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The latest news and announcements from DoorDash.

Prop 22 remains the law of the land in California, and Dashers can continue to set their own hours, earn flexibly, and receive the other benefits and protections the law affords them. 

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California Supreme Court Upholds Prop 22, Protecting Dasher Independence

New actions in cities, beginning with Boston, will help policymakers step up oversight and enforcement around challenges they are facing and allow everyone to continue to safely share our streets. 

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Stepping Up Our Commitment to Help Keep City Streets Safer

In compliance with a new California law, we’re updating the way our fees are displayed on DoorDash Marketplace. 

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Announcing New Display of Customer Fees in California

Maryland consumers will soon be able to find their favorite alcohol products from local merchants on the DoorDash platform and have them safely delivered to their homes.

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DoorDash Bringing Responsible Alcohol Delivery To Maryland

We're proud to join with the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility (Responsibility.org) in developing and committing to new Core Four principles for responsible alcohol delivery.

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DoorDash Joins With Responsibility.org To Strengthen Commitment To Safe Alcohol Delivery

Project DASH has helped change lives by powering more than 6 million deliveries of over 100 million meals to people experiencing food insecurity.*

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Celebrating More Than 100 Million Meals Delivered Through Project DASH

DoorDash is Prepared to Remove $4.99 Regulatory Response Fee if Compromise Bill Passes 


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Seattle Council’s Inaction is Devastating to Seattle Businesses, Dashers and Consumers

Entrepreneurs in Twin Cities and Washington, DC to receive revenue diversification education and mentorship, financial support.

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Diversifying Revenue to Promote Resilience: Introducing the Accelerator for Local Restaurants Live and Local Series Participants

Dashers in the Golden State are seeing higher earnings, guaranteed flexibility and access to unprecedented benefits thanks to the landmark law


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Thanks to California’s Prop 22, Dashers are Doing Better than Ever

New data from DoorDash shows wide-reaching impact in New York City due to haphazard city policymaking 

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Evaluating the Devastating Impacts of New York’s Extreme Minimum Pay Rate

There is a growing body of evidence that work like dashing can help get new businesses off the ground. This blog post digs into the latest research and stats.

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Can Dashing Help Foster Entrepreneurship?

Small businesses continue to lose millions in revenue as orders dry up due to extreme regulations

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New Data Shows Seattle’s Untested Law has Dire Consequences for Local Businesses and Dashers

In 2023, we enabled over 180,000 orders with reusable packaging globally across the countries DoorDash and Wolt operate in. In the United States, we’re working to grow that number in partnership with DeliverZero. 

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Helping DoorDash Customers Reduce Waste with Reusable Packaging 

Alcohol delivery on DoorDash enables merchants to grow their business, creates earnings opportunities for Dashers and prioritizes safety in our communities.

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A Look At Local Impact With Responsible Alcohol Delivery 

We’re proud to announce a call for applications in the Washington, D.C. and Minneapolis, MN areas for the Accelerator for Local Restaurants: Live & Local Series. 


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Announcing the Washington, D.C. and Minneapolis Accelerator for Local Restaurants: Live and Local Series

Although Dashers of all genders overwhelmingly prefer to maintain their independent contractor status, this is especially true for women. This blog post explores why.

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How Accessibility and Flexibility Empower Women

Millions nationwide use DoorDash not just for convenience but for affordable access to meals and items otherwise out of reach. Dive in below to learn more.

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 Building Affordable Access: How DoorDash Caters to Every Wallet

DoorDash customers can now support the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank, Project Open Hand, and Hunger at Home directly on DoorDash. 

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Support Bay Area Anti-Hunger Organizations on DoorDash

We're committed to help ease the cost-of-living for consumers and further help ensure DoorDash remains affordable and accessible for all

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An Update on Our Work to Make DoorDash Even More Transparent and Affordable

To meet the rising costs from new minimum pay rules in NYC, we’re announcing further changes to how our platform works.

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Changes In New York City: What To Expect

Today, we’re proud to build on our previous commitments in support of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. In partnership with Brighter Bites, we’re expanding our existing work powering the delivery of prescription, fresh produce via Project DASH.

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Supporting the White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities

Today, DoorDash reached an amicable settlement resolving a years-old matter in California. 

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New Data and Key Takeaways Show Dashers Prize Flexibility of Work, Merchants Value Partnerships, and Customers Save Millions of Hours when DoorDash is in their Communities 


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DoorDash’s 2023 Community Impact Report Demonstrates Real World Impact Across U.S. 

