The original Chicago-based Grubhub was founded in 2004 by Mike Evans and Matt Maloney to create an alternative to paper menus. History Grubhub history GrubHub bike delivery service, New York City in 2017 Īs of 2019, it had 19.9 million active users, with 115,000 associated restaurants in 3,200 cities in all 50 US states. Grubhub Seamless went public in April 2014 and was traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol GRUB. Grubhub has been criticized for antitrust price manipulation, listing restaurants without permission, and allegedly misclassifying workers. (stylized in all caps) is an American online and mobile prepared food ordering and delivery platform based in Chicago, Illinois.įounded in 2004, it is a subsidiary of the Dutch company Just Eat Takeaway since 2021.
