18 Facts About Grubhub

Grubhub Inc is an American online and mobile prepared food ordering and delivery platform.

Grubhub is based in Chicago, Illinois and was founded in 2004.

Grubhub has been criticized for antitrust price manipulation, listing restaurants without permission, and allegedly misclassifying workers.

Grubhub Seamless went public in April 2014 and was traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "GRUB".

Original Chicago-based Grubhub was founded in 2004 by Mike Evans and Matt Maloney to create an alternative to paper menus.

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In March 2009, Grubhub earned $2 million in Series B funding, led by Origin Ventures and Leo Capital, which was followed by $11 million in Series C funding, led by Benchmark Capital in November 2010.

In September 2011, Grubhub secured $50 million in Series E funding and acquired New York–based competitor Dotmenu, the parent company of Allmenus and Campusfood.

In December 2015, Grubhub acquired Delivered Dish, a restaurant delivery service in seven markets across the Pacific Northwest and Southwest, including Denver, Las Vegas, San Diego, Portland, El Paso, and Albuquerque.

In October 2017, Grubhub announced that had it completed its acquisition of Eat24.

In March 2019, Grubhub took over SkipTheDishes' operations in the United States after SkipTheDishes announced its exit from the US market.

In June 2014, Grubhub began offering delivery for restaurants that did not operate their own delivery service.

The commercial shows several people dancing after ordering food from Grubhub, set to "Soy Yo" by the Colombian pop band Bomba Estereo.

In February 2018, US Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley found that Grubhub correctly classified plaintiff Raef Lawson as an independent contractor and rejected his misclassification claim in the Lawson vs Grubhub court case.

Grubhub drivers are allegedly required to pay some of their expenses.

In 2019, the company was sued for charging restaurants fees for phone calls taking place on Grubhub-issued phone lines lasting over 45 seconds—whether they resulted in orders or not.

Grubhub agreed to extend the refund window for restaurants that have been unwittingly charged for phantom orders.

On May 17,2022, Grubhub offered a promotional code offering free lunch for those ordering in New York City.

Grubhub released a statement the same day stating they let restaurant workers know in advance, but the claim was immediately disputed by workers.