Multi-Store Ordering Is Here: Customer Favorites, Delivered Together

Throughout our history, Grubhub has continually evolved to meet the needs of how people live and shop. Last year we unveiled improvements to the user experience on the Grubhub app to drive more personalization, provide more helpful recommendations, and offer new delivery methods. At the same time, we expanded our store selection with additional grocery and convenience brands.

Today, we’re building on these improvements to make Grubhub more than just a destination for meals. Our offerings now include even more everyday essentials—such as alcohol from 7-Eleven and local independent liquor stores in eligible markets, along with fresh flower delivery through FTD, our first national floral partner.

Now live just in time for summer: Multi-Store Ordering lets customers combine more of what they need in a single, easy order—like sushi and a six-pack, chips and chardonnay, or fresh flowers paired with a sandwich.

Multi-Store Ordering: A Streamlined Way to Deliver What Customers Need

At the center of this evolution is Multi-Store Ordering, a feature that allows Grubhub customers to combine items from two eligible stores into a single order nationwide and on Seamless in New York City. 

“Today’s customers aren’t just ordering dinner—they’re looking for smarter, more convenient ways to check multiple things off their list in a single tap,” said Emma Cai, Director of Product Management at Grubhub. “With Multi-Store Ordering, we’re creating a more unified shopping and delivery experience that reflects how people actually live—combining everything from sushi to snacks to birthday bouquets in one order.”

It all happens within one checkout flow, and only one delivery fee—without toggling between apps, placing multiple orders, or encountering redundant fees. It’s a more efficient way to address the growing demand for convenience across categories.

Raising the Bar: Alcohol Delivery Expands on Grubhub

Multi-Store Ordering is launching alongside an expanded selection of non-restaurant partners on Grubhub—including alcohol delivery from local liquor stores in select markets. We’re seeing growing demand for delivery options beyond traditional restaurant meals, with alcohol orders on Grubhub increasing by more than 20% year over year. With thousands of merchants offering alcohol, there’s something for everyone on our marketplace.

And when it comes to alcohol delivery, peace of mind matters. That’s why we’ve built in safeguards every step of the way—not just to support drivers, but to ensure a safe, responsible experience for merchants and customers, too. Grubhub’s in-app ID verification prompts drivers to scan and confirm IDs before handing off any alcohol order—helping ensure legal compliance and building trust between everyone involved.

Orders also follow local laws around time of day, quantity limits, and eligible products. We’re focused on ensuring compliance with all applicable regulations and continuing to build tools that support safe and lawful alcohol delivery across the platform.

Bouquets Are Just a Tap Away: Introducing Fresh Flower Delivery with FTD

Building on our commitment to bringing more convenience and choice to every order, we’re excited to announce Grubhub’s first national flower partnership with FTD. This collaboration opens up a whole new way for customers to celebrate life’s special moments—big or small—right from the Grubhub app.

With access to nearly 3,000 local florists in FTD’s network, customers can now easily browse and send handcrafted bouquets alongside their meals or other essentials. Whether it’s a birthday surprise, an anniversary gift, or just because, floral delivery through FTD makes it simple to brighten someone’s day without juggling multiple apps or orders.

This partnership reflects our broader vision of Grubhub as a go-to destination for more of life’s everyday needs. And because flowers can now be ordered with other items through Multi-Store Ordering, it’s even easier for customers to get what they want—meals, gifts, or essentials—in one smooth, simplified experience.

Looking Ahead

While connecting diners with local restaurants remains at the heart of our platform, Grubhub’s new features like Multi-Store Ordering and the addition of alcohol and floral delivery showcase our broader focus on meeting everyday needs in more flexible ways. As our marketplace grows, these updates mark a step forward in how we’re meeting customer needs and making ordering more simple and convenient.

Chicago’s Restaurant Resilience: Grubhub Honors 31 Pandemic-Born Businesses That Beat the Odds

Despite the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chicago entrepreneurs across the city took a leap of faith, opening their restaurant doors during the 2020 lockdown. Today, Grubhub is proud to recognize 31 resilient business owners through the Established 2020 program, honoring those who reached their five-year milestone in 2025.

Take, for instance, Afro Joe’s Coffee & Tea in Beverly. Husband and wife duo, Kendall and Aisha Griffin opened their doors amidst unprecedented challenges but quickly became a neighborhood hub, not just for coffee but for community. Or consider CheSa’s Bistro & Bar in Avondale, owner Chesaree Rollins brought authentic Creole flavors – all gluten-free – to the city during a time when comfort food was needed more than ever. These are only a couple of the stories that highlight the spirit of Chicago’s restaurant scene, and it’s these stories that Grubhub wants to celebrate through Established 2020.

The initiative recognizes 31 small business restaurants from 25 different neighborhoods across Chicago. Each of these independent restaurants launched during a period of immense uncertainty but demonstrated remarkable strength and determination. The honorees reflect Chicago’s rich cultural diversity, with many being women-, minority-, and family-owned businesses. They contribute to the city’s vibrant food scene with cuisines ranging from Thai and Indian to Latin American and modern American.

