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Grubhub Sold to Delivery Startup Wonder at 90% Loss
Acquisitions // November 13, 2024

After a two-year search for a buyer, Just Eat Takeaway has sold Grubhub to food delivery startup Wonder. The company announced the sale Wednesday (Nov. 13), saying Wonder would pay $650 million to purchase Grubhub. That’s far less than the $7.3 billion Just Eat paid...

Grubhub Adopts Amazon Tech to Enable Residential Building Delivery
Delivery // October 21, 2024

Grubhub has completed nearly 1 million deliveries using Amazon Key, a technology that enables delivery drivers to enter common areas of residential buildings and gated communities, when property managers have opted in to the delivery service. Amazon Key allows third-party delivery services like Grubhub to...

Walmart and Amazon Turn to Fast Food to Sweeten Memberships
Loyalty & Rewards // August 29, 2024

In recent months, retail giants Walmart and Amazon have been seizing on consumers’ demand for digital restaurant ordering to drive engagement with their paid memberships, offering dining benefits to incentivize subscriptions. Walmart recently announced a deal with Burger King, its first Walmart+ dining partnership, offering...

They Said That: Notable Quotables for the Week of August 5
Technology // August 09, 2024

While you were watching track and field, basketball, fencing and swimming we were keeping our usual close eye on the “faster, higher, stronger” world of payments, banking and the connected economy. And now that your eyes have had a bit of a workout with that...

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Walmart and Amazon Turn to Fast Food to Sweeten Memberships

August 29, 2024
In recent months, retail giants Walmart and Amazon have been seizing on consumers’ demand for digital restaurant ordering to drive engagement with their paid memberships, offering dining benefits to incentivize subscriptions. Walmart recently announced a deal with Burger King, its first Walmart+ dining partnership, offering members of its paid retail subscription 25% off their digital […]

Grubhub VP Says in-App Wallet Could Boost Average Check

August 09, 2024
As aggregators look to drive spending despite consumers’ belt-tightening behaviors, Grubhub is using new digital features to drive up check sizes. The company announced earlier this month the launch of...

Shop Talk: Grubhub’s Grocery VP Says ‘We’ll Catch Up Very Quickly’

July 17, 2024
At a time when its competitors were announcing new grocery options by the hundreds, Grubhub appeared to be hanging back. Still, as it enters the fray, the aggregator sees a...

Amazon Exec Says Restaurant Ordering About Boosting Daily Engagement With Prime

May 31, 2024
As Amazon looks to make its Prime membership increasingly indispensable to customers’ day-to-day lives, the eCommerce giant’s new partnership with Grubhub aims to drive more frequent engagement with the subscription’s...

Quick Reads
Grubhub to Settle Charges of Consumer Protection and Competition Violations

December 17, 2024
Grubhub will pay $25 million and make several changes to its operations to settle charges that it violated consumer protection and competition laws. The proposed settlement covers charges from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Illinois attorney general, the FTC said in a Tuesday (Dec. 17) press release. Those charges alleged that Grubhub deceived […]

Grubhub Sold to Delivery Startup Wonder at 90% Loss

November 13, 2024
After a two-year search for a buyer, Just Eat Takeaway has sold Grubhub to food delivery startup Wonder. The company announced the sale Wednesday (Nov. 13), saying Wonder would pay...

Grubhub Adopts Amazon Tech to Enable Residential Building Delivery

October 21, 2024
Grubhub has completed nearly 1 million deliveries using Amazon Key, a technology that enables delivery drivers to enter common areas of residential buildings and gated communities, when property managers have...

Grubhub to Offer Starbucks Delivery Across US

June 06, 2024
Consumers across the United States will soon be able to have Starbucks orders delivered to their door by Grubhub. The coffee retailer and the food ordering and delivery marketplace announced their new...