for Food Delivery Sparks Backlash (newsweek.com)
DoorDash is teaming up with Klarna to introduce a "buy now, pay later" option for food delivery, allowing customers to split their purchases into four interest-free payments.

Fintech, Food Delivery, Consumerism, Business

44 points by ferguess_k 13 days ago | 102 comments

Prosus to acquire Just Eat Takeaway in €4B deal (ft.com)

Acquisitions, Business, Finance, Food Delivery

11 points by mmarian 38 days ago | 1 comments

Exploiting McDonald's APIs to hijack deliveries and order food for a penny (eaton-works.com)
API flaws in the McDonald’s McDelivery system in India, one of the world’s most popular food delivery apps, enabled a variety of fun exploits:

Cybersecurity, Food Delivery, APIs, India, Exploits

113 points by 2bluesc 104 days ago | 18 comments

Grubhub to pay $25M for deceiving customers with junk fees (theverge.com)
Grubhub has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit that claimed the food delivery service misled customers and drivers while also damaging the reputation of restaurants.

Consumer Protection, Food Delivery, Lawsuits, Business

4 points by jakubsuchy 106 days ago | 0 comments

FTC Action Against Grubhub for Harming Diners, Workers, and Small Businesses (ftc.gov)

FTC, Lawsuits, Restaurants, Food Delivery, Business

6 points by impish9208 106 days ago | 0 comments

Just Eat Is Selling Grubhub to Marc Lore's Wonder for $650M (theverge.com)
Just Eat is selling off Grubhub to fancy food hall delivery startup Wonder in a deal worth $650 million.

Food Delivery, Acquisitions, Startups

39 points by anotherhue 140 days ago | 84 comments

Couple in a severe Uber crash can't sue because of an Uber Eats order (cnn.com)

Lawsuits, Uber, Accidents, Food Delivery

6 points by peutetre 181 days ago | 2 comments

The food delivery riders living in 'caravan shantytowns' in Bristol, UK (theguardian.com)

Social Issues, Urban Planning, Housing, UK, Food Delivery

19 points by edward 221 days ago | 3 comments

The food delivery bubble is bursting – and maybe that's not a bad thing (salon.com)

Food Delivery, Business, Technology, Economics

14 points by uladzislau 241 days ago | 1 comments

CrowdStrike is offering a $10 UberEats gift card as an apology for the outage (techradar.com)