“Our Established 2020 honorees capture what makes Chicago’s restaurant scene so special — hardworking, community-focused, and full of heart,” said Lisa Belot, Director of Corporate Affairs at Grubhub. “This program is our way of saying thank you to the entrepreneurs who took a big risk during the pandemic and created something meaningful. We’re proud to support them and celebrate how they’re helping shape the city’s food culture. Their stories show that resilience isn’t just about getting through tough times — it’s about building something even stronger.”

As part of the award, Grubhub provided over $80,000 in critical funding to support the continued growth of these restaurants. Award recipients plan to reinvest in their operations by hiring more staff, upgrading kitchen equipment, refreshing dining spaces, and expanding marketing efforts.

From Bronzeville’s Dirty Tiff’s Cafe to Uptown’s Thai Pastry Restaurant, the Established 2020 honorees have become cultural and community pillars. The full list of Established 2020 Award restaurant recipients includes:

To honor their perseverance and celebrate their impact, Grubhub will host a private celebration for our Established 2020 honorees on Tuesday, June 3rd, in Chicago. The event will bring together honorees to share their unique stories and celebrate the promising futures they are creating.

These are the businesses that didn’t just survive. They thrived, becoming essential parts of their neighborhoods and the very fabric of Chicago’s vibrant food culture.

Grubhub’s Expanding Impact Partnerships Champion Local Restaurant Businesses and Their Teams

Grubhub’s commitment to independent restaurants extends far beyond facilitating deliveries. We view these businesses as the very foundation of our success. And, we recognize the significant role the U.S. restaurant industry plays as the nation’s second-largest private employer, providing livelihoods for over 12 million people. Beneath the vibrant culinary landscape, however, lie very real challenges. Thin margins pressure restaurant operators and frontline workers face limited pathways for economic advancement, with just four percent advancing to entry-level corporate jobs and receiving the accompanying wage and experiencing growth.

This understanding fuels our year-round impact focus on supporting independent restaurants. During Small Business Month, our efforts intensified as we engaged in a series of strategic initiatives designed to bolster the thousands of independent restaurants that power our platform while simultaneously cultivating greater opportunity within the broader hospitality sector.

Grubhub is a proud founding supporter of MORE, a first-of-its-kind coalition focused on building a thriving, equitable, and enduring restaurant industry. By uniting around this common goal with other organizations, including The James Beard Foundation, Regarding Her Food, and Women In Hospitality United, we are accelerating collective impact, driving innovative solutions, and advancing economic mobility across the restaurant industry. MORE’s vision is to replicate and scale successful regional programs focused on culinary training, upskilling and career development programs, and initiatives removing barriers to entry for marginalized communities.

“Grubhub’s early support of our mission, continued partnership, and commitment to impact has been transformational for our work,” said Elizabeth Murray, Co-founder, MORE. “Together we’ve built a collaborative network across a diverse group of organizations, unlocking new opportunities for shared learning, creative partnerships, and expanded programming. Moving forward, MORE will continue to leverage our combined resources to deliver solutions that meet multiple, intersecting needs and drive enormous social and economic impact for all our stakeholders – workers, operators, employers, and the communities they serve.” 

Since 2022, the Grubhub Community Fund has worked closely with Women in Hospitality United and other founding partners on the development and launch of the MORE Coalition since 2022. Today, the Grubhub Community Fund continues to support MORE’s coalition launch and public awareness efforts. 

Our commitment to empowering restaurant entrepreneurs extends to our partnership with Feed the Soul. With grant support from the Grubhub Community Fund, we’ve helped enable the launch of the Culinary Business Network (CBN), a new digital platform designed to provide on-demand, educational resources to food entrepreneurs across the country, with grant support from the Grubhub Community Fund. For less than $1 a day, restaurants and caterers will have access to business development resources, including how to grow your customer base, streamline operations, grow your revenue, stay ahead of industry trends, and more. The CBN is designed to meet entrepreneurs where they are, providing the resources they need to scale their businesses effectively.

“For the past five years, the Grubhub Community Fund has been more than a supporter of Feed the Soul Foundation; they have been a true partner,” said Juana Collins, Executive Director, Feed the Soul Foundation. “We are excited to collaborate with Grubhub on our new Culinary Business Network digital platform, a space designed to help businesses connect, share ideas, and access valuable resources to grow and succeed. This partnership is about more than funding; it’s about building a stronger future for the culinary industry.”

Partnering with Feed the Soul for the last five years, the Grubhub Community Fund has distributed more than $1.2 million to local restaurants across the country, and our more recent support of the development of the Culinary Business Network will allow us to continue to help small business restaurants in their growth journey. 

Through our partnership with The Hatchery Chicago, the Grubhub Community Fund has helped power its Incubation Cohort. This six-month program is meant to help early-stage entrepreneurs developing a consumer-packaged goods (CPG) brand – including snacks, beverages, baked goods, catering company, meal delivery, or food truck – launch their business. The latest cohort engaged in monthly sessions covering essential food and beverage business strategies complemented by hands-on exercises with helpful templates and resources to deepen their learning. The program wrapped with a pitch and sampling event for guests at The Hatchery, where participants celebrated their program graduation and journey of turning their business concepts into reality. 

