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Uber Gobbles Up Postmates In $2.65 Billion Bet On Food Delivery

Food delivery has been a bright spot for Uber during the coronavirus pandemic, as people stuck at home are ordering out more. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images hide caption

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Coronavirus Updates

Uber Gobbles Up Postmates In $2.65 Billion Bet On Food Delivery

The deal is a sign of how the coronavirus pandemic has turned Uber's business model upside down, with customers shunning ride-hailing and flocking to delivery services.

Uber Gobbles Up Postmates In $2.65 Billion Bet On Food Delivery

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Restaurants Are Desperate — But You May Not Be Helping When You Use Delivery Apps

On Wednesday, New York City became the latest city to pass a cap on how much food delivery apps like Grubhub can charge restaurants for deliveries. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption

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The Coronavirus Crisis

Restaurants Are Desperate — But You May Not Be Helping When You Use Delivery Apps

In a bid to help restaurants, cities from Seattle to Washington, D.C., have passed caps restricting how much food apps can charge to deliver meals. App companies claim the move might backfire.

Restaurants Are Desperate — But You May Not Be Helping When You Use Delivery Apps

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Thursday

Delivery Only: The Rise Of Restaurants With No Diners As Apps Take Orders

DoorDash's delivery restaurant in Redwood City, near San Francisco, is among an increasing number of "ghost kitchens" and menus that exist solely in smartphone apps. Shannon Bond/NPR hide caption

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Business

Delivery Only: The Rise Of Restaurants With No Diners As Apps Take Orders

Restaurants without diners are popping up all over the place. "Ghost kitchens" and menus that exist solely in smartphone apps such as DoorDash and Uber Eats seek to feed diners' appetite for delivery.

Delivery Only: The Rise Of Restaurants With No Diners As Apps Take Orders

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