{"id":41704,"date":"2023-10-20T15:15:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/uber-will-soon-deliver-food-from-your-favourite-melbourne-restaurants-in-minutes-startupsmart-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:15:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:15:54","slug":"uber-will-soon-deliver-food-from-your-favourite-melbourne-restaurants-in-minutes-startupsmart-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/uber-will-soon-deliver-food-from-your-favourite-melbourne-restaurants-in-minutes-startupsmart-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber will soon deliver food from your favourite Melbourne restaurants in minutes &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"332\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ubercyclist-640x332.jpg\" alt=\"A cyclist wearing an Uber backpack\" title=\"ubercyclist\"><\/div>\n<p>Australians will soon be able to order food from their favourite restaurants and have it delivered by an Uber driver within minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne is set to become only the second city outside of North America to have access to Uber\u2019s on-demand food delivery service UberEATS.<\/p>\n<p>UberEATS Australia general manager Simon Rossi confirmed the service will be launching in Melbourne first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really excited to announce that we\u2019ll be bringing UberEATS to Australia and launching soon in Melbourne,\u201d Rossi says.<\/p>\n<p>The UberEATS Melbourne website went live on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelbourne, here we come,\u201d the site reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUbearEATS lets you use your favourite technology to get hometown favourites delivered seamlessly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the UberX service still being technically illegal in Victoria, UberEATS will be launching in Melbourne before its crosstown rival Sydney, where the ridesharing app has been legalised and regulated.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rossi, this is because of Melbourne\u2019s reputation as the \u201cfoodie capital of Australia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>UberEATS launched in a handful of US cities towards the end of last year and is also available in Toronto and Paris.<\/p>\n<p>It will be housed in a separate app from the UberX service.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as the food delivery market in Australia is becoming&nbsp;increasingly heated, with international giant Deliveroo launching locally in November and a host of other rivals including MenuLog and Suppertime.<\/p>\n<p>Uber has also just gotten its first local ridesharing competitor, with <a href=\"\/advice\/growth\/uber-gets-its-first-australian-competitor-as-local-startup-expands-to-ridesharing-uber-has-had-a-grip-on-the-market-for-long-enough\/\">taxi-booking service GoCatch expanding into the market<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/news-analysis\/local\/aussie-uber-clocks-up-10-million-rides-and-tells-governments-its-time-they-got-on-board\/\">Speaking to StartupSmart earlier this month<\/a>, head of Uber Australia David Rohrsheim signalled plans to expand the startup\u2019s offering outside of UberX, including the UberPOOL service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s something we\u2019re very, very excited about,\u201d Rohrsheim said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s live in 15 cities around the world and will be in some Australian cities later this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow StartupSmart on <strong>Facebook<\/strong>, <strong>Twitter<\/strong>, <strong>LinkedIn<\/strong> and <strong>SoundCloud<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australians will soon be able to order food from their favourite restaurants and have it delivered by an Uber 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