Since 2023, the Grubhub Community Fund’s support has enabled scholarships to Chicago’s West Side residents participating in The Hatchery’s programs. Additionally, we support The Hatchery’s efforts to develop and provide educational resources for restaurateurs, and help entrepreneurs solidify their business plans and complete all required licensing to launch and scale their restaurants. 

Beyond these strategic impact partnerships, we remain committed to supporting local restaurants through our day-to-day operations. In NYC, we recently brought back the $1 Cheese Slice as a part of our Seamless brand relaunch, helping drive awareness, recognition, and foot traffic to more than 40 local pizzerias across the city’s five boroughs participating in the pick-up only campaign. In Chicago, we launched Established 2020, a new award program to honor the local restaurants that opened their doors in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and defied the odds to remain open today. 

Through our operational initiatives and strategic impact partnerships, Grubhub will continue showing up for our independent restaurant partners. We believe in the power of a vibrant hospitality industry and will continue to support its growth and prosperity for years to come.

Delivering Deliciousness: Grubhub and Amazon Celebrate One Year of Grubhub+ Becoming Free with Prime Membership

In May of 2024, Amazon and Grubhub took our partnership to the next level and made free membership with Grubhub+ an ongoing offer for Prime members. This month marks one year of this offer – a milestone that underscores the momentum of our partnership and our shared commitment to delivering not only a wide variety of food options, but also exceptional value and convenience to Prime members across the country.

Prime = Savings and Convenience

Prime is an all-in-one membership that offers savings, convenience, and entertainment. Grubhub+ enhances the Prime experience by providing even more convenience and significant savings, including $0 delivery fees on eligible orders and a $120 annual membership value (additional fees, including service fees, and terms apply). Beyond Grubhub+, Prime members can also enjoy fast, free delivery on a vast selection of products, exclusive deals and shopping events like Prime Day, and extensive streaming options with Prime Video, and much more. 

A Recipe for Success

The collaboration between Amazon and Grubhub has proven to be a major success for members.  

  • Prime members have enthusiastically embraced the Grubhub+ offer: More than 9 out of 10 orders placed on Amazon.com or in the Amazon Shopping app are coming from Prime members returning to the order experience.
  • Prime members have redeemed the Grubhub+ offer at an increasing rate, with a year-over-year change in Grubhub+ offer sign-ups of more than 50%. 
  • Since the start of the Grubhub+ offer in 2022, Prime members have saved over a billion dollars in waived subscription fees. Prime members have used Grubhub+ to save over half a billion dollars in lower service fees, $0 delivery fees, promos, and Grubhub+ credits since then.
  • While major metro areas like New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles show strong engagement with the benefit, over 60% of orders placed by Prime members who redeemed the Grubhub+ offer are in suburban areas, demonstrating the broad appeal of this partnership. 
  • Those Prime members who place at least one order each month place an average of at least three orders each month and save $300 per year on average in delivery fees and promotions with Grubhub+.

“This collaboration isn’t just a win for Prime members; it’s also a significant boost for restaurants and delivery partners,” said Howard Migdal, CEO of Grubhub. “By connecting restaurants to millions of Amazon customers, we’re driving growth for their businesses and creating even more earning opportunities for couriers.”

“We’re proud to see that we’re keeping over a billion dollars in the pockets of Prime members,” added Jamil Ghani, Worldwide Vice President of Prime at Amazon. “Prime is all about making everyday life easier, more affordable, and more enjoyable with fast, free delivery on tens of millions of items, extensive entertainment with Prime Video, exclusive deals including Prime Day, and so much more. Thanks to partners like Grubhub, we’re able to add even more savings and convenience to Prime membership by having  members’ favorite restaurants delivered right to their doorstep.” 

Key Moments in the Amazon & Grubhub Partnership

  • August 2021: Prime Student introduced a Grubhub+ student trial. 
  • July 2022: Prime members received a Grubhub+ one-year free trial. 
  • June 2023: The Grubhub+ one-year free trial was extended for another year. 
  • April 2023: Prime Video and Grubhub launched the ‘Tune In & Take Out’ campaign. 
  • May 2024: Amazon and Grubhub introduced Grubhub+ as an ongoing offer for Prime members and enabled Grubhub ordering directly on Amazon.com and the Amazon Shopping app. 

The continued success of the Amazon and Grubhub partnership demonstrates the power of collaboration in delivering exceptional value, convenience, and delicious meals to Prime members nationwide.

Voices of Grubhub: Sanjay Uttam, VP of Engineering, on Fast-Paced Tech, Cross-Org Collaboration, and the Power of Curiosity

To showcase different perspectives and give an inside look into Grubhub, we’re spotlighting leaders across the organization. This month, we caught up with Sanjay Uttam, Vice President of Engineering and Head of Marketplace Technology. 

A problem-solver with a deep background in platform transformation, Sanjay shares how he keeps his team adaptable, what’s exciting about the Wonder integration, and why being “stubborn” is a good thing.

