Uber feast marks end of easy food delivery M&A

Uber and Delivery Hero logos are seen in this illustration taken July 16, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

DUBLIN, July 17 (Reuters Breakingviews) – The ​ride hailing to takeaway group agreed to buy ‌Germany’s Delivery Hero for $15 bln. Ample synergies justify the splurge, along with the need for scale following deals by ​DoorDash and Prosus. But with the sector’s big ​prizes gone, its rivals must hunt trickier regional ⁠scraps.

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Aimee joined Breakingviews in 2017 and writes about pharmaceuticals, consumer goods groups, retail and insurance. She is also co-host of the Breakingviews podcast The Viewsroom. Based in Ireland, she previously spent three years at The Sunday Times as banking correspondent. Prior to that, she was a senior reporter covering the bond market at IFR, a financial trade publication published by Thomson Reuters. She holds a degree in English and History from the National University of Ireland, Galway, and a diploma in journalism from the London School of Journalism.…Read more by Aimee Donnellan