Nova Scotia Buzz
The giant of food delivery, Uber Eats has announced that they will be waving delivery fees in an effort to support the local restaurant industry.
In a blog post from Monday the Head of Uber Eats in Canada, Janelle Sallenave, wrote that, “As we face the uncertainty of this health crisis together with our restaurant partners, we are thinking about how best to support independent restaurants in the U.S. & Canada that have been most significantly affected.”
As more customers are choosing to stay indoors, we’ve waived the Delivery Fee for the more than 100,000 independent restaurants across US & Canada on Uber Eats. https://t.co/xrhr1q0Gg1
— Javi Correoso (@javicorreoso) March 16, 2020
“We’re working urgently to drive orders towards independent restaurants on Eats,” Sallenave says. “We’ve waived the Delivery Fee for the more than 100,000 independent restaurants across US & Canada on Uber Eats.”
There will be “daily dedicated, targeted marketing campaigns, both in-app and via email, to promote delivery from local restaurants, especially those that are new to the app.”
