Uber to bow out of Brazil restaurant deliveries

FILE PHOTO: An Uber Eats worker checks his mobile phone at Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 19, 2018. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Uber said on Thursday it will end its Uber Eats restaurant delivery service in Brazil from March 7 and focus instead on deliveries by its online groceries provider Cornershop and on Uber Direct, a delivery service for stores.

Brazil Journal, citing sources close to the matter, said the move is part of a global repositioning strategy under which Uber is looking to close unprofitable operations. Uber did not give a reason for closing Uber Eats Brazil in its statement.