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Fremont, CA: Food firms have never had it easier to reach out to their customers. Restaurant delivery has increased by 20 percent in the last five years; estimates vary, but internet meal delivery sales might reach 220 billion dollars by 2023, accounting for 40 percent of overall restaurant sales. As a result, many meal delivery firms adopt cutting-edge strategies to reach the largest possible number of prospective customers. One of the strategies which have gained traction for generalizing for both brands and customers is an online meal ordering system.
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"We're excited to work with Buy and together deliver everyday essentials and grocery items even faster to our diners," said Kyle Goings, director of growth and new verticals at Grubhub. "This partnership will make the Grubhub Marketplace a one-stop shop for restaurants, convenience items, and grocery supplies, building more diner loyalty and helping drive even more orders to all of our restaurant and merchant partners. We're thrilled to add Buyk to expand the number of options and delivery speed available to our diners."
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Grubhub, a prominent food-ordering and delivery marketplace in the United States, and Buy, the newest real-time grocery delivery service, collaborated to provide ultrafast grocery delivery to the Grubhub marketplace via Buyk and Grubhub branded concepts.
"We're thrilled to partner with Grubhub to bring real-time retail to an even broader base of consumers," said Buyk CEO James Walker. "This strategic partnership goes far beyond grocery delivery, as Buyk and Grubhub will also cooperate in the areas of hyper-localized assortment and product management, food waste optimization, as well as smart routing, and safety protocols to build the best experience for our couriers and our customers."
Buy will manage order fulfillment and delivery. Clients will be able to procure from even more than 30 initial participating sites in New York City and Chicago in the coming weeks. Over 2,000 grocery and convenience items from regional and national suppliers and Buyk's private label items will be available for purchase and delivery in 15 minutes or less.
Grubhub's collaboration with Buy complements the company's ongoing initiatives in the convenience delivery area, including the recently launched Grubhub Goods locations accessible for on-demand delivery worldwide.
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