I haven't ordered food delivery in 18 months. Sure, I've saved money, but the decision also changed my relationship with food.

Tech Insider : Business
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The author stopped using the food delivery apps to save money.

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My family was spending $2,500 on food delivery a month — that's $1,000 more than our mortgage. Something had to change.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
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The author's family was overspending on food delivery.

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Your Uber Eats orders may be more likely to get stuck in NYC traffic now

Tech Insider : Economy
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An Uber Eats delivery bag.

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Uber Eats is joining the ranks of apps that want to be just like TikTok

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A person using the Uber Eats mobile app.

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How to make more money outside of your job using these 8 side hustles

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
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Working at a baseball game could be a side hustle.

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China's food delivery gig workers are driving a $208B business, but couriers have it as bad as factory workers

Tech Insider : Economy
A sharply focused delivery man wearing a yellow jacket and helmet drives a moped along a blurry road.
A delivery man from the Chinese company Meituan, one of the country's largest companies for food delivery and other services, drives along a road with his hand to his forehead.

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A police officer completed an Uber Eats delivery after the driver was arrested

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An image of an Uber Eats delivery bag.

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A Gen Z college student who drives for Uber Eats and DoorDash shares how he uses 'multi-apping' to make money

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
Joseph Kaiser
Joseph Kaiser, 26, said "multi-apping" has helped boost his Uber Eats and DoorDash earnings.

Joseph Kaiser

A food-delivery driver hunting for big tips says he declines 75% of orders and hangs out in wealthy areas: 'I'm not doing this to gamble. I'm doing this to make money'

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
Jay DoorDash
Jay, a DoorDash and Uber Eats driver, said he declined roughly 75% of the orders he received.

Jay DoorDash

An Indian guy did his food-delivery job on horseback after a fuel crisis meant he couldn't get gas, video shows

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A stock image shows a horse's feet.

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