Prime: Amazon drops Grubhub, picks Uber Eats for meals
· BehindLines newsroom
Amazon is changing its restaurant delivery partner in the United States. According to TechCrunch, which reported the news on Thursday, November 5, Uber Eats becomes the "official restaurant delