The new weekly program gives diners Grubhub credit for eating at participating restaurants, including beta debuts in New York City and Chicago with Tacombi, Dos Toros, Chopt and other fast-casual brands. Grubhub is moving beyond delivery, launching a beta of The Drop, its first dine-in experience, which rewards diners with Grubhub credit when they claim an …
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Dive Brief: Dive Insight: Wonder, which has grown to about 150 food hall locations, has been changing up its operations as it continues to grow rapidly. Earlier this month the company sold Grubhub’s campus business to DoorDash for $300 million. DoorDash also invested $125 million as part of a strategic partnership. In September, it started to deploy …
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Dive Brief: Dive Insight: Purchasing the program gives DoorDash a significant source of data and new touchpoints with young consumers. Grubhub’s campus dining program, once known as Tapingo, is live at upwards of 450 campuses. The system lets students order meals from campus foodservice and restaurant locations for pickup through its apps and pay for …
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September 15, 2026 Broad partnership includes DoorDash’s $300 million purchase of Grubhub Campus Dining and $125 million investment in Wonder’s Series D SAN FRANCISCO & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– DoorDash, a global leader in local commerce, and Wonder, a leading food technology platform, today announced a strategic partnership. Under the agreement, DoorDash will acquire Wonder’s Grubhub Campus Dining …
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Wonder has built its off-prem model around variety, speed and kitchen precision. A 2026 Food On Demand Outstanding Operator, the company operates 115 locations across the Northeast. Wonder’s model brings 30 restaurant concepts under one roof, including exclusive menus from chef partners like Bobby Flay and José Andrés, allowing guests to order multiple cuisines in a …
Deceitful delivery? A new report reveals that Grubhub knowingly schemed to cheat its couriers out of minimum wage. According to Streetsblog, in 2024, the popular food delivery service began outsourcing a percentage of its orders to Relay, another delivery app exempt from NYC delivery-app minimum-wage requirements. Essentially and legally, starting in 2024, if you ordered delivery …
App updates include a personalized home screen, smart recommendations, conversational search, and reservations — with Grubhub-powered ordering coming later this spring. Eater, the preeminent destination for food and dining, has relaunched its restaurant discovery app with a brand new look and features. The app is supported by Grubhub, a leading U.S. ordering and delivery marketplace …
The delivery platform will integrate Claim’s technology, which helps restaurants acquire high-value, long-term customers, within its platform later this year. Listen to the article3 min Dive Brief: Dive Insight: In 2025 — the first full year under Wonder’s ownership — Grubhub added tens of thousands of restaurants and now works with over 400,000 U.S. operators, CEO Howard …
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Grubhub parent company, Wonder, announced that it has acquired Claim, a restaurant rewards app. Founded in 2021, Claim offers cash-back rewards for local restaurants that users can redeem for dine-in or pick-up orders. Restaurants partner with Claim to create promotions, boost foot traffic, and track performance insights through the Claim dashboard. The financial terms of the …
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Dive Brief: Dive Insight: This cash infusion could help Sweetgreen recover from significant consumer pullback, which sparked sharp contractions in same-store sales in Q2 and Q3, according to its earnings releases. Losses also reached $36 million, or a negative 21% margins, in Q3 — significantly worse than the year-ago period. To cope with these headwinds, Sweetgreen …
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