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 …
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Your GrubHub courier might not actually work for GrubHub — so the company can avoid paying minimum wage
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 …
Eater Relaunches Restaurant Discovery App as Part of Brand’s Multiplatform Strategy
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 …
Grubhub parent acquires restaurant rewards app Claim
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 acquires restaurant rewards startup Claim
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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Sweetgreen sells Spyce to Wonder for $186M
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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Instacart Gives Grubhub a Boost in Grocery Delivery
Grubhub is teaming up with Instacart to bring a massive grocery catalog to its app and website. The move gives Grubhub a big boost in grocery selection. Instacart works with more than 1,800 national, regional, and local grocers across North America. Grubhub customers can now order groceries through Instacart directly in the app, with Instacart …
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Marc Lore’s Wonder Raises Another $600 Million
Food hall startup Wonder, which just four months ago completed a $650 million deal for Grubhub, has raised another $600 million in funding, according to Bloomberg. This latest round for CEO Marc Lore’s company lifts it to a valuation north of $7 billion. Lore in a LinkedIn post Tuesday said there was participation from major existing shareholders, led by …
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Grubhub Unlocks New Sales Channels and Marketing Tools for Merchants
At Grubhub, we’re always exploring new ways to increase value for the 415,000+ merchants across our platform in more than 4,000 cities nationwide. We’ve recently introduced new features and refreshed our existing brands to create additional marketing channels for merchants that drive visibility and generate more sales for our restaurant partners. Adding Local Restaurants on …
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Wonder refreshes its brand and expands its restaurant selection
Wonder is officially shifting its identity from a restaurant with an app to an app with restaurants. The company, which operates a network of brick-and-mortar restaurants, a delivery app and a meal kit business, is repositioning as a “mealtime platform,” underscoring its strategy to be a source of convenient meals in multiple formats. The change …
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