[…] By the middle of the pandemic, we’d seen a wave of mergers, and JustEat, last year, was in search of a way to offload Grubhub. In a noted contrast to some of the aggregator pressures, Uber Eats has been thriving, as deliveries in the most recent quarter were up 14% year on year. Research from the PYMNTS’ Connected Dining study, “Connected Dining: Rising Costs Push Consumers Toward Pickup,” which draws from a survey of more than 2,100 U.S. consumers in January, finds that 10% of consumers reported having ordered their last restaurant meal from delivery. This share was up significantly from 7% just the month before, according to respondents. […]