Uber Moves Deeper into Catering with ‘Eats Vouchers
Uber Eats is making moves to capture a greater portion of the catering market with a new Vouchers for Uber Eats program that gives businesses and salespeople a way to provide free or discounted meals to employees or customers, whether they’re back in the office, on...
Antitrust Expert Weighs Uber-Grubhub Merger Hurdles
In Uber’s attempt to acquire Grubhub, the second-largest U.S. restaurant delivery service, there are stumbling blocks beyond agreeing to a selling price, which is speculated as being responsible for holding up the deal at present. If financial terms are settled, the...
Grubhub Addresses Big Concerns, COVID Effects in Q1 Call
Usually, earnings calls are great information but can have a canned feeling with the droll back-and-forth between management and stock analysts. The latest Grubhub call, however, shed a lot of light not only on company performance during the COVID crisis but also how...
Delivery Fee Caps Pop Up Across the Country
Sparked by a San Francisco decision to cap third-party delivery fees, several other U.S. cities are implementing or discussing their own cap-limitations in the name of helping restaurants. San Francisco Mayor London Breed said the 15-percent fee cap is “part of a...
Third-Party Sales up Slightly, Market Share Shifting
New data shows that COVID-19 is potentially “even-ing the playing field” for third-party delivery. That’s according to Sense360, the data and analytics firm that measures foot traffic, proprietary survey data and gleans insights from the payment data of 5 million...
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