Delivery drivers in violent street brawl as they hog McDonald’s takeaway orders

Police had to get involved after rival food delivery drivers set upon one other as they jostled for McDonald’s orders.

A wild brawl between food delivery drivers outside a London McDonald’s has led police to station themselves at the fast food outlet to try and stop further violence.

Delivery drivers have been clashing as they use apps to hog McDonald’s takeaway orders, reported The Sun.

Tensions flared over the scam and police are investigating a mass brawl late last month outside one branch.

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Macca’s can be a lucrative spot for delivery drivers due to the large number of orders. Picture: Glen Campbell

The apps enable drivers to change their GPS setting to a spoof location pretending they’re at a branch of the fast food restaurant — when they’re miles away.

It leaves them in prime position for new orders as Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat (known as Menulog in Australia) give deliveries to those closest — but it causes delays for customers.

Couriers say violence and intimidation has erupted — as well as motorcycles being set on fire.

The wild brawl broke out between warring McDonald's drivers outside an outlet in south London. Picture: Twitter.

Punches and kicks were thrown. Picture: Twitter.

Police were called to a fight involving numerous drivers outside a branch in Tooting, south London, amid all-out warfare in the capital between clashing workers.

Delivery driver Carlos Domingues, 44, said: “Some McDonald’s are no-go zones now.

“Aggressive drivers intimidate anyone coming on to their patch. So many fake their GPS and take multiple orders with different accounts.”

Due to recent events, our officers have been working side by side with @McDonalds Tooting, @Deliveroo, @ubereats_uk and @JustEatUK to tackle ASB outside McDonald’s involving delivery drivers. Our officers have been engaging with numerous delivery drivers and tackling ASB issues. pic.twitter.com/VLrPeoDtIg

— Tooting Police (@MPS_Tooting) July 13, 2022

McDonald’s is cracking down on “clearly unacceptable behaviour”.

The delivery companies pledged “zero tolerance to violence”.

London’s Metropolitan Police said that “due to recent events” its officers had been “working side-by-side” with McDonalds and the deliver firms to “tackle anti-social behaviour”.

This story appeared in The Sun and is reproduced with permission.