It hasn’t been an easy road to recovery for many restaurant owners since the pandemic hammered their businesses. They’ve dealt with inflation, supply chain issues, labor shortages, and the fallout… Read More
A new complaint asks the Federal Trade Commission to investigate fees that Uber and DoorDash added to customer orders in Seattle following the implementation of a minimum wage law earlier… Read More
A controversial new minimum wage law for gig workers in Seattle that is drawing ire from tech giants has become one of Sara Nelson’s first policy issues to tackle in… Read More
Follow-up: Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson ‘very worried’ about fallout from food delivery shake-up DoorDash revealed Tuesday in a blog post that it had 30,000 fewer orders than expected… Read More
A new minimum wage law for gig workers in Seattle — and the subsequent response from tech companies — is changing the dynamics of food delivery in the city. As the law… Read More
Seattle lawmakers passed legislation Tuesday that aims to provide more job security to app-based workers who deliver food, shop for groceries, or perform many other on-demand jobs. The bill, CB… Read More
DoorDash, the food ordering and delivery company, is expanding its office footprint in Seattle two years after starting an engineering outpost in the city. The company, which now employs about… Read More
The Seattle City Council voted Tuesday to permanently implement a 15% cap on the fees that services such as Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub, and others charge restaurants for food delivery. The… Read More
Seattle Mariners outfielder Jesse Winker had a little pep in his step on Sunday after igniting a benches clearing brawl against the Los Angeles Angels after being hit by a… Read More
Seattle City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed what is being called a “first-in-the-nation” policy to create protections for gig workers who deliver meals, groceries and packages, and some on-demand service… Read More
A new study of pay on apps such as Instacart and DoorDash finds that gig delivery workers make less than minimum wage on average in Seattle, after factoring in expenses.… Read More
Delivery drivers for Grubhub, Uber Eats, DoorDash, Instacart and other companies left the Seattle City Council holding the bag this week — or, 400 bags — in a protest aimed… Read More
Five evenings a week, sometimes more, Carmen Figueroa gets into her car, signs into her GrubHub account and sets out for a night of deliveries. She averages three-to-four deliveries an… Read More
For a major corporate declaration, it was relatively brief. And as short as the email was, it can be distilled further into three simple words: So sue us. When Amazon… Read More
Jonny Silverberg, co-owner of Seattle’s Schmaltzy’s Delicatessen, remembers his breaking point. It was on a Wednesday, not long ago. A customer called saying that the items she ordered were not… Read More
In the midst of a major shift to remote work across the tech industry, DoorDash is setting up an engineering center in Seattle, with plans to hire 100 engineers over… Read More
Of the six workers who gathered to share their experiences in the gig economy at a Seattle event last week, two had experienced homelessness in the past few years. They agreed it… Read More
Those living in the Seattle region have yet another option for food delivery — and this one brings Taco Bell to your door. DoorDash announced today that it is now operating… Read More
Taco Bell now delivers. The fast food giant launched a delivery service on Wednesday in more than 90 cities across Los Angeles, Orange County, the Bay Area, and Dallas thanks… Read More
