Great and powerful provider of food delivery Seamless and GrubHub take almost a 14 percent cut on every order, according to data culled by Quartz from the company’s IPO prospectus. That means in some cases, Seamless is eating almost all the gratuity, if you give the traditional 15 – 20 percent.
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Starting today, you’ll be able to order from GrubHub and Seamless restaurants directly from Foursquare. In addition to the usual info you see when you look up a restaurant, you’ll also see the option to order from participating joints. Which is kind of weird because Foursquare is about going places and delivery is about sitting on your butt. Hurray for lazy.
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Seamless and GrubHub, two of the biggest food delivery services in the US, have just announced they’ll be merging into a combined company, with the name of the new operation to be decided at a later date. (SeamHub? Grubless?) Unlike some other transactions we cover around here, this does seem to be a merger in the truest sense of the word, with GrubHub founder Matt Maloney stepping up to the role of chief executive officer and Seamless CEO Jonathan Zabusky staying on as president. Though we don’t yet know what the new service will be called, the companies are already saying it will serve 500-plus US cities, with more than 20,000 restaurants taking orders. Also, as hinted in that press release below, the merger will give the new mega-company more financial flexibility when it comes to further growth opportunities. Next up: Delivery.com?
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Via: The Next Web
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