A quick round to get to know Sanjay:

  • Favorite Grubhub order: Chicken kebabs from High Mountain Mediterranean or Sushi 35 West near the NYC office.
  • Favorite Podcast: I think it’s been at least five years since I listened to a podcast. I’m more of a quantum physics YouTube at midnight kind of person.
  • Coffee or tea: Coffee. I drink a double espresso every morning. Nothing but water throughout the afternoon though.
  • If not this career, what path would you have pursued: Probably cybersecurity. But if you asked 7-year-old me? Firefighter.
  • Go-to productivity hack: My mornings are dedicated to deep thinking and problem solving. I’m at my sharpest in the mornings, so I like to work on things that require a lot of focus those first few hours. Afternoons are for meetings.
  • Weekday routine: I wake up around the same time every day, drink coffee while watching CNBC, and then head into work or my home office.
  • Weekend routine: Similar start—coffee minus CNBC—but then it’s either a race weekend with my track car or a day of housework and listening to music. I like balance.

You’ve had a deep and varied career in tech leadership across multiple industries—what initially drew you to Grubhub and made you come back?

When I first joined in 2014, the appeal was simple: I was already a loyal Seamless customer. Getting to work on something I was using every day—and that my friends were using constantly—was genuinely exciting.

Coming back years later, it wasn’t just about the work. It was about the people and the culture. I realized that what I was looking for already existed here: a place that values continuous improvement, introspection, and impact. I knew what Grubhub stood for, and I knew the kind of team I’d be joining again. That made the decision easy.

Can you walk us through your role and what your team is responsible for?

I lead Engineering across our consumer and merchant platforms, which includes everything that enables someone to place an order—and everything a merchant needs to fulfill it. That includes core product engineering, platform infrastructure, data science, site reliability, and operations.

It’s a broad scope, but we’re all united by the same goal: delivering a fast, reliable, and meaningful experience to our customers and partners.

You’ve led some major platform transformations and scaled high-impact initiatives—what’s been one of the most rewarding challenges here?

The Amazon Prime partnership stands out. It launched on Prime Day and required full alignment across Grubhub—specifically engineering, product, growth, care—and the same from Amazon’s side. It was one of those projects that had a clear “why,” and everyone showed up to make it happen. The coordination, complexity, and impact made it incredibly rewarding.

As we look to grow in 2025, what are some of the biggest focus areas for your team?

We’re focused on two tracks:

  1. Customer and merchant experience: We’re constantly refining the ordering journey to help users find what they want faster while making sure our merchant partners have reliable, intuitive tools to operate effectively.
  2. Developer experience: We’re creating a faster, more seamless way for engineers to build—introducing tools and workflows that improve delivery speed without compromising on quality.

As the Wonder integration takes shape, are there any efforts you’re particularly excited about that highlight what’s possible working together?

There’s a lot still evolving, but what excites me most is the shift in perspective. Wonder brings a different pace—a more experimental, startup-like energy. It’s challenging us to question how we work and explore how we can move faster while still keeping our standards high.

We’re also learning from each other’s strengths—whether it’s tools, processes, or ways of thinking. That kind of collaboration creates opportunities that are bigger than either company on its own.

From data science to infrastructure, your org is incredibly broad—how do you approach uniting such a wide-ranging team toward common goals?

It starts with alignment. We take the company’s high-level objectives and help each team map their own goals directly to them. I also make sure we’re getting the right people in the room early—especially when multiple teams are working on the same problem.

It might sound basic, but it works: when people understand how their work connects to something bigger, they stay focused, collaborative, and invested in the outcome.

What are you most proud of your team for?

I’m most proud of our ability to meet the moment. Time and time again, we’ve delivered under pressure—solving hard problems, moving quickly, and still hitting our bar for quality. That says a lot about the people here.

I’m also proud of the culture we’ve built. We talk about what didn’t go well. We share mistakes without blame. And we use those lessons to get better as a team.

With 20+ years leading in fast-paced tech environments, what’s a core leadership lesson that’s stuck with you?

Hire people who are curious and humble—people who want to learn from others and aren’t interested in being the smartest person in the room. When you build a team like that, everything else gets easier. The quality of your people drives the quality of your outcomes.

How do you help your teams stay adaptable and forward-thinking, especially with how fast the tech landscape changes?

If you hire the right people, you don’t have to make them adapt. What you do need to do is give them space—time to think, time to experiment, time to fail.

We try things. Not everything works. But some of our best ideas have come from experiments that would’ve seemed too risky if we were only aiming for a 100% success rate. I’d rather swing big and hit 10% of them—that’s how you get real innovation.

What’s something you’ve changed your mind about as a leader over the years?

I’m naturally introverted, and early in my career, I avoided building relationships outside of my core team. Now, I actively invest in those relationships ahead of time. It makes collaboration easier and more productive when something important comes up.

What advice would you give to someone looking to get into engineering?

Find something you’re genuinely passionate about. That passion will keep you stubborn—and you need to be stubborn in this field. You’ll stare at code for hours, chasing down a problem most people would walk away from. If you care about what you’re building, you’ll keep going. And that’s what separates good from great.

