{"id":71375,"date":"2026-05-24T16:20:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T20:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/uber-board-considers-raising-offer-for-german-food-delivery-company\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T16:20:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T20:20:53","slug":"uber-board-considers-raising-offer-for-german-food-delivery-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/uber-board-considers-raising-offer-for-german-food-delivery-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber Board Considers Raising Offer for German Food Delivery Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1779654053126.jpg?resize=450%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1779654053126.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1779654053126.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Uber&#8217;s board of directors gathered on Saturday to consider increasing their acquisition proposal for German food delivery company Delivery Hero, following rejection from a significant shareholder, according to a Financial Times report published Sunday.<\/p><p>The initial offer from Uber would have placed Delivery Hero&#8217;s value at more than 11.5 billion euros, equivalent to approximately $13.39 billion. However, a major shareholder turned down this proposal, prompting the ride-sharing company&#8217;s board to explore a higher bid.<\/p><p>Reuters has not been able to independently confirm the Financial Times report at this time.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uber&#8217;s board of directors convened Saturday to discuss increasing their acquisition offer for German food delivery company Delivery Hero. The move comes after a significant shareholder rejected Uber&#8217;s initial bid that valued the company at more than 11.5 billion euros.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":71374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[834],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1779654053126.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-izd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71062,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/german-food-delivery-giant-confirms-takeover-bid-from-uber\/","url_meta":{"origin":71375,"position":0},"title":"German Food Delivery Giant Confirms Takeover Bid from Uber","author":"Admin","date":"May 23, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Delivery Hero, a German food delivery company, has acknowledged receiving an acquisition proposal from Uber worth approximately $38.29 per share. 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