Uber and iFood announce strategic partnership in Brazil

Luciana Magalhaes

Wed, May 14, 2025, 12:15 PM 2 min read

By Luciana Magalhaes

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Uber Technologies Inc and iFood, a Brazilian nutrient transportation app, connected Wednesday announced a strategical concern successful Brazil, wherever transportation and ride-hailing services person grown rapidly successful caller years.

Under the collaboration, iFood users volition beryllium capable to publication Uber rides straight from the iFood app, portion Uber users volition summation entree to iFood’s food, grocery, pharmacy and convenience transportation services wrong the Uber app. The caller tabs are scheduled to motorboat successful the 2nd fractional of the year, according to the companies.

"Today, lone astir fractional of iFood and Uber customers successful Brazil usage some platforms. So this concern represents different large milestone successful our ngo to assistance radical spell anyplace and get thing astatine the pat of a button," Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, said successful a statement.

The concern comes 3 years aft Uber Eats, Uber's nutrient transportation app, near the Brazil marketplace aft struggling to pierce iFood's dominance.

Uber, which has been successful Brazil since 2014, has astir 30 cardinal progressive users and a web of much than 1.4 cardinal registered drivers and couriers successful the country. Uber, founded successful 2010, has completed much than 61 cardinal trips globally and astir 11 cardinal successful Brazil.

iFood, which holds a ascendant presumption successful Brazil's online nutrient transportation market, has reported 55 cardinal progressive users and a web of 360,000 couriers. It processes implicit 120 cardinal orders per month, successful astir 1,500 cities crossed Brazil.

"This concern represents a large measurement forward, with some companies innovating unneurotic to connection a caller mode to entree mundane services," said Diego Barreto, CEO of iFood, successful a statement.

The concern comes conscionable days aft Meituan, China's largest nutrient transportation platform, said it would put 5 cardinal reais ($890 million) to participate the Brazilian market, according to ApexBrasil, the government's commercialized and concern agency. The Chinese steadfast volition run successful the section marketplace nether its Keeta brand.

(Reporting by Luciana Magalhaes; editing by Manuela Andreoni and Leslie Adler)