If you could jump into any other role at Grubhub for a day, what would it be—and why?

Business development. I love figuring out how to create value by connecting different systems—whether they’re technical or organizational. It feels like engineering at a strategic level. I’d just have to put on my extrovert hat for a meeting or two.

PayUp’s Broken Promises

At the start of 2024, despite warnings from gig worker groups like Drive Forward, Seattle’s PayUp ordinance was passed. The law promised $26.40 an hour (before tips) for drivers—well above the city’s minimum wage of $19.97.

Fast forward to 2025, and it’s clear that the law has created a whole set of unintended consequences. Grubhub data shows that the law has hurt driver earnings, increased wait times, and posed serious challenges for restaurants and customers alike.

Fewer Orders, Struggling Restaurants, and Frustrated Customers

The ripple effects of PayUp are being felt throughout the delivery ecosystem in Seattle. Orders continue to decrease, which means drivers are seeing fewer opportunities to earn. 

For small, independent restaurants—the heart of Seattle’s food scene—these challenges can be particularly tough. With rising costs and shrinking demand, many are navigating tighter margins and working hard to adapt. 

Customers aren’t escaping unscathed, either. Longer wait times and a higher cost for delivery platforms to operate in Seattle are making the service less convenient and affordable.

Waiting Game

While some drivers are earning more per delivery, the cost increases associated with implementing PayUp have put many customers off from ordering. Fewer orders, coupled with an unregulated number of drivers on the road, means that drivers are waiting much longer between deliveries—and that wait time continues to increase in PayUp’s second year. At the same time, diners are waiting longer for their food, and restaurant partners are processing fewer orders, indicating that all sides are feeling the strain under the new pay standard.

On average, Grubhub drivers in Seattle are waiting about 110 minutes longer for the next delivery opportunity (a 578% increase from the year prior). So, while they may be earning more for the delivery opportunities they do receive, those opportunities are coming less and less, therefore eating away at their potential earnings. When we factor in total earnings per “online hour” (the time spent on the app), drivers are earning, on average, 36% less than before PayUp was implemented.

What was supposed to stabilize earnings has instead created more unpredictability. Drivers are left waiting for jobs to come through, and that waiting time is taking a big bite out of their earnings.

A Hidden Hit to Driver Earnings

If you think it couldn’t get worse, think again—tips, a major part of many drivers’ earnings, have dropped by over 30% per delivery.

Customers are already feeling the squeeze from the policy environment in Seattle that has made delivery more expensive. Unfortunately, that means customers are tipping less, or not tipping at all, putting even more financial pressure on drivers who depend on those tips to make ends meet. Drivers receive 100% of their tips for completed deliveries, so the decrease in tips directly impacts their take-home pay.

A Call for Smarter Solutions

Seattle’s PayUp law hasn’t gone as planned. Now’s the time for Seattle’s City Council to hit pause and rethink their approach. We need a solution that balances fair compensation for drivers with a sustainable, efficient system that works for everyone—drivers, restaurants, and customers alike. At Grubhub, we’re committed to collaborating with policymakers and other stakeholders to find a solution that benefits all parties. It’s time for a more thoughtful, holistic approach that keeps the delivery ecosystem thriving.

Extended Stay America and Grubhub Launch Food Delivery Service Exclusively for Guests

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 8, 2025Extended Stay America®, the leading mid-priced extended stay hotel brand in the United States, and Grubhub, a leading food delivery platform, have announced a new program that offers exclusive benefits when guests order from local restaurants throughout their stay.

Through the Extended Stay America and Grubhub program, guests will enjoy:

  • $0 delivery fees on eligible orders with a complimentary Grubhub+ membership—valid for 30 days.*
  • A tailored ordering experience in the Grubhub app for added convenience.
  • 24/7 access to local restaurants.

“At Extended Stay America, providing genuine care for our guests is at the heart of everything we do,” said Adam Cannon, Chief Brand Officer of Extended Stay America. “While all our spacious suites have fully equipped kitchens, we understand there are days when you just want to unwind with your favorite takeout, just like you would at home. This partnership with Grubhub allows our guests to do just that.” 

The program will be available at most Extended Stay America locations nationwide. Guests at participating hotels can enroll upon check-in to start using Grubhub.

“This partnership with Extended Stay America is an exciting opportunity for Grubhub to bring even more convenience and value to travelers,” said Rob DelaCruz, Vice President and General Manager of Campus and Hospitality at Grubhub. “By offering guests a seamless, premium experience with zero dollar delivery fees on eligible orders and access to great local restaurants, we’re making travel just a little bit easier and more enjoyable for everyone.”

For more information, please visit www.extendedstayamerica.com/services-programs/grubhub

About Grubhub
Grubhub is a leading U.S. ordering and delivery marketplace dedicated to connecting customers with their favorite local restaurants, merchants and convenience retailers. Grubhub elevates online ordering through innovative restaurant technology, easy-to-use platforms, and an improved delivery experience. Part of Wonder Group, Grubhub features 375,000 merchants in over 4,000 U.S. cities.

