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Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Gomez named 'Deliveroo king', exclusive burger for Champions League 🍔
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here. ADVERTISEMENT: When the UEFA Champions League Final takes place in Munich on May 31, 2025, things will be heating up not just on the pitch, but also at the grill. Lieferando, the official partner of the UEFA Champions League, is teaming up with football icon Mario Gomez and Burgermeister to present an exclusive burger just in time for the opening of the first Burgermeister location in Munich—a burger that will really fire up fans before the final: the Lieferandomeister. Find your diamond luck with the Gomez Burger and Lieferando. Discover now! From May 26 to June 1, 2025, the Lieferandomeister by Mario Gomez will be available exclusively through Lieferando. Developed in close collaboration with the former Bayern player, the Lieferandomeister combines juicy Irish beef patties, melted cheese, hearty bacon & onion mix, dill pickles, mustard, and fiery jalapeños. They are a small tribute to Gomez's Andalusian roots. A Culinary Goal for the Final "The UEFA Champions League has always been a very special part of my career—that's why I'm especially excited to be able to present the exclusive final burger, the 'Lieferandomeister' from Burgermeister, just in time for the final in Munich—one of my favorite places," said Mario Gomez. Advertisement As a former top striker for FC Bayern Munich, multiple German champion, DFB Cup winner, three-time UEFA Champions League finalist, and 2013 UEFA Champions League winner, Gomez brings not only sporting expertise—but also knows what fans truly love. Today, he is a football expert, entrepreneur, and of course, a passionate football fan. Find Your Diamond Luck with the Gomez Burger But that's not all: Across Germany, every order of the "Lieferandomeister" burger via Lieferando in the week before the UEFA Champions League Final is doubly rewarding—because from May 26 to June 1, each order is automatically an entry into a very exclusive prize draw. Together with the renowned Amsterdam jeweler TROPHY BY GASSAN, who regularly outfits international top footballers like Dani Olmo and Lamine Yamal, Lieferando is giving away an exclusive diamond charm worth around 8,000 euros. The pendant, created for the collaboration with Burgermeister, is dedicated to a burger—embellished with real diamonds and designed in the style of 90s football icons. Countdown Club: Fan Base for the Final In the Countdown Club, Lieferando will make football fans' hearts beat faster: The popular Munich bar 'Die Krake' will become the ultimate fan base from May 29 to June 1. Starting Thursday, there will be football action, ticket raffles, DJ sets, and surprise appearances by sports legends all centered around the UEFA Champions League.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Gomez named 'Deliveroo king', exclusive burger for Champions League 🍔
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here. ADVERTISEMENT: When the UEFA Champions League Final takes place in Munich on May 31, 2025, things will be heating up not just on the pitch, but also at the grill. Lieferando, the official partner of the UEFA Champions League, is teaming up with football icon Mario Gomez and Burgermeister to present an exclusive burger just in time for the opening of the first Burgermeister location in Munich—a burger that will really fire up fans before the final: the Lieferandomeister. Find your diamond luck with the Gomez Burger and Lieferando. Discover now! From May 26 to June 1, 2025, the Lieferandomeister by Mario Gomez will be available exclusively through Lieferando. Developed in close collaboration with the former Bayern player, the Lieferandomeister combines juicy Irish beef patties, melted cheese, hearty bacon & onion mix, dill pickles, mustard, and fiery jalapeños. They are a small tribute to Gomez's Andalusian roots. "The UEFA Champions League has always been a very special part of my career—that's why I'm especially excited to be able to present the exclusive final burger, the 'Lieferandomeister' from Burgermeister, just in time for the final in Munich—one of my favorite places," said Mario Gomez. As a former top striker for FC Bayern Munich, multiple German champion, DFB Cup winner, three-time UEFA Champions League finalist, and 2013 UEFA Champions League winner, Gomez brings not only sporting expertise—but also knows what fans truly love. Today, he is a football expert, entrepreneur, and of course, a passionate football fan. But that's not all: Across Germany, every order of the "Lieferandomeister" burger via Lieferando in the week before the UEFA Champions League Final is doubly rewarding—because from May 26 to June 1, each order is automatically an entry into a very exclusive prize draw. Together with the renowned Amsterdam jeweler TROPHY BY GASSAN, who regularly outfits international top footballers like Dani Olmo and Lamine Yamal, Lieferando is giving away an exclusive diamond charm worth around 8,000 euros. The pendant, created for the collaboration with Burgermeister, is dedicated to a burger—embellished with real diamonds and designed in the style of 90s football icons. In the Countdown Club, Lieferando will make football fans' hearts beat faster: The popular Munich bar 'Die Krake' will become the ultimate fan base from May 29 to June 1. Starting Thursday, there will be football action, ticket raffles, DJ sets, and surprise appearances by sports legends all centered around the UEFA Champions League.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Retro vibes for the UEFA Champions League: Lieferando launches collection
