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Comment / M&A radar: The tiny gamble that is Uber Freight – bigger risk lies elsewhere

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When my lawyer and I want fast food at home, we have many options. 

Sometimes we use Just Eat or Deliveroo, but more often than not I am dispatched to our local branch of Domino’s to pick up pizza we’ve ordered online.

We rarely use Uber Eats and there’s no real reason for that other than, perhaps, we have so many options.

On the other hand, when we need to get across town, but don’t want to drive, we only really have one ...

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