Wonder news and trends

GrubHub Owner Wonder Eyes $9 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round

July 09, 2026
Grubhub
Wonder Develops AI and Infrastructure to Automate Restaurant Launches
ResTech // May 06, 2026

Wonder plans to offer an artificial intelligence tool that will enable people to create restaurants that will operate through Wonder’s existing infrastructure that offers meals from different restaurants within each location. Speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything event, Wonder founder and CEO...

Wonder Aims to Expand Meal Prep Biz After Raising $600 Million
Investments // May 06, 2025

Grubhub and Blue Apron owner Wonder has reportedly raised $600 million in new funding. The deal brings Wonder nearer to developing what CEO Mark Lore described to Bloomberg News Tuesday (May 6) as a “super app for mealtime.” The financing also brings the company’s valuation to more than $7 billion, the...

Wonder Acquires Tastemade to Add Content to ‘Super App for Mealtime’
Partnerships // March 17, 2025

Food delivery startup Wonder has acquired Tastemade, a media company that creates video content and original programming focused on food, travel, home and design. “With Tastemade’s world-class storytelling, we’re unlocking fresh opportunities for brand partners and reimagining the future of food and content,” Wonder said in a Wednesday...

Grubhub Cuts 20% of Staff Following Purchase by Wonder
Aggregators // March 02, 2025

Weeks after being acquired by another food delivery platform, Grubhub is eliminating around 500 jobs. The company was sold last year by European firm Just Eat Takeaway to Wonder, a deal that was finalized in January. Now the two companies are working on aligning their...

Interviews & Exclusives
Wonder Hopes Walmart Can Turn Grocery Shoppers Into Connected Diners

March 04, 2024
As consumers increasingly view their food habits not in disparate segments — grocery, restaurant, meal kit — but as one connected “eats” category, Wonder is seizing on the new dining opportunities this opens up. The omnichannel food hall company, founded and helmed by Jet.com Co-founder Marc Lore, recently opened a location in a Walmart. Wonder […]

From The Mouths Of Matchmakers

December 27, 2016
Though matchmaking platforms are nothing new — just think eBay, Craigslist and Amazon — the innovation and advancement of these marketplaces have made a huge impact on the way consumers...

Using Gifting To Ignite Card-Linked Offers

September 07, 2016
Card-linked offers have struggled to get traction for lots of reasons. But Keith Smith, president of Wonder Technologies and card-linked offer veteran, says he knows why. In this week’s installment...

Quick Reads
GrubHub Owner Wonder Eyes $9 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round

July 09, 2026
GrubHub/Blue Apron owner Wonder is reportedly arranging hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding. That’s according to a Wednesday (July 8) report from The Information, which said the round—potentially Wonder’s last before going public—could value the company at $9 billion. Wonder has arranged to give investors extra shares if its stock price in an […]

Wonder Develops AI and Infrastructure to Automate Restaurant Launches

May 06, 2026
Wonder plans to offer an artificial intelligence tool that will enable people to create restaurants that will operate through Wonder’s existing infrastructure that offers meals from different restaurants within each...

Wonder Aims to Expand Meal Prep Biz After Raising $600 Million

May 06, 2025
Grubhub and Blue Apron owner Wonder has reportedly raised $600 million in new funding. The deal brings Wonder nearer to developing what CEO Mark Lore described to Bloomberg News Tuesday (May 6) as a “super app...

Wonder Acquires Tastemade to Add Content to ‘Super App for Mealtime’

March 17, 2025
Food delivery startup Wonder has acquired Tastemade, a media company that creates video content and original programming focused on food, travel, home and design. “With Tastemade’s world-class storytelling, we’re unlocking fresh opportunities for...