Increased (app)etite
What SA restaurants think of UberEats
Restaurants have weighed the costs of Uber’s food delivery service against their turnover
UberEats has partnered with 700 restaurants since its launch in Johannesburg in September and Cape Town in January. Within months, 100,000 people had downloaded the UberEats app. And though 2% of restaurants have since stopped partnering with the company, others say the arrangement has worked for them. Because UberEats is a new app, the owners of Lupa Osteria in Fourways, Guy Cluver and Chris Black, were unsure of its value at first. That was until the orders starting coming in. “It’s definitely added to our revenue, especially on quieter early to midweek evenings, so we can’t wait for it to expand into areas where all our stores can use it and grow together in partnership,” Cluver and Black said in a statement.
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