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New York sets new minimum wage for food-app delivery drivers

Food delivery platforms operating in the city will have to pay their delivery workers at least $17.96 an hour

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New York City has passed a minimum wage law for grocery and restaurant delivery workers — the first of its kind in the country — that would require app-based food delivery platforms to pay their delivery workers at least $17.96 an hour, not including tips — more than double the current $7.09 average rate.

The city’s mayor, Eric Adams, announced Sunday that the new minimum wage would affect app-based grocery and restaurant delivery workers that drive or bike-ride over food orders to restaurant customers.

Grubhub, Uber Eats, DoorDash, etc., would have flexibility in how they pay delivery workers the new minimum wage – either paying them per trip, per hour, or via their own formula.

The new law, first proposed in 2021, will eventually raise the workers’ minimum wage to at least $19.96 an hour in 2025, or more, based on inflation.

About the Authors

Chloe Riley

Executive Editor, Supermarket News

Chloe Riley is the Executive Editor of Supermarket News, which delivers the ultimate in competitive business intelligence, news and information for executives in the food retail and grocery industry. A graduate of the School of Journalism at Columbia College Chicago, Chloe previously served as a Digital Strategist at SEO firm Profound Strategy, Associate Editor at B2B hospitality mag HOTELS Magazine, as well as CEO of her own digital strategy company, Chlowe. She lives in Woodstock, Illinois. 

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Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a content producer and assistant digital editor as well as the host of Nation’s Restaurant News’ podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Groups other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

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