Uber Eats and Coles supermarkets to offer deliveries in Australia under new deal

Transport Workers Union praised the arrangement as a ‘powerful opportunity” to improve workers’ conditions and entitlements

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Uber Eats will offer grocery deliveries from Coles supermarkets under a new deal involving 500 of the supermarket chain’s stores across Australia.

Thousands of Coles products will be available to order through the app, which gig economy workers will pack from grocery store shelves and then aim deliver within 60 minutes in metro areas.

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