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EU Imposes €329M Fines on Delivery Hero and Glovo for Food Delivery Cartel

The decision follows unannounced Brussels inspections that exposed widespread anti-competitive practices in the food delivery market.

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Overview

  • Delivery Hero must pay €223 million while Glovo faces a €106 million penalty for their roles in the cartel.
  • EU regulators found the companies coordinated pricing, divided local markets and agreed not to poach each other’s employees.
  • The probe began with unannounced inspections at Delivery Hero’s Berlin offices and Glovo’s Barcelona headquarters in November 2023.
  • Evidence shows the unlawful agreements took place before Delivery Hero completed its full takeover of Glovo in July 2022.
  • Delivery Hero had provisioned €186 million while warning of a possible fine above €400 million ahead of the EU’s ruling.