Food delivery couriers in Budapest organised a mass protest in November 2025 against worsening working conditions.
Gergely “Greg” Tóth from the ‘Hungarian Middle League – League of Couriers’ said that their purchasing power had fallen by 40-50 per cent over the past four years.
Tóth added that out of every 9 Forints the riders made, they lost six on average due to costs.
Foodora, one of the two big food delivery platforms in the country along with Wolt, denied the claims, arguing that pay rates had increased by an average of 10 per cent in that time.
The riders also criticised Foodora’s work allocation system, finding that it encourages a “hunger fight” to select all deliveries as quickly as possible, even when the terms of what they are agreeing to is not clear. They want pay rates to be transparent, as currently it is based on a ‘black-box’ dynamic system.
Tóth said that they had negotiated with Foodora and Wolt several times in the past but had never been able to reach an agreement. Before the November protest, the last one was in September.
The riders also want the government to make changes to the tax system to reduce their costs.