Type Private Area served Worldwide Founded August 2014 | Industry Online food ordering Website ubereats.com | |
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Number of locations 65 cities (March, 2017) Key people Travis Kalanick (CEO)
Thuan Pham (CTO)
Ryan Graves (COO) Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States Founders Travis Kalanick (CEO), Garrett Camp Profiles | ||
UberEATS is an online meal ordering and delivery platform. It partners with restaurants in dozens of cities around the world. Ordering can be done on their website or with a smartphone/tablet application or website. The website claims a delivery time of 30 minutes or less.
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History
The San Francisco based tech company, Uber Technologies Inc., was founded in 2009 by Garrett Camp (also the founder of StumbleUpon), and Travis Kalanick.
The company made its foray into food delivery in August, 2014 with the launch of the UberFRESH service in Santa Monica, California. In 2015, the platform was renamed to UberEATS, and the ordering software was released as its own application, separate from their UberRIDES app. At the same time, they expanded the platform to include Barcelona, Chicago, and New York City. UberEATS continued to expand throughout the second half of 2015.
How it works
The UberEATS smartphone/tablet application works on iPhone and Android-based devices. Ordering may also be done on a PC at the company website. Users can read the menu, order, and pay using their device—optionally including a gratuity for the delivery person.
UberEATS teams up with restaurants in different cities to offer a range of cuisines. UberEATS locations provide breakfast, lunch, brunch, and/or dinner menus. Some are open 24 hours every day. The service also features two to four “signature dishes” on a rotating, daily basis.
The app detects the user's location and displays restaurants open at the time separately from those that are closed. Payment is charged to a credit/debit card on file with Uber. Meals are delivered by couriers using cars, bikes, or on foot. As of March, 2017, the delivery fee is $4.99, excluding courier gratuity.
The service occasionally features food from local celebrity chefs wishing to increase their public visibility, including some who do not have physical restaurants.
South America
Bogota
São Paulo
Africa
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Delivery partners/drivers
Depending on the city, people can sign up to deliver food orders for UberEATS using their car, bike, scooter, or on foot. Delivery partners earn money for each delivery trip based on number of trips and the distance between the restaurant and the dropoff location. In most cities, partners must be 19 years of age or older in order to participate. Uber drivers who currently do rides for Uber can also sign up to do delivery.