Grubhub is an American online and mobile prepared food ordering and delivery marketplace, which was founded in 2004 and is based in Chicago. The company connects diners with local takeout restaurants. The company has 19.9 million active users.
January 13, 2021Arguably the best culinary time of the year is approaching as the Girl Scouts are once again peddling their delicious wares to the general public. Over the next few weeks ...
January 12, 2021Aggregators like to aggregate, clearly. They do it better than ever these days. And as goes the business of platform aggregators, so goes PYMNTS’ latest Provider Ranking of Aggregator Apps.
In ...
December 28, 2020In today’s top news, President Trump signed the pandemic relief bill Congress passed last week, and Square CEO Jack Dorsey is reportedly interested in buying Jay-Z’s TIDAL music app. Plus, ...
December 27, 2020Grubhub drivers are fuming over a new company policy that has led to dramatically reduced tipping, the Financial Times reported, citing exchanges with drivers and posts by other drivers on ...
December 8, 2020Online food delivery platform Grubhub is providing restaurants with new tools for commission-free orders as the second wave of the pandemic triggers new dining room closures and capacity restrictions.
“It’s never ...
November 20, 2020 Winter is around the corner, bringing colder temperatures and prompting many restaurants to question whether their operations can survive the season.
Many quick-service restaurants (QSRs) have taken their dine-in services outdoors ...
October 29, 2020Restaurant services platform Chowly is partnering with food delivery app Grubhub to bring local eateries a frictionless solution for online sales, the companies said in a statement on Thursday (Oct. ...
October 28, 2020Online and mobile food ordering marketplace Grubhub reported a 53 percent increase in revenue to $494 million for the quarter that ended Sept. 30, according to a press release.
That’s a ...
October 8, 2020In today’s top payments news around the world, Flywire has teamed with the Brazilian Educational & Language Travel Association on payment options for students studying abroad, while EMQ has begun ...
October 8, 2020 The ongoing pandemic has hit few industries as hard as it has hit the restaurant industry, with stay-at-home guidelines and social distancing forcing many eateries to shut their doors either ...
October 7, 2020Shareholders of Just Eat Takeaway.com have approved the company’s acquisition of Grubhub for $6.9 billion, Reuters reported Wednesday (Oct. 7).
The deal, which is expected to close in the first half ...
October 6, 2020Lyft users who subscribe to the company’s $19.99 per month loyalty program, Lyft Pink, will now get the added benefit of free Grubhub deliveries, Lyft announced on Tuesday (Oct. 6) ...
October 6, 2020The ongoing pandemic is devastating the restaurant industry, with eateries leaning heavily on mobile ordering to make up for declines in walk-in traffic.
Restaurants are gradually opening dining rooms and patios ...
September 3, 2020The difficulties restaurants face with big delivery platforms like Grubhub or Uber Eats have been extensively cataloged. Critics claim the platforms take too big a bite out of restaurants’ revenues, ...
August 19, 2020 Dine-in restaurants have taken a beating during the COVID-19 pandemic, but those that have shifted to digital channels and relied on third-party mobile apps have kept business flowing. Eateries are staying afloat by turning ...
August 18, 2020Restaurant delivery-app downloads have spiked 50 percent since the pandemic’s onset, but with it comes the increased risk of fraud, says Eric Bevins, director of operations services at fast casual ...
July 30, 2020Lockdown living launched restaurant delivery aggregator Grubhub into a higher orbit, with the company logging gross food sales (GFS) of $2.3 billion in the second quarter of 2020, a 59 ...
July 10, 2020Grubhub has published its “State of the Plate” report, looking at food trends this year, with the pandemic having resulted in much more use of the food-delivery app.
The numbers show spicy ...
July 8, 2020It’s got Netflix series written all over it: “Grocery Delivery Wars.”
Imagine drones racing through the skies, festooned with NASCAR-like logos, laden with boxes of comestibles as cohort drivers on the ...
