Jimmy John’s is teaming up with DoorDash Inc. on a system that would let the sandwich chain’s own drivers distribute food via the delivery specialist’s app. The move could help lower the third-party delivery fees, DoorDash said. Those fees have haunted restaurant chains’ bottom lines amid the rise of online ordering and delivery during the pandemic. More than …
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Dive Brief: Jimmy John’s has partnered with DoorDash and will use DoorDash Self-Delivery, a new product for restaurants to generate demand and reach new customers on DoorDash’s marketplace, while using their own drivers, according to a press release. The rollout follows a six-month pilot at 100 restaurants. The two companies worked to build direct integration with Jimmy …
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Food delivery services like Uber Eats and Grubhub are taking off like a rocket. But some restaurants aren’t on board. Last month, Jimmy John’s sandwich chain launched a national ad campaign promising never to use third-party delivery. Jimmy John’s says its own drivers — which number around 45,000 at its 2,800 U.S. restaurants — can …
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Jimmy John’s ($JIMMYJOHNS), the classic sub-sandwich chain, is rebelling against the new power players of delivery — Uber Eats ($UBER) and GrubHub ($NYSE:GRUB) — with a social media campaign that calls into question the reliability of these services. In the last ten years, the entire food service industry has been transformed by the advent and …
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Food delivery services like Uber Eats and Grubhub are taking off like a rocket. But some restaurants aren’t on board. This week, Jimmy John’s sandwich chain launched a national ad campaign promising never to use third-party delivery. Jimmy John’s says its own drivers — which number around 45,000 at its 2,800 U.S. restaurants — can …
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