Thousands of Australians living in regional centres will be able to order meals to their homes after Uber revealed plans to expand food-delivery services into more remote parts of the country.
The tech giant, which operates the largest food-delivery platform in Australia, launched its service in seven regional towns this week, in addition to six added earlier this month.
The move comes after an e-commerce survey found online purchases in regional towns jumped during the past year, and another found more than seven million Australians regularly use meal-delivery services.
Regional towns to get access to Uber Eats for the first time include Gladstone in Queensland, Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Burnie in Tasmania, Warragul in Victoria and a host of New South Wales locations inducing Bowral, Lismore, Tamworth and Coffs Harbour….