July 6, 2020Uber Technologies agreed Monday (July 6) to purchase delivery firm Postmates Inc. in an all-stock deal worth $2.65 billion.
“Uber and Postmates have long shared a belief that platforms like ours ...
July 1, 2020It’s a weird year all around, and that certainly applies to the world of mobile apps for order aggregators. PYMNTS’ latest Provider Ranking of Mobile Aggregators reflects heated competition, serious ...
June 30, 2020Uber Technologies may have lost out on a bid to buy Grubhub this month, but that hasn’t stopped the global ride-hailing company from setting its sights on another food delivery ...
June 15, 2020There is an out-and-out frenzy to capitalize on the pandemic-fueled digital shift that gave consumers few options for accessing products and services over the last twelve weeks.
Miss this shift and ...
June 15, 2020To say that last week was an active week of news in the restaurant world would be an understatement. First the much-anticipated Uber-Grubhub deal went up in smoke under the threat of antitrust ...
June 12, 2020DoorDash Inc. is expected to receive new funding that would value the nation’s largest on demand meal delivery company at $15 billion even before the deal closes, The Wall Street ...
June 12, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has throttled restaurants’ revenues as social distancing protocols, stay-at-home orders and dine-in bans have forced eateries to rely solely on pickup and delivery to stay in business. ...
June 11, 2020The owner of KFC and Taco Bell is suing Grubhub Inc., the Chicago-based online food ordering and delivery marketplace, alleging it violated terms of a distribution agreement, CNBC reported.
In 2018, Yum! Brands ...
June 11, 2020In today’s top news, Just Eat Takeaway.com and Grubhub agreed to merge, and Amazon and Goldman Sachs partnered to offer a small- to medium-sized business (SMB) credit program. Plus, Apple ...
June 11, 2020Grubhub CEO and Founder Matt Maloney said on Thursday (June 11) that it was a richer offer that drove the restaurant ordering and delivery service into the arms of European ...
June 11, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t enough to stop cross-border dealmaking – specifically in the food delivery services space, where critical mass is of critical importance. Consider the news that European food delivery ...
June 10, 2020Just Eat Takeaway.com agreed on Wednesday (June 10) to buy Grubhub for $7.3 billion in a move that could result in the world’s largest online food delivery firm outside of ...
June 10, 2020It looks like a much-anticipated Uber Eats-Grubhub merger that might have changed the entire food delivery landscape won’t be coming to fruition after all. Uber is reportedly looking increasingly likely to pull ...
June 10, 2020The merger between Uber Technologies Inc. and Grubhub will likely be taken off the table over antitrust concerns raised with the potential deal, sources told CNBC.
Instead, Grubhub is reportedly finalizing a ...
June 5, 2020Amid ongoing discussions with Uber on a potential deal, two food delivery platforms in Europe — Delivery Hero and Just Eat Takeaway.com — have each noted interest in a merger ...
June 3, 2020In today’s top news, PayPal and Facebook are to take stakes in Indonesia’s Gojek, and the Reserve Bank of Australia is considering cutting costs of electronic payments to encourage eBanking. ...
June 2, 2020Another major obstacle has emerged in Uber’s bid to buy Grubhub: The food-delivery service wants a big payoff if federal regulators nix the deal.
As previously reported in this space, some ...
May 28, 2020Giant tech companies are seeking deals at their fastest pace in years, fueled by COVID-19 despite an increase in scrutiny by regulators.
The Financial Times reported Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and ...
May 26, 2020As India sees COVID-19 cases quickly climb for the seventh day in a row as of Tuesday (May 26), Uber, like most businesses in the country, is seeing a severe ...
May 21, 2020Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Min.) wants officials to look into potential antitrust violations involving Uber’s possible acquisition of Grubhub as the two companies remain in discussion.
The letter, addressed to Assistant Attorney General ...
May 18, 2020In today’s top news, Grubhub says “no deal” to Uber, but negotiations continue. Meanwhile, SoftBank posts $18 billion in losses after Jack Ma resigns, and the Federal Reserve’s Jerome Powell ...