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Amazon Teams up With Just Eat on US Food Delivery With Grubhub Investment

Amazon has agreed to take a 2 percent stake in Just Eat Takeaway.com’s struggling U.S. meal delivery business Grubhub and will offer its Prime members access to the service for one year. The deal is a major relief for Just Eat Takeaway, Europe’s largest meals company, whose stock had fallen 70 percent this year. Shareholders…


Just Eat Explores Grubhub Sale as It Sees Corrections Following Pandemic Recovery

Just Eat Takeaway.com NV. weighed a partial or complete sale of its Grubhub unit less than a year after buying it for $7.3 billion. Just Eat Takeaway.com explored strategic actions for the U.S. division after losing an unusually high level of customers across its key markets, Bloomberg reports. CEO Jitse Groen saw the business as an essential part of industry…


Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub Sue New York City Over Legislation on Commission Caps

Food-delivery companies DoorDash Inc, Grubhub Inc and Uber Eats have sued New York City over a legislation to license food-delivery apps and to permanently cap commissions they can charge restaurants. The three food-delivery companies filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York late on Thursday. The companies are seeking an injunction that would prevent…


Philly’s Delivery Guys Is a Start-Up Ready to Compete With Food Delivery Giants Such as Grubhub, UberEats. Here’s How It Will Do It

By Jesenia De Moya Correa From The Philadelphia Inquirer Richard Hernández bought Sabor Rico Bakery (formerly known as A&Y) in Philadelphia’s Franklinville neighborhood in December 2019, three months before the pandemic hit. He didn’t even get the chance to change the store’s sign before he found himself struggling to keep his small business open. While…


Russia’s Yandex Driverless Robots to Deliver Food at US Colleges With GrubHub

MOSCOW—Driverless robots will soon deliver food to students on college campuses in the United States after Russian tech giant Yandex and online food-ordering company GrubHub agreed a multi-year partnership, Yandex said on Tuesday. Sometimes described as Russia’s Google, Yandex offers a raft of services, from advertising and search to ride-hailing and food delivery. It began…


Huntington Beach Won’t Restrict Food Delivery Apps’ Profits

Huntington Beach city council rejected an urgency ordinance March 16 that would have capped delivery fees on companies such as DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub. Third-party food delivery apps charge local restaurants up to 30 percent of the customer’s order. The motion would have limited those fees to 15 percent for restaurants. “I get a little bit nervous when city is dictating how a business is…


Irvine Wants to make Ordering In More Affordable

Facilitating takeout deliveries could soon become cheaper for restaurants in Irvine, where councilors are considering capping the amount third-party delivery companies can charge. A motion set for discussion during Irvine’s Feb. 9 city council meeting could limit the amount companies such as GrubHub and Door Dash charge customers and restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic. The…