Uber Eats' ‘Specials' Allows Restaurants to Bundle Food Discounts |
Uber Eats is allowing restaurants in India to bundle several food items together at a discounted price in exchange for placement in a featured section of local Specials Were always experimenting with ways to make it easier to find your favorite foods on Uber Eats according to an Uber spokesperson in a statement With the feature restaurants can create a bundled meal such as a sandwich fries and a drink at a discounted price point Uber added that attracting more customers could offset the discount while businesses could also use the feature to bundle high-margin items or get rid of overstock Uber didnt disclose if it plans to bring the feature to additional markets As it expands overseas Uber Eats is looking to grow in the US as well It is currently the fastest-growing meal delivery service in the country bringing in almost as much new customer revenue as chief rival Grubhub In fact customers have been spending more on Uber Eats than any other food delivery service in nine of the 22 most populous US cities In October the company revealed its plan to cover more than 70 percent of the US by the end of 2018 The service already covers more than 50 percent of the country finding success in places where Uber doesnt offer ride-hailing services or has just a small presence Uber is really evolving into a platform brand where we are moving very many different types of goods and services and people from point A to point B said Uber Eats Head of US Cities Ana Mahony Some of its expansion plans include using drones for food delivery by 2021 In addition the company has partnered with Starbucks to offer food and drink delivery in South Florida and has teamed up with Popeyes in New York New Jersey Chicago Miami and Washington DC LATEST INSIGHTS Our data and analytics team has developed a number of creative methodologies and frameworks that measure and benchmark the innovation thats reshaping the payments and commerce ecosystem Check out the latest PYMNTS report on driving gas pump payments to the C-Store bundling discounts Drones expansion food delivery india meal delivery News partnerships Restaurants ride-hailing Uber Eats Whats Hot