A cyclist from online delivery company Deliveroo is seen in Paris during the March 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. Photo: Reuters/Hans Lucas Pictures.
A restaurant meals delivery app in France is facing legal action after two kosher restaurant owners in the city of Strasbourg reported that at least two delivery men had refused to collect food from their premises because of their hatred of Jews.
Raphaël Nisand, a lawyer acting for the two owners, said that both establishments had found themselves in the same situation over the weekend.
“They prepared the orders, and the delivery man asked, ‘what’s your speciality?’ The restaurateurs said, ‘these are Israeli specialities,’ and the delivery man answered, ‘oh no, I don’t deliver to Jews,’ and canceled the delivery,” Nisand told the French news agency
Jan 12, 2021
“It is intolerable that delivery men working for the company Deliveroo dare to openly practice anti-Semitic discrimination,” said the president of a French watchdog group.
A restaurant meals delivery app in France is facing legal action after two kosher restaurant owners in the city of Strasbourg reported that at least two deliverymen had refused to collect food from their premises because of their hatred of Jews.
Raphaël Nisand, a lawyer acting for the two owners, said that both establishments had found themselves in the same situation over the weekend.
“They prepared the orders, and the delivery man asked, ‘what’s your specialty?’ The restaurateurs said, ‘these are Israeli specialties,’ and the delivery man answered, ‘oh no, I don’t deliver to Jews,’ and canceled the delivery,” Nisand told the French news agency AFP on Monday.
PARIS (AP) French prosecutors are investigating complaints by Jewish groups in the eastern city of Strasbourg that one or more delivery drivers refused to take orders of kosher food. The.
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A police source said that an investigation is underway to identify the suspects after the complaints were filed last Thursday.
Raphael Nisand, who is representing both restaurant owners, said: The owners recount basically the same scenario: They prepare an order and the courier asks, What kind of food is this? The owner says: It s Israeli food . Then the courier says, Oh no, I don t deliver to Jews and cancels the delivery.
Nisand also said that he had filed complaints against the couriers as well as Deliveroo on behalf of the Israelite Consistory of the Bas-Rihn department.
In a statement, their president Maurice Dahan said: The Bas-Rhin Israelite Consistory considers it unacceptable that deliverers working for Deliveroo openly practice anti-Semitic discrimination.
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Illustrative: A Deliveroo driver is seen in traffic in north London, June 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Robert Stevens, File)
Two kosher restaurants in the French city of Strasbourg have said they were declined service by at least one deliveryman who allegedly said he does not want to serve Jews.
Both incidents happened Thursday amid a partial lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has limited restaurants to offering only takeout meals delivered by couriers.
The deliveryman who allegedly refused the kosher eateries service was working for Deliveroo. It was not immediately clear whether both incidents involved the same employee, the news site DNA reported Sunday.