About Extended Stay America
Extended Stay America is the leading mid-priced extended stay hotel brand in the U.S., with more than 700 hotels. Committed to delivering value and genuine care to every guest at every location, the Extended Stay brand family includes Extended Stay America Premier Suites, Extended Stay America Suites, and Extended Stay America Select Suites. For more information or to book, please visit www.esa.com and follow @ExtendedStay.

*Subject to eligibility requirements. Benefits apply to orders that meet the applicable subtotal minimum from Grubhub+ eligible merchants. Additional fees may apply on Grubhub+ orders. Membership will not automatically renew for this offer. For more details and full Grubhub+ terms, visit grubhub.com/plus.

Gold Days of Grubhub+ is Officially Back with Exclusive Spring Savings and Delicious Deals

Grubhub is kicking off the season of golden hour hangs, open-air cravings, and warm-weather favorites with the return of Gold Days of Grubhub+ — a four-week celebration packed with limited-time deals, crave-worthy freebies, and fresh spring savings for Grubhub+ members. From May 12 through June 8, enjoy exclusive perks from top spots like Taco Bell®, Wendy’s®, Buffalo Wild Wings, Burger King®, CVS Pharmacy®, Walgreens, and more.*

Throughout the campaign, Grubhub+ members can take advantage of $0 Priority Delivery fees, along with hundreds of rotating offers designed to reward your seasonal cravings. Membership perks also include $0 delivery fees, lower service fees on eligible orders, 5% credit back on pickup, and access to exclusive year-round deals.** Plus, Amazon Prime Grubhub+ members can score $10 off a $20 order during the promo period with code GOLD10.*

Not a member? Now’s the perfect time to join — sign up at Grubhub.com/plus and start saving instantly. For a limited time, new members that sign up for an annual plan can get the first year of Grubhub+ for just $30 — that’s 66% off the standard annual plan. The annual plan auto renews at $90 a year thereafter.**

Ready to dig in? Here’s a peek at what’s on the menu:

Week 1 (May 12-May 18): Spring-tastic Sandwich Savings
Stack your sandwich game with drool-worthy deals:

  • Popeyes®: Free Chicken Sandwich on orders $15+ 
  • Firehouse Subs®: BOGO Select Subs on orders $15+
  • Chili’s: 50% off Big Mouth Burgers on orders $40+ (max $13)
  • Little Caesars®: Free Crazy Combo® on orders $20+
  • Walgreens: 30% off orders $25+ (max $9)

Week 2 (May 19-May 25): Midweek Mood Boosters
From sweet treats to savory indulgences, beat the midweek slump with deals that satisfy every craving.

  • Wendy’s®: Free Medium Frosty Fusion on orders $20+
  • Burger King®: BOGO Double Cheeseburgers on orders $15+
  • Sweetgreen: $5 off orders $25+
  • 7-Eleven: 30% off orders $25+ (max $9)
  • Albertsons: 40% off orders $40+ (up to $25)
  • PetSmart: 30% off orders $40+ — because pets deserve perks too

Week 3 (May 26-June 1): Memorial Day Munchies
Long weekend lineup = locked. Fuel your BBQs and backyard hangs.

  • Buffalo Wild Wings: BOGO wings (up to $15) on orders $20+
  • SONIC: 25% off orders $20+ (max $6)
  • Arby’s: 20% off orders $25+ (max $7)
  • Dunkin’: 25% off orders $20+ (up to $7)
  • CVS®: 30% off orders $35+ (max $12)

Week 4 (June 2-8): Feasting with Friends
Cue the group chat: it’s time to celebrate National Best Friends Day (June 8) with shareable bites and bestie-approved deals.

  • Taco Bell®: Free 10 pc. Nuggets on orders $20+
  • Shake Shack: Free SmokeShack (up to $15) on orders $25+
  • Pizza Hut®: 20% off orders $30+ (max $7)
  • Starbucks®: $10 off orders $20+
  • KFC: $7 off orders $25+

* Terms and additional fees (including service fees) apply to all offers. For more information on Gold Days of Grubhub+ offer-specific terms, see the applicable merchant menu page on Grubhub.

** Benefits apply on eligible orders that meet the applicable subtotal minimum only. Additional fees (including service fees) may apply. $0 Priority Delivery fees apply when available and selected at checkout. Grubhub+ is an automatically renewing membership service requiring recurring payments at the then-current rate (currently $9.99/mo for monthly plans and $90/yr for annual plans) plus tax until canceled. For more details and terms on Grubhub+, visit grubhub.com/plus

Grubhub Taps Nash to Power Faster, Smarter Delivery Nationwide

New partnership with Nash enhances Grubhub’s delivery reach, improving service for merchants and diners

CHICAGO, May 5, 2025 – Grubhub is expanding its delivery offerings through a new partnership with Nash, a leader in digital infrastructure for delivery orchestration and a utomation. This collaboration provides merchants with greater ability to leverage Grubhub’s reliable and efficient delivery options and expand their on-demand driver network.

By integrating Nash’s technology, Grubhub has already scaled deliveries significantly, processing thousands of orders per week through the partnership—helping merchants fulfill more customer demand with greater efficiency. Nash, which powers delivery for top enterprise food brands and platforms, enhances Grubhub’s ability to meet the growing need for fast, seamless food delivery.

