Grubhub Launches Corporate Card for Hybrid Workers

Grubhub is launching a corporate pay card to help drive orders to local eateries and boost order flexibility for people working in offices or at home, the delivery service said Tuesday (May 3).

According to a news release, the Grubhub Pay Card, set to launch later this year, will let employees of companies with a Grubhub corporate account order on and off the Grubhub Marketplace with their allocated line of credit, meaning they can order from any place that takes debit and credit card payments.

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The account lets employers give workers a line of credit for ordering meals, as well as a framework for when they can use the credit to order. The pay card gives employees more flexibility with menu options beyond the Grubhub Marketplace.

“This card meets employees wherever they are, whether ordering from their go-to lunch spot on Grubhub, in-person at a local favorite restaurant, or grabbing groceries on the way home from the office,” Jeff Mirmelstein, vice president and general manager of corporate accounts at Grubhub, said in the release.

Grubhub said that with employees increasingly working in hybrid mode — particularly in rural locales with fewer dining options — flexibility in ordering has become crucial. The company says its pay card will give employees new meal choices as they won’t be limited to ordering only to the office or from restaurants on the Grubhub Marketplace.

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Data from PYMNTS confirms the trend, with our Connected Economy™ Monthly Report finding that 65% of U.S. consumers reported working remotely online in January 2022 up from 63% of consumers who worked remotely online at least some of the time the previous month.

Our research has also shown that Grubhub — which could be put up for sale by owner Just Eat Takeaway — has lagged behind competitors in the US., with 71% of the delivery aggregator customers we surveyed reportedly using DoorDash versus the 41% who had used Grubhub in the preceding 30 days.