Delivery and pickup available from local restaurants through the
Groupon app and website
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2018--
Today, Groupon (www.groupon.com)
(NASDAQ: GRPN), which aims to become the daily habit in local commerce
by connecting people to a vibrant, global marketplace for local
services, experiences and goods, unveiled that its previously
announced strategic delivery partnership with Grubhub (www.grubhub.com)
(NYSE: GRUB), the nation’s leading online and mobile food-ordering and
delivery marketplace, is now live in Chicago. Once the integration
between the two companies is fully completed, Groupon users will have
the ability to place delivery or pickup orders from Grubhub’s network of
tens of thousands of nationwide restaurant partners across the country.
“Our customers have a demonstrated desire for delivery options on
Groupon. By partnering with the premier online pickup and delivery
marketplace in Grubhub, we're able to add their amazing restaurant
roster to our strong local food and drink inventory,” said Gene McKenna,
Groupon’s vice president and general manager of food and drink. “Turning
Groupon into a daily utility for our customers means having relevant,
transactable inventory for every local need and food delivery fills an
important space in our marketplace”
The full ordering integration between Groupon and Grubhub is expected to
be finished over the course of the year. Other recent marketplace
partnerships announced by Groupon include: Viator
- tours and activities, Universal
Orlando Resort Theme Parks - online ticketing, ParkWhiz
- parking and CourseHorse
- local classes.
About Groupon
Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) is building the daily habit in local commerce,
offering a vast mobile and online marketplace where people discover and
save on amazing things to do, see, eat and buy. By enabling real-time
commerce across local businesses, travel destinations, consumer products
and live events, shoppers can find the best a city has to offer.
Groupon is redefining how small businesses attract and retain customers
by providing them with customizable and scalable marketing tools and
services to profitably grow their businesses.
To download Groupon's top-rated mobile apps, visit www.groupon.com/mobile.
To search for great deals or subscribe to Groupon emails, visit www.groupon.com.
To learn more about the company’s merchant solutions and how to work
with Groupon, visit www.groupon.com/merchant.
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Source: Groupon
Groupon
Nick Halliwell
312.999.3812
nhalliwell@groupon.com