The San Franciso-based company is also launching a campaign to make sustainable packaging easily available to merchants at a low cost.
This week, Uber — the San Francisco-based ride-hailing giant — announced that Uber Eats will soon be adding fresh produce from farmers’ markets to the food delivery app, among an array of sustainability initiatives at the company’s second annual GO-GET Zero event in London. The expansion launched in Los Angeles and New York City this week, with plans to expand to other markets within the next few years.
“We know that buying local and seasonal produce is another way to live more sustainably, so in order to make that a bit more effortless for our customers, we’re thrilled to welcome beloved purveyors from local farmers markets to Uber Eats,” Fay AlQassar, global head of delivery sustainability, told Food & Wine. “Plus, we look forward to offering farmers a new and alternative way to sell their goods.”