As merchants expand how they fulfill delivery orders, operations have become increasingly complex—balancing internal fleets and third-party providers while coordinating workflows such as on-demand, scheduled, and catering deliveries. Nash centralizes these operations into a single platform, offering end-to-end delivery management with AI-powered support agents, live tracking, and branded updates to create a seamless customer experience. Adding Grubhub to the Nash network extends that value even further, giving restaurants a new way to reach customers through an established delivery provider.

“Partnering with Nash allows us to strengthen our delivery offerings while continuing to provide merchants and diners with the reliable service they expect,” said Stephanie Grammel, Director of Integrations & Solutions at Grubhub. “We’re always looking for ways to improve efficiency and reach, and this partnership is a big step forward.”

The partnership launched in February and expanded nationwide in March, showing promising early results. As delivery volume continues to grow, Grubhub looks forward to strengthening its collaboration with Nash by expanding brand partnerships and exploring new ways to improve delivery efficiency.

“Grubhub is at the very forefront of the delivery customer experience across the country,” said Mahmoud Ghulman, Co-Founder and CEO of Nash. “We’re excited about our partnership and the possibilities it unlocks for restaurants and retailers everywhere.”

Grubhub and Nash will mark the partnership at the Food On Demand Conference from Monday, May 5, through Wednesday, May 7, in Las Vegas—bringing together industry leaders from across the food delivery sector for conversations and connections.

About Grubhub
Grubhub is a leading U.S. ordering and delivery marketplace dedicated to connecting customers with their favorite local restaurants, merchants and convenience retailers. Grubhub elevates online ordering through innovative restaurant technology, easy-to-use platforms, and an improved delivery experience. Part of Wonder Group, Grubhub features 375,000 merchants in over 4,000 U.S. cities.

About Nash
Nash is digital infrastructure for logistics orchestration and automation, transforming delivery for top enterprise brands and platforms across food, grocery, retail, convenience, and more. For restaurants, Nash is an all-in-one platform for managing on-demand, scheduled, and catering delivery—orchestrating internal fleets and third-party providers, and connecting them to a global network of over 1,000 partners. Built on this platform, Nash powers a suite of products that streamline the entire delivery lifecycle, from checkout and dispatch to live tracking, customer communication, and issue resolution.

Now with Nash AI, businesses can fully automate dispatch and customer support—resolving delays, cancellations, rerouting, and refunds without any disruption to staff or customers. Built on insights from hundreds of millions of deliveries, Nash AI uses full-context logistics intelligence to take trusted action autonomously and deliver a seamless experience from order to doorstep.

Voices of Grubhub: Brian Ryu, VP of Growth, on Empowering Teams and Approaching Risk

To showcase different perspectives and give an inside look into Grubhub, we’re spotlighting leaders across the organization. This month, we caught up with Brian Ryu, VP of Growth.

The Growth team plays a crucial role in Grubhub’s success— driving customer acquisition, retention, and loyalty while managing everything from performance marketing and CRM to pricing strategy, consumer insights, and brand development.

A quick round to get to know Brian: 

  • Favorite Grubhub order: My kids love Chick-fil-A hash browns, so if you look at my order history, that takes the cake. But if I’m ordering for the whole family, we love Kiin Imm Thai.
  • A favorite read: “Ego Free Leadership” by Brandon Black and Shane Hughes. It changed my approach to career management and workplace relationships.
  • Weekend ritual: It’s pretty simple! I have two kids and love being able to spend time outdoors with them riding bikes, exploring parks, and spending quality time with friends.
  • If not this career, then what? Engineering. That’s actually what I studied in undergrad and would love to be able to build things with my hands.
  • Go-to productivity hack: I’m loving Gemini – especially for summarizing meeting notes, catching up on long email threads, and speeding up technical tasks like writing SQL.
  • An average work day: I tend to have a lot of meetings throughout the day which requires me to switch topics a lot. To help stay focused, I set aside quiet time each morning to figure out the top one to three decisions I need to make that day. 
  • An average weekend day: It’s all about family. We do our best to protect that time and our family strives to spend as much of it as we can distraction-free with our kids.

While you’re working in marketing now, your background is in financial services which a lot of folks might not know. Can you tell us about your career progression and how you ended up at Grubhub?

I started at Capital One straight out of college as a business analyst but did more than just the analysis. Something I took away from that job was the importance of having an ownership mentality and thinking through business problems end-to-end. For example, after developing program recommendations, I partnered with people across the organization, including operations, marketing, legal, data science, and more. I also spent time at the call centers listening to customer concerns that were related to the work I was doing. After a few years there, I went to business school and then into consulting at PwC. I jumped around a few different disciplines there that taught me a lot about client relationship management and becoming more comfortable navigating less familiar environments. 

I then went back to Capital One where I shifted over to performance marketing. This move wasn’t necessarily planned, however, I will forever be grateful for the folks that were willing to take a chance with me despite my lack of experience in marketing. I loved the problem sets and have been in a marketing role ever since.

