[HN Gopher] A coupon-crazy Brazilian app figured out how to beat...
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A coupon-crazy Brazilian app figured out how to beat Uber Eats
Author : mfiguiere
Score : 17 points
Date : 2023-06-17 18:07 UTC (1 days ago)
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| gtirloni wrote:
| Uber Eats barely existed in Brazil. Not sure what was there to
| beat anyway.
| ArclightMat wrote:
| Besides the fact that Uber Eats barely made a dent in the
| marketshare and came in way later, it also attempted the same
| strategy to bring in consumers.
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| I distinctly recall using coupons or special "Only on Uber Eats"
| deals during most of 2019, and I only stopped using it during the
| pandemic because the available options at home were terrible
| compared to iFood's.
| paxys wrote:
| "Figured out how to beat Uber Eats" is a weird descriptor
| considering iFood had a decade-long head start and was always the
| dominant one in the market. I don't think Uber cracked double
| digit share even at its peak.
|
| Is it really that surprising for people that Uber Eats isn't the
| default delivery app in every market in the world?
| gabythenerd wrote:
| I don't think Uber Eats is the default delivery app in any
| Latin American country (maybe excluding Mexico). Most used on
| average are Rappi, Didi Foods and PedidosYa [0].
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| [0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244450/latin-america-
| fo...
| umeshunni wrote:
| RestOfWorld's editors are all 20 somethings living in NY and SF
| who have finally realized that apps and tech exist outside the
| US.
|
| The site has interesting content but the editorializing is
| cringe
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