France, May 8 -- After several months of negotiations, Uber Eats said Wednesday it will "very quickly" implement a guaranteed minimum payment per delivery set at three euros - an increase of 15 cents.

The American company announced that it will allocate a budget of 2two million euros in France. This move will increase the minimum delivery fee from €2.85 to €3.

Nearly 70 percent of the 65,000 independent riders working with Uber Eats "would benefit from this initiative," although not all their deliveries will reach the minimum of three euros, explained Bastien Pahus, the general manager of Uber Eats for France, Switzerland, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

But this small raise won't significantly change the daily lives of delivery r...