Delivery Hero—Fined €223M by EU Commission for food delivery cartel with Glovo including no-poach agreement
The EU Commission fined Delivery Hero €223 million (€329 million total with Glovo) for running a cartel from 2018-2022. This was the first EU case finding a labor market cartel and first sanctioning anti-competitive use of a minority stake. Violations included: no-poach agreements (not hiring each other's employees), exchange of commercially sensitive information, and geographic market allocation.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antitrust & Competition | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Worker Rights | -against | secondary | -0.50 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.221 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (critical ×2) × confidence (0.59)× agency (compelled ×0.25)
Evidence (1 signal)
Fined €223M by EU Commission for food delivery cartel with Glovo including no-poach agreement
The EU Commission fined Delivery Hero €223 million (€329 million total with Glovo) for running a cartel from 2018-2022. This was the first EU case finding a labor market cartel and first sanctioning anti-competitive use of a minority stake. Violations included: no-poach agreements (not hiring each other's employees), exchange of commercially sensitive information, and geographic market allocation.