McDonalds home delivery trial hits the streets of London

Speakers: Li Ningjing and Sam Duckett

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McDonald's has launched its long-awaited home delivery trial in the UK after teaming up with Uber's takeaway service across parts of London, Nottingham and Leeds.

The fast food giant is offering its "McDelivery" service through Uber Eats, with orders available from 22 locations across the capital and another 10 restaurants in Leeds and Nottingham.

It comes after similar tie-ups with Uber in the US, while McDonald's already delivers in China and Singapore.

Customers will be able to order food through the UberEats app, which then uses Uber couriers to deliver the food.

McDelivery is available on breakfast, lunch and dinner menus from 7am to 2am, although customers must live within 1.5 miles of restaurants in the trial.

Claude Abi-Gerges, a McDonald's franchisee who owns and operates five of the London restaurants taking part in the trial, said the service would bring customers a "new level of convenience".

McDonald's said restaurant teams would be monitoring the trial closely to see what worked and what did not.

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