DoorDash
American food delivery company
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| March 2025 | DoorDash announced a partnership with Klarna, a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) service, enabling customers to schedule small payments over a set period of time. |
| 2024 | DoorDash made its debut on the Fortune 500 list, ranking #443, highlighting the company's significant growth and market position in the food delivery industry. |
| December 31 2024 | DoorDash and its European subsidiary Wolt expanded their international operations to a combined total of 32 countries outside the United States by the end of the year. |
| 2023 | DoorDash faced a $1 billion class-action lawsuit alleging discriminatory pricing practices, with claims that iPhone users were charged higher fees and delivery charges compared to Android users. The company denied these allegations. |
| September 2023 | DoorDash transferred its stock listing from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq. |
| August 2023 | DoorDash was legally required to pay $1.6 million to drivers and the city of Seattle after being found non-compliant with paid time off policies. The settlement included $1.1 million for safe and sick time credits, $500,000 directly to drivers, and $8,500 in city fees. |
| June 2023 | DoorDash announced a new option for drivers to earn an hourly minimum wage during active deliveries. |
| 2022 | DoorDash reached a tentative settlement for the 2017 class-action lawsuit, agreeing to pay $100 million, with $61 million distributed to over 900,000 drivers (approximately $130 per driver) and $28 million for legal fees. |
| November 2022 | DoorDash announced plans to lay off 1,250 corporate employees to control expenses. |
| August 2022 | DoorDash announced the end of its partnership with Walmart. |
| June 2022 | DoorDash expanded service to the Wellington Region of New Zealand. |
| August 2021 | The city of Chicago filed a lawsuit against DoorDash and GrubHub, alleging unfair and deceptive practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Lori Lightfoot accused the companies of taking advantage of struggling restaurants and consumers, though DoorDash denied the merits of the suit. |
| July 2021 | DoorDash drivers organized a nationwide strike to protest lack of tip transparency and demand higher pay. The strike was specifically triggered by DoorDash's practice of hiding a portion of customer tips and the company blocking access to Para, a third-party app that drivers used to see full tip amounts. |
| June 2021 | DoorDash expanded service to Sendai, Japan, and reported that 55% of its drivers were women. |
| 2020 | DoorDash partnered with the National Urban League for the Main Street Strong program, pledging $200 million over five years to support restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic. The partnership included $12 million in funding to help drivers of color develop job skills and financial literacy. |
| December 9 2020 | DoorDash became a public company through an initial public offering, raising $3.37 billion. |
| October 2020 | DoorDash launched its 'Reopen for Delivery' program to help restaurants partner with ghost kitchen operators during the pandemic. |
| August 2020 | A class action lawsuit filed by a DoorDash customer against the company's tipping policy was referred to arbitration. |
| April 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, DoorDash became the fastest-growing food delivery service, providing free hand sanitizer and gloves to drivers and implementing contactless delivery. |
| April 2020 | DoorDash was named in an antitrust litigation lawsuit (Davitashvili v. GrubHub Inc.) alongside Grubhub, Postmates, and Uber Eats, alleging monopolistic practices related to restaurant pricing and delivery fees. |
| October 2019 | DoorDash opened its first ghost kitchen in Redwood City, California, with four restaurants operating at the location. |
| September 2019 | DoorDash officially launched in Melbourne, Australia, marking its first expansion outside North America. |
| August 2019 | Project DASH expanded to 25 cities across the United States and Canada, successfully delivering more than one million pounds of food. |
| July 2019 | The New York Times, The Verge, Vox, and Gothamist criticized DoorDash's tipping policy, which allowed the company to use customer tips to cover the guaranteed minimum pay for drivers instead of providing additional income. |
| May 4 2019 | DoorDash confirmed a major data breach affecting 4.9 million customers, delivery workers, and merchants. The breach exposed sensitive information for users who joined the platform before April 5, 2018. |
| 2018 | DoorDash launched Project DASH, a philanthropic initiative partnering with local food security organizations to deliver food donations to those in need. |
| December 2018 | DoorDash overtook Uber Eats to become the second-largest food delivery service in the US. |
| 2017 | A class-action lawsuit was filed against DoorDash alleging misclassification of delivery drivers as independent contractors in California and Massachusetts. |
| April 14 2016 | The lawsuit seeks treble damages for overcharges starting from this date, covering dine-in and delivery customers in the United States using the defendants' delivery apps. |
| 2015 | DoorDash began international market expansion by launching in Toronto, Canada. |
| June 2013 | DoorDash was officially incorporated. |
| January 2013 | Founders launched PaloAltoDelivery.com in Palo Alto, California. |
| 2012 | Stanford University students Tony Xu, Stanley Tang, Andy Fang, and Evan Moore began developing a mobile app for small business owners, with inspiration from a macaroon store owner's delivery challenges. |
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