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here. ADVERTISEMENT: Just in time for the UEFA Champions League final, Lieferando is launching a limited 90s-inspired capsule collection – in collaboration with Abderrahmane Trabsini, co-founder of the streetwear label Daily Paper, and the jewelry label TROPHY BY GASSAN. Football legend Edgar Davids is presenting the exclusive collection. Advertisement The centerpiece is three retro jerseys in vibrant Lieferando orange. The designs reference legendary 90s jerseys and incorporate modern food delivery elements like Lieferando's knife-and-fork symbol. The collection is complemented by five diamond-studded pendant necklaces, designed by TROPHY BY GASSAN. The motifs? Popular orders like sushi or pizza – crafted in the style of opulent 90s football jewelry pieces. Marijn Luchtman, Global Head of Sponsorships at Lieferando, explains: 'This collaboration creatively connects fashion, football, and food. We're excited to offer fans a piece of this unique mix for the final.' Advertisement Dustin Huisman, founder of TROPHY BY GASSAN, adds: 'Football and jewelry were inseparable in the 90s – that's exactly the feeling we wanted to capture. Our pendants bring together luxury and everyday joy.' Sales start on May 21 at 10 a.m. on – the jerseys cost €72.95. If you're at the final in Munich, you can grab one of the shirts on May 30 from 12 p.m. at the Countdown Club (Reichenbachstraße 22). Additionally, fans can win one of the exclusive jewelry pieces there or via the Lieferando app by ordering the 'Lieferandomeister by Mario Gomez' from Burgermeister between May 26 and June 1. 'We wanted to combine the energy and style of the 90s with today's food culture,' says designer Abderr Trabsini. 'This collection is a mix of football, fashion, and fast food – with a pinch of nostalgia.'
Local Germany
24-03-2025
- Business
- Local Germany
'They hit me': The real lives of Germany's foreign food delivery drivers
My wife and I do it probably once every two weeks; perhaps a bit more frequently when we're busy. It's a treat at the end of a hard day – when neither of us has managed to get to the shops and we both refuse to accept it's our turn to get off the sofa and cook. A phone comes out. One of us opens an app and places an order for hot food from almost any restaurant in the area. A gift from the digital gods. So easy, in fact, it can be done without any thought at all – which, on closer inspection, might not be quite the miracle it sounds. The pattern is familiar by now. A start-up launches a great new digital product. Copycats flood the market and for a year or two it feels like there are a thousand firms all offering the same service. Then everyone starts merging, buying each other out, going bankrupt, until two or three emerge triumphant. In Germany, when it comes to food delivery (excluding groceries and specialised services like Hello Fresh), that means Lieferando, Uber Eats, and Wolt. The boom began during COVID and the benefits for consumers are undeniable, in convenience and the sheer variety of food now on offer. The market is projected to keep growing, with the big three ideally positioned to profit from this growth. Each one offers a slightly different rewards system, but from a consumer point of view, they seem largely interchangeable. READ ALSO: Everything you need to know about working remotely in Germany 'Nobody prepares you' A recent exhibition in Berlin called Cycles of Decolonisation made it very clear that the people who work for these companies don't think they're interchangeable. Based on anonymised interviews with riders from all three organisations, it also lays out the many challenges they face in common: One testimony read: "It was snowing. I was delivering an order and my tire skidded in one of the corners. I hit my head and fell unconscious on the road. I was lying there for five minutes. It was a Sunday. I wasn't conscious and there was nobody there." Advertisement Another read: "It was summertime. People were sitting outside. Inside, it was totally empty, so I went and sat in a corner. One of the guys from the restaurant told me I wasn't allowed to sit inside. I was feeling bad. I said I wouldn't go outside. I told him to give me the order and I'd go. I wasn't taking anybody's seat. They hit me and snatched my bag. There were three or four people. They took my bag and hit me so my head started bleeding." Another rider said: "The customers are shown our names on the app. Sometimes, if they see it's a woman delivering, there have been episodes where customers open the door naked. Not in my case, but a colleague was in this situation – and nobody prepares you for how to deal with it." Advertisement Precarious work According to a study by Germany's Institute of Employment Research, gig-workers in the delivery-services sector are predominantly male, comparatively young and often foreign, with a large proportion coming from South Asia. 61 percent of delivery riders are marginally employed or hired under working student contracts. READ ALSO: How much money do international students need to study in Germany? Reading the exhibition interviews, a picture forms of how the companies operate, which flatly contradicts the image of smiling students pedalling in sunshine, choosing when and where to earn a little extra money. In practice, many riders apparently delete the app from their phones between shifts, to escape from the eyes of their employers for a few hours. A delivery worker for UberEats cycles through Berlin. Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Carsten Koall The platforms know where they are, routinely contacting them during periods of high demand. Instead of offering rewards for working overtime, they threaten to block the riders' ID numbers on the app - making it impossible for them to work - unless they start accepting orders immediately. Two of the three companies operate a 'delivery per hour' system, whereby riders are penalised if their delivery rate falls beneath a certain threshold (typically 3 deliveries every hour), regardless of fault or mitigating circumstances. READ ALSO: Jobs in Germany - Should foreign workers join a union? Perhaps the least attractive aspect of the platform economy is the reluctance on the part of people making huge sums of money to take any measure of responsibility for the people whose labour makes these profits possible. All the riders interviewed are self-employed or sub-contractors. Advertisement They use their own phones, their own clothing, and often their own bikes, without any clear route to making claims for repairs, maintenance, or other costs. When online tipping was introduced, the platforms moved to what they describe as a 'mixed wage', meaning that tips are mixed in with wages for an overall loss of earnings (probably; the riders can't be certain as they're not allowed to see how much they're being tipped). Ignoring German labour laws All three platforms make creative use of part-time contracts and Germany's system of 'mini-jobs', hiring people on 12- or 16-hour contracts, then allowing (or obliging) them to work much longer during busy periods, before cutting the hours again as soon as they can. And Wolt and Uber Eats regularly work through sub-contractors. One of the riders interviewed sets himself a target of 500 deliveries each month. The sub-contractor he works for pays €600 or €700 into his account, according to the terms of his part-time contract. He has to collect the rest of his earnings in cash. Often, the riders have to wait months for their money. Occasionally, the sub-contractors simply disappear. Advertisement The platforms plead ignorance. Wolt and Uber Eats pay per delivery (or per 'delivery per hour'), happy to ignore the time their riders spend battling traffic on busy city streets – acting as pedalling billboards and generating vast quantities of hugely valuable data. There are good labour laws in Germany, which is probably one reason the platforms increasingly rely on riders whose status in the county is precarious or temporary. Many of the riders have theories about why the authorities appear so willing to turn a blind eye to irregularities and abuses in the industry. And many have paid a substantial sum of money to come and study in Germany. The terms of their visas – as well as their academic commitments and imperfect command of German – make them dependent on casual, flexible work. How to support delivery drivers Individually, there's not much that we can do to persuade the German government to improve the country's labour laws or enforce the ones which already exist. Happily, however, there are several small steps we can take to show a degree of solidarity with our fellow internationals. For a start, we can take note of the fact that riders have a clear favourite among the platforms. Lieferando is the only one which pays them per hour (rather than 'delivery per hour') at the legal minimum wage, doesn't work through sub-contractors, and has allowed its riders to form a workers' council. Uber Eats has the worst reputation. Lieferando workers take part in a strike in Dresden for better pay and conditions. Many delivery workers are not allowed to unionise, in spite of Germany's strike labour laws. Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Robert Michael Several of the riders interviewed for the exhibition would like us to tip in cash whenever possible, rather than via the app. And all of them wished that more people would smile and say thank you when they make their deliveries. The riders are alone for long stretches of time, navigating traffic or waiting hidden out of sight while orders are prepared. They are providing a service which makes our lives easier. Many are studying. Others are qualified engineers, doctors, and teachers. All of them are people. Quotes have been abridged for clarity. The Cycles of Decolonisation ( exhibition runs until 6pm on Sunday, March 23rd, at Villa Elisabeth Park (Invalidenstraße 3, 10115 Berlin).
