‘Achievement unlocked’ - Uber Eats hits five billionth order

Uber Eats has notched up five billion orders, according to a tweet from Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.

Achievement unlocked 🙌🏼: We hit our 5 BILLIONTH @UberEats order - w/so many orders every second around the world, could have been breakfast burritos in NYC, carrot cake 🍰 in Taipei or even a Parisian poke bowl . Congrats to the team and here’s to the next 5 billion!!
— dara khosrowshahi (@dkhos) May 19, 2022

Grocery Outlet

Last week, Uber announced it was teaming with Grocery Outlet to pilot on-demand and scheduled grocery delivery.

72 Grocery Outlet stores across California, Oregon, and Washington are now available to shop through Uber and Uber Eats.

Pilot customers will receive a $0 delivery fee on their first Grocery Outlet order of $30 or more.

Uber One members benefit from $0 delivery fees on all Grocery Outlet orders with $15 minimum purchase.

"Our goal is to provide a reliable and affordable grocery delivery option that works for everyone, no matter your budget," said Oskar Hjertonsson Head of Grocery at Uber.

"We see our partnership with Grocery Outlet as an opportunity to do just that by delivering customers the brands they like at the Grocery Outlet prices they love, on-demand, right to their door.”

Robots on the rise

Uber Eats is also launching two autonomous delivery pilots in Los Angeles with Serve Robotics and Motional.

Both of the pilots will initially deliver food from only a few merchants.

Serve’s part of the initiative will focus on shorter trips in West Hollywood. Motional’s will handle longer distance deliveries in Santa Monica.

Customers who place food orders via the Uber Eats app can opt to have their order delivered by a robot.

They will see a confirmation screen, receive app notifications and be able to track the robot’s location as their order approaches. Once it arrives, they can use the Uber Eats app to open the robot and retrieve their order.

“We’ll be able to learn from both of those pilots what customers actually want, what merchants actually want and what makes sense for delivery as we start to integrate our platform with AV companies,” said an Uber spokesperson.

“The hope is that they’re successful and that we learn over the coming months, and then figure out how to scale.”

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