SeamlessWeb was recognized as the 4th fastest-growing private company in the United States in the 2004 Inc. Īfter Grubhub was acquired by Just Eat Takeaway on June 15, 2021, Seamless' logo was updated. In the first half of 2013, the combined organization processed approximately 130,000 orders per day.

The merger resulted in connecting diners with approximately 25,000 restaurants for online and mobile-ordering across the United States and in London. On August 9, 2013, Seamless and GrubHub completed their merger and now operate under the name GrubHub, Inc. In May 2013, Seamless announced the signing of an agreement to merge with GrubHub, creating a combined company with a higher order volume and improved regional coverage.

On June 28, 2011, SeamlessWeb notified their clients they had changed their name to Seamless.

On June 8, 2011, Spectrum Equity Investors made a $50 million minority investment in Seamless and the company was spun out of Aramark into an independent entity. They were acquired by Aramark in April 2006. The service is available for personal orders in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Miami, Chicago, Houston, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and London. Starting in 2005, Seamless was made available to individual users and they currently partner with over 12,000 restaurants, serve over 4,000 companies, and have over 2,000,000 members in the United States and in London. Seamless was launched in 1999 by Jason Finger, Paul Appelbaum, Todd Arky and Andy Appelbaum as SeamlessWeb, providing companies with a web-based system for ordering food from restaurants and caterers. The commission might be high, he says, but that even if Seamless increased its cut, he would still stick with them.Seamless logo from 2011 until parent company Grubhub was acquired by Just Eat Takeaway in 2021. 'It got us to the 100th floor of some building that you would never slip your menu underneath, and I just feel it opened us up to more of an online community,' DeSimone says. Big companies that use vouchers for websites like Seamless to reward their employees. He says the food delivery website connects his restaurant to law firms and banks. Tom DeSimone owns the tiny RBBTS Café in Manhattan. 'If a restaurant's not on Grubhub-Seamless, then their best option is to distribute paper menus around their neighborhood,' Maloney says.Ī lot of restaurant owners agree that is ineffective. He says that they don't make money unless the restaurant makes money, but Seamless provides a valuable service that restaurants can't easily match. Matt Maloney, CEO of the newly merged Grubhub-Seamless, says the relationship isn't adversarial, it's supportive. 'They said they could drop me any day, and they don't negotiate fees.' 'I asked them, 'I'm bringing in three times as much money to Seamless as before. With Seamless, the opposite was happening. When he orders more from his vegetable supplier, the price goes down. When his monthly orders increased to over $10,000, Seamless raised its take from 10 percent to 14 percent. There was a $150 a month 'marketing fee' that he couldn't understand, and Seamless only paid him every 30 days, which left him chronically short of cash. 'We had to hire another delivery guy.'īut then little things started bugging Munoz. 'Almost the business started picking up,' he says. And at first, Munoz really liked the results. The commission seemed high - they'd take $1 out of every $10 order - but he was willing to give it a try. Two years ago, Munoz signed up with Seamless. 'The more business we bring Seamless, the more commission they charge us,' says Pedro Munoz, who owns Luz, a Latin-American restaurant in Brooklyn. It's a big improvement.īut if you're a restaurant, this shift to the web may not sit so well with you. No more shouting into the telephone receiver, hoping to make yourself understood to someone in a noisy kitchen.

If you're a takeout or delivery customer, websites like Seamless and Grubhub are a marvel. For restaurants, the costs of being on these websites can be hard to swallow. Together, they'll allow diners in 500 cities the convenience of ordering from thousands of restaurants with just a few clicks on their computer. Two big restaurant delivery websites - Grubhub and Seamless - have announced a merger.

Grubhub owns seamless