European Union: European Commission fined Delivery Hero and Glovo EUR 329 million for anticompetitive agreements in online food delivery sector

On 2 June 2025, the European Commission imposed fines totalling EUR 329 million on Delivery Hero and Glovo for participating in an anticompetitive agreement in the online food delivery sector. The Commission found that, between July 2018 and July 2022, while Delivery Hero held a minority shareholding in Glovo, the two companies coordinated on multiple fronts, including agreements not to poach each other’s employees, the exchange of commercially sensitive information, and the allocation of geographic markets within the European Economic Area. The Commission considered these practices to constitute a single and continuous infringement under Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement. Both companies admitted their involvement and settled the case under the Commission’s cartel settlement procedure, receiving a reduction in fines. The fines imposed were EUR 223.285 million for Delivery Hero and EUR 105.732 million for Glovo.