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Grubhub Inc. (stylized in all caps) is an American online and mobile prepared food ordering and delivery platform based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2004, it was a subsidiary of the Dutch company Just Eat Takeaway since 2021. [2] In 2024, Wonder Group Inc. bought Grubhub from Just Eat Takeaway for $650 million. [3]
It purchased Grubhub in the United States but announced it was selling it in 2024. Just Eat Takeaway operate various food ordering and delivery platforms in twenty countries, [ 4 ] where customers can order food online from restaurants’ menus, and have it delivered by restaurant or company couriers directly to their home or workplace using an ...
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]
In December 2018, DoorDash overtook Uber Eats to hold the second position in total US food delivery sales, behind GrubHub. [17] By March 2019, it had exceeded GrubHub in total sales, at 27.6% of the on-demand delivery market. [18] By early 2019, DoorDash was the largest food delivery provider in the U.S., as measured by consumer spending. [19]
In April 2020, a group of New Yorkers sued Uber Eats along with DoorDash, Grubhub and Postmates, accusing them of using their market power monopolistically by only listing restaurants on their apps if the restaurant owners signed contracts which include clauses that require prices be the same for dine-in customers as for customers receiving delivery.
Seamless logo from 2011 until parent company Grubhub was acquired by Just Eat Takeaway in 2021. Seamless was launched in 1999 by Jason Finger, Paul Appelbaum, Todd Arky [1] [2] [3] and Andy Appelbaum as SeamlessWeb, providing companies with a web-based system for ordering food from restaurants and caterers.
Other companies, including Grubhub, provide similar services to restaurants and consumers. [ 4 ] Initially, LocalUp licensed their technology to entrepreneurs who created online food ordering sites in their own communities [ 5 ] These licensees white-labeled the technology and ran the everyday operations. [ 1 ]
Skip was founded as SkipTheDishes in 2012 by brothers Josh and Chris Simair, with the idea of creating a more efficient online food ordering and delivery network. Josh had previously worked as an investment banker in London and recognized the opportunity to improve the food delivery process.