I ended up at Grubhub for the opportunity to work somewhere scrappy and dynamic and with the scope that brought all of my prior experiences together. I was also excited to be in a role that allowed me to be even closer to the end consumer. I felt like it’d be exciting to work on something that you feel every single day. I was already ordering food delivery on my side. And funny enough, I actually started my food delivery journey with Seamless years ago when I lived in New York City. 

Growth covers a lot of ground — could you share more about what falls under that umbrella?

When people think of “Growth,” they might think of marketing first – but our team covers significantly more ground. Under the Growth umbrella, there are three core pillars:

  1. Diner Growth. My team leads this area and is responsible for areas including Upper Funnel Media, Performance Marketing, CRM, Pricing Key Cities Strategy, Acquisition and Retention Analytics.
  2. Loyalty and Marketing. This team drives the business across four primary pillars: (1) our Loyalty program, notably Grubhub+, to attract, convert, and retain our valued customers – including significant partnerships like with Amazon, American Express, Yelp and Lyft; (2) supporting B2B2C – Corporate, Campus, Merchant, and Driver – to nurture, acquire, and retain relationships across all facets of our business; (3) B2C Merchant Marketing; and (4) Diner Product Marketing.
  3. Brand & Creative. Our Brand team is responsible for Brand Insights & Strategy, Brand Execution & Campaigns, as well as Creative Development which includes functions like Design, Copy, and Creative Operations and Production

Is there one project/initiative your team is focused on that you’re particularly excited about?

If I had to pick one, it would be the Seamless relaunch. It has maintained a strong brand in New York with a loyal customer base going back to the fact that it was one of the very first delivery apps, homegrown in New York. I’m excited to bring that sense of innovation and positivity back with newer customers who may not be as familiar with the brand, especially with all of the standout, value-driving campaigns we have for the top-tier restaurants in the NY Metro area.

What does success look like for your function?

At the highest level, it’s driving a step change in order growth, which breaks down into three focus areas:

  1. Acquisition: Effectively using our media channels to deploy compelling messages, brand assets, and value props that showcase compelling reasons for prospects to explore our product and discover great restaurant, grocery, and convenience delivery experiences.
  2. Loyalty: Partnering with our Loyalty team to develop differentiated programs and nurturing strategies to help our valued customers experience the Grubhub+ membership. The goal is to drive stickiness through delivering meaningful everyday value.
  3. Retention: We aim to make it easy for all of our customers—Grubhub+ members or not—to discover great local merchants and find value, so we become their first choice for on-demand delivery. The Growth team drives this through various customer engagement efforts like emails, push notifications, in-app messaging,  promotional partnerships, and loyalty benefits like setting up events where customers can earn credits for repeat orders.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten, and how has it stuck with you as a leader?

Lead through asking questions. When problem-solving or taking on complex challenges, it’s important to start by building a common understanding across teams, and asking questions helps you do that across an organization and builds trust. On a different dimension, it also supports developing talent within your teams. Asking questions rather than immediately prescribing solutions encourages others to think more independently and build grounded recommendations. Most importantly, it drives a sense of ownership and responsibility over their area.

How do you work to help your team stay creative and come up with new ideas—especially in a fast-moving environment?

  1. Even when things are changing rapidly around you, find the elements that remain consistent so you have an anchor to true back to amid change. 
  2. Maintain a consistent problem-solving mindset in a fast-moving environment. When things are constantly changing around you, it can be hard to pivot and change your mind. You almost have to be clinical and disciplined about it to say, okay, the business is moving here. If I want to move with it, what do I need to do even if that means walking away from work I’ve already completed?
  3. Be comfortable with some risk-taking. Don’t be so afraid to be wrong on certain things. Sometimes the greatest ideas come from trying new things, even when it makes you uncomfortable. You might fail five times, but if you find one idea that’s great, it can completely change the course that you’re on. Most decisions are not irreversible.

What’s something you’ve changed your mind about as a leader over the years?

My approach to risk-taking. Earlier on in my career, I would often encourage many of the agile principles like, “fail fast, learn fast.” I do believe I did a reasonable job eliciting that on my team, but I didn’t hold myself to the same bar since I wanted to have a high “win rate.”

This cautious, incremental approach only led to incremental results. It was challenging to find those breakthrough results since I was too afraid to go further. I had the fortune of having a manager push me out of my comfort zone. I started running more initiatives in parallel—making some bigger bets and moving faster to invest in encouraging tactics. I felt uncomfortable, and half the initiatives I tested during this period failed. But through that, there were a couple of breakthrough successes that led the business area to by 2-3x growth.

Final question: If you could have any other job in the company for a day, what would it be and why?

I think it would be interesting to work on the Merchant Network team and be out in the field. I know I would learn so much by being able to be face-to-face with the merchants that we serve.

I’ve been an analyst and in data-driven roles throughout my career but know through repeated experiences that the numbers don’t always tell you the whole story. Directly interacting with the customers you serve, whether it’s the merchants, the diner, drivers, or whoever else it may be, provide the color to reshape your work to directly meet their needs and solve their problems by understanding the real on the ground and how they perceive you.