New data shows dire consequences to the City’s untested, extreme policies

One Month Later: Evaluating the Harmful Impacts of Seattle’s New Delivery Laws 

We were proud to submit a letter of support today on H.R. 1797 and help bring us closer to preventing unsafe batteries from entering the U.S. — an unacceptable outcome that must end.

We are working to eliminate the carbon impact of DoorDash deliveries in Germany. We are investing in an eco-friendly fleet to power our deliveries, when available. We’re proud to provide e-bikes for couriers as part of this effort. 

Additionally, DoorDash is continually improving its technology to achieve routing and order batching efficiencies that, on average, result in lower estimated emissions compared to a customer driving a car to and from a restaurant to pick up an order.


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Supporting and Strengthening E-Bike Safety Efforts

DoorDash has awarded more than $500,000 in Project DASH Impact Grants to over 200 food banks, food pantries, and other social impact organizations located in more than 30 states for any home delivery-related expense. 

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DoorDash Announces More Than $500,000 in Project DASH Impact Grants to Support Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Social Impact Organizations

Samina's passion for helping others led her to become a social worker — and a Dasher.

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Meet a Dasher: Samina

Denis is a former city council member and a dedicated member of his hometown in Michigan. He's also a Dasher.

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Meet a Dasher: Denis

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Meet a Dasher: Lydia

One of the misconceptions about dashing is that people turn to dashing only when they can’t find a “traditional” job. However, data suggests otherwise.

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Is Dashing a Substitute for Traditional Employment?

Bill could expand access to fund for Dashers to save for retirement, cover healthcare costs, or compensate for lost income.

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DoorDash Applauds Introduction of Virginia Bill to Ensure Access to Portable Benefits for Dashers

Seattle will implement major changes to the way delivery platforms operate in the city

How We’re Responding to Seattle’s New Delivery Laws

James is very active in his community and church — he continues to serve through his work as a Dasher.

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Meet a Dasher: James

Jeff was ready to leave corporate life and started dashing to be his own boss and bridge the gap between careers.

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Meet a Dasher: Jeff

DoorDash is confident that Dashers are properly classified as independent contractors under the FLSA, and we do not anticipate this rule causing changes to our business.

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Restaurants located in Tennessee counties impacted by severe storms and tornadoes are now eligible to apply for grants. 

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$10,000 Relief Grants Available to Eligible Tennessee Small Restaurants Affected by Tornadoes

We know that Dashers come to DoorDash for the ability to complete orders and earn when they want but what about their time between orders? We dive into what other activities they do during their inactive time on the app.

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Owning their Time: How Dashers Weave Delivering into Their Everyday Lives

Changes will allow us to better balance the impact of bad policies in NYC for everyone who uses our platform and continue providing the best possible experience. 

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An Update On The DoorDash Experience in NYC

During this busy time for food banks and food pantries, DoorDash is partnering with nonprofit organizations across the country to give back to the communities we serve this Thanksgiving season through our Community Credits program and Project DASH. 


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This Thanksgiving Season, DoorDash Helps Deliver Holiday Meals and Winter Essentials to Local Communities 

How we're expanding upon our industry-leading standards to help ensure safe and responsible alcohol delivery at every step of the process.

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Helping Ensure A Safe Alcohol Delivery Experience For Our Entire Community

This Veterans Day and throughout the year, we’re grateful to Veterans for their service. We’re proud that so many Veterans choose to dash to earn supplemental income, save, and grow their financial futures. 

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Honoring and Empowering Dashers who are Veterans

DoorDash is supporting the bipartisan Retirement Savings for Americans Act. The bill would empower workers who don’t have or can't access retirement plans to save for retirement through a government-sponsored retirement savings program.


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Making Retirement Savings Accessible for Independent Workers:  DoorDash Supports the Retirement Savings for Americans Act

All members of our community–Dashers, consumers, and merchants–must meet our standards and follow our policies. 

How we’re enforcing our policies fairly and proportionately

DashPass helps consumers find new local favorites and merchants grow their sales.

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How DashPass Members Make the Most of their Local Neighborhood

At DoorDash, broadening food access is an integral part of our mission to empower local economies. 

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Broadening Food Access During Hunger Action Month and Throughout the Year

An Urban Institute report, Connecting People with Charitable Food through New Home Delivery Partnerships, studies the effectiveness of Project DASH home delivery partnerships. 

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New Urban Institute Report Outlines How Project DASH and Home Delivery Connect People Experiencing Food Insecurity with Charitable Food

Just how unpredictable are orders for a typical merchant? We explored our data to show how DoorDash helps merchants manage order volatility.

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Only the Recipe is Predictable

Safety features rolled out in Massachusetts build on industry-leading efforts toward responsible and compliant alcohol delivery in the Commonwealth

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