Uber’s relying less on pad thai from 0.8 miles away. The company expects gross bookings (what customers spend) of non-restaurant deliveries to grow to $12.5 billion by the end of the year, according to reporting by Bloomberg.
The new forecast marks a 25% boost from the $10 billion estimate Uber shared in May for the delivery of groceries and items from retail partners like Best Buy.
Through the first half of the year, Uber’s total delivery gross bookings climbed to more than $42 billion, up about 18% year over year. That nearly matches the gross bookings of its ride-hailing business in the same period.