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Postmates Inc. [2] is an American food delivery service, founded in 2011, and acquired by Uber in 2020. It offers local delivery of restaurant-prepared meals and other goods. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California. [3] As of February 2019, Postmates operates in 2,940 U.S. cities. [4]
Just Eat is an online food order and delivery platform. It was founded in 2001 in Kolding, Denmark, as a food delivery company, and later headquartered in London, United Kingdom, from 2006 (as Just Eat plc) [a] until it was purchased by Netherlands-based Takeaway.com in 2020 forming Just Eat Takeaway.com. [1]
On 1 June 2022, the company discontinued its Takeaway.com operations in Romania. [40] [41] On 19 August 2022, Just Eat Takeaway.com sold its 33% stake in iFood to Prosus (via Movile) for €1.8 billion. [42] [43] [11] In November 2024, Just Eat Takeaway announced that it was selling Grubhub to restaurant chain Wonder Group Inc for $650m. [44]
Meal delivery requires special technology and care, since the food items are already cooked and prepared, and can be easily damaged if dropped, tilted, or left out for long periods of time. Hotbags are often used to keep food warm. They are thermal bags, typically made of vinyl, nylon, or Cordura, that passively retain heat. [12]
[3] [4] To eliminate packaging waste, items are placed in paper bags for delivery and taken out of insulated bags at the time of delivery to be reused. [5] In February 2018, Prime Now began adding the ability to place orders from Whole Foods Market stores in the service area. [6] As of April 2018, the service was live in 10 markets. [7]
Online food ordering is the process of ordering food, for delivery or pickup, from a website or other application. The product can be either ready-to-eat food (e.g., direct from a home-kitchen, restaurant, or a virtual restaurant) or food that has not been specially prepared for direct consumption (e.g., vegetables direct from a farm/garden, fruits, frozen meats. etc).
Scooter used for Pizza Hut pizza delivery in Hong Kong. Pizza delivery is a service in which a pizzeria or pizza chain delivers a pizza to a customer. An order is typically made either by telephone or over the internet, in which the customer can request pizza type and size, and other items to be delivered with it, commonly including soft drinks.
Deliveroo is a British online food delivery company founded by Will Shu and Greg Orlowski in 2013 in London, England.It operates in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Singapore, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Qatar.