Uber Gobbles Up PostmatesIn June, as food ordering continued to increase through the pandemic, Uber was sidelined in acquisition talks with Grubhub when European take$-$out giant Just Eat Takeaway stepped in$.$ But just a month later, Uber announced it was acquiring Postmates in a $$2\mathrm{.}65$ billion all$-$stock deal. Bringing together two of the biggest food$-$delivery companies in the

U$.$S$.$ was expected to trigger regulatory scrutiny; the Department of Justice approved it in November.