Delivery Hero—EU fined Delivery Hero EUR 223M and Glovo EUR 106M for cartel involving no-poach agreements and market allocation
The European Commission fined Delivery Hero EUR 223M and Glovo EUR 106M (total EUR 329M) for operating a cartel in online food delivery from 2018-2022. The companies engaged in no-poach agreements for employees, exchanged commercially sensitive information, and allocated geographic markets. This was the EU's first antitrust case involving a minority shareholding and first enforcement of EU competition rules concerning labor market competition.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antitrust & Competition | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Worker Rights | -against | secondary | -0.50 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.664 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
European Commission fined Delivery Hero and Glovo EUR 329M for food delivery cartel with no-poach agreements
The EU fined Delivery Hero EUR 223M and Glovo EUR 106M for cartel behavior from 2018-2022 including no-poach agreements, exchange of commercially sensitive information, and geographic market allocation. This was the EU's first enforcement of competition rules in labor markets.