10/22/2020 11:29 AM
Clarín.com
Economy
Updated 10/22/2020 11:29 AM
Uber Eats, the mobility company's food delivery app, will
be deactivated in 30 days.
Thus, it will follow in the footsteps of Glovo, the other app that decided to set up camp and sell its Argentine business to the owner of Orders Ya.
The company has already
sent an email to all its employees in Argentina and also in Colombia
, where it will also stop operating.
In May, it had also stopped operating in Uruguay.
“We have made the decision to discontinue the Uber Eats service in Argentina and Colombia.
This will allow us to focus resources and energy on other markets around the world.
This decision applies only to the Uber Eats service and does not affect Uber's ride-sharing business.
We remain fully committed to our investments in both countries, offering people a safe, accessible and reliable mobility solution ”, they assured from the company.
"The decision
has nothing to do with Argentina
or the context of the country," said sources familiar with Uber's business.
The idea of the company they assure is to focus on other markets where it is a leader, which was not the case in the country, where it reached the market of delivery apps last.
In the region, they will continue to operate in Brazil and Chile.
"Although it is a difficult decision, our priority now is to do everything possible to minimize the impact on restaurant partners, delivery partners and consumers who have supported us," the firm said in a statement.
For this reason, the company will compensate the distributors with an "economic incentive".
Uber Eats had arrived in Argentina in 2018 and had partnered with restaurants to offer them the delivery service.
The company will continue with the business they call "rides", passenger transfer, its original activity.
In addition, it maintains the "flash" parcel service.
Now, they will maintain the business they call "rides", that is, the original Uber mobility application for people, and services such as UberX, Essential, Medics (transport of essential and health personnel) and Flash (parcels), which offer in more than 10 cities in the country.
In the parcel area they also added the possibility of delivering by bicycle.
In this way, you could absorb some Uber Eats drivers with this option.
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