Adoption of innovative solutions like Amazon's
Just Walk Out technology, reusable containers and robot delivery
continues to grow
CHICAGO, Aug. 21,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Grubhub announced today
the expansion of its Campus Dining business to more
than 60 schools across the country. Grubhub Campus Dining is the
higher-ed-focused part of Grubhub's business that serves college
students and directly integrates mobile ordering into campus meal
plans. Last year was the strongest yet for Grubhub
Campus Dining, and with these new additions, Grubhub
now reaches half a million new students and
serves a total of more than four and a half million
students.
New campus partners include the University
of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Tampa, the University of Missouri, Howard
University and Tulane
University. With the addition of these campuses, Grubhub now
works with more than 360 universities, up 21 percent from last
year.
"Coming off of a strong 2023-2024 school year, I'm very proud
that we're continuing to significantly grow our campus footprint
and see such strong adoption of our additional services and
solutions with our partners," said Rob
DelaCruz, vice president and general manager of Grubhub
Campus. "We see further opportunity in the campus space, and we're
proud to play a role in how students and faculty dine. Our
technology allows our partners to operate their dining facilities
more efficiently by providing them with the ability to get diners
through lines faster and provide a broad range of pickup and
delivery innovations."
Automated delivery with robots
Grubhub partners
with Cartken, Kiwibot and Starship to provide robot delivery on
college campuses and is expanding to nearly a dozen more schools
this semester. New additions include the University of Mississippi, Prairie View A&M University, Howard University, the University of New Mexico and the University of Houston.
Robot delivery is currently found on more than 20
campuses—including The Ohio State
University, the University of
Arizona, the University of Notre
Dame and the University of North Dakota—where hundreds of
thousands of orders have been delivered via robots to date.
Amazon's Just Walk Out Technology
Ursinus College, the University of Virginia and Lindenwood University are deploying Amazon's Just
Walk Out technology on campuses this fall. Ahead of last
year's fall semester, Grubhub brought Amazon's Just Walk Out
technology to its campus partners to enhance the dining
experience. This technology allows users to shop at campus
convenience stores and skip the checkout line. At the same time,
payment is automatically deducted from their meal plan, declining
account balance, or other linked Grubhub payment methods. Schools
that have already adopted this technology include Stevens Institute of Technology, Montclair State University and Loyola University Maryland.
Sustainable dining solutions
Grubhub partners
with Topanga.io, a leading reusable packaging management platform,
to bring a sustainable dining solution to its campus partners.
Through Topanga.io's ReusePass program, students can select
reusable packaging at checkout and have their meals packaged in a
reusable container, utilizing Topanga.io's track-and-trace
technology.
Virginia Tech and the State University of New York at New Paltz are
deploying this technology this semester. Schools that already use
this technology include California Polytechnic State University,
San Luis Obispo, The Ohio State
University, Colorado State
University, Boston University,
The University of Delaware and
Brandeis University.
Grubhub Campus Dining
With Grubhub Campus Dining,
campuses can choose the solution that works best for them—whether
it's mobile integration, on- or off-campus ordering, or both.
Students can easily find both on- and off-campus dining options and
view their available balance on their campus homepage within the
Grubhub mobile app. These solutions help campuses increase the
value of their dining services by providing students with more
flexibility in how and when they use their dining plans.
And for even greater value, students whose schools are partnered
with Grubhub are eligible to receive Grubhub+ Student for
free. That means $0 delivery
fees and lower service fees on eligible orders, 5 percent back in
Grubhub+ credit on off-campus pickup orders, exclusive deals and
more. For more information on Grubhub Campus Dining, please visit
here.
About Grubhub
Grubhub is part of Just Eat
Takeaway.com (LSE: JET, AMS: TKWY), and is a leading U.S. food
ordering and delivery marketplace. Dedicated to connecting diners
with the food they love from their favorite local restaurants,
Grubhub elevates food ordering through innovative restaurant
technology, easy-to-use platforms, and an improved delivery
experience. Grubhub features 375,000 merchants in over 4,000 U.S.
cities.
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