Brazil: Closed investigation against iFood after cease and desist agreement concerning abuse of dominance through exclusivity deals

On 8 February 2022, the Administrative Council for Economic Defence Investigation (CADE) announced it had reached a cease-and-desist agreement with iFood. Under the cease-and-desist agreement, which will remain in force for 54 months, iFood is prohibited from implementing exclusivity clauses into contracts. Furthermore, the percentage of exclusive restaurants on the iFood platform is capped. Finally, iFood must allow its partners to offer promotions on rival food delivery platforms and to cooperate with such platforms. The investigation followed a complaint by Rappi, a rival delivery app, accusing iFood of preventing restaurants and supermarkets from registering themselves with competing food delivery providers, thereby restricting competition.