US delivery service DoorDash starts business in Germany

The food delivery business is booming - also because of the corona pandemic and working from home.

Now a large US provider is involved.

It starts in the land of Spätzle and Maultaschen.

Stuttgart - The US delivery service DoorDash starts its new German business in Stuttgart.

"For us, Stuttgart is a kind of test to see whether there is an appetite in Germany for DoorDash," said co-founder Andy Fang in Stuttgart.

"If we are successful in Stuttgart, the experience we have gained here will also serve us in other cities."

DoorDash is the leading delivery company in the United States, according to Fang.

The company from San Francisco announced only about a week ago that it would take over the Finnish provider Wolt, which is also active in Berlin, for around seven billion euros.

DoorDash is expanding its area by more than 20 countries.

In Europe, the Dutch company Just Eat Takeaway, which also includes the Lieferando brand, has so far been particularly strong.

There are flowers too

DoorDash wants to help retailers go online, said Fang.

Only 18.5 percent of the restaurants in Germany are currently on an Internet marketplace for deliveries.

In Stuttgart, in addition to food, flowers and alcohol products are also to be delivered to customers, he told the German Press Agency.

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The company wants to start with 30 courier drivers in the state capital of Baden-Württemberg.

"I want to make it clear that we employ courier drivers full-time in Germany through an agency," said Fang.

“We offer them safety training and they get the equipment they need for their job - helmets, gloves, winter jackets.

You also get e-bikes. "

Fang did not comment on the deal with Wolt because it was not completed.

“I can't say that much about it.” You are waiting for the approval of the competition authorities.

dpa