Uber to buy ezCater for $2.3bn to bring workplace catering to Uber Eats
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Uber is paying $2.3B to bolt predictable, high-ticket workplace catering onto a volatile consumer delivery base — B2B food is becoming a core stabilizer for gig logistics networks. If you run a demand-side marketplace, this is another data point that enterprise and corporate use cases can underwrite consumer-side experimentation.
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