Delivery Hero Fined About €223 Million in EU No-Poach and Market-Sharing Cartel
Company: Delivery Hero SE
Summary
In June 2025, the European Commission found that Delivery Hero and Glovo infringed EU competition law through a cartel in the online food-delivery sector. The infringement ran from July 2018 until July 2022. The Commission found three connected practices: a no-poach arrangement restricting recruitment between the companies, exchanges of commercially sensitive information including pricing and strategy, and geographic market allocation in the European Economic Area. Delivery Hero had acquired a minority stake in Glovo in 2018. The Commission found that the relationship created by that shareholding was used to coordinate conduct before Glovo became a Delivery Hero subsidiary in 2022. The Commission fined Delivery Hero approximately €223 million and Glovo approximately €106 million. Both companies admitted the infringement and settled the investigation. Source: European Commission https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/document/print/en/statement_25_1381/STATEMENT_25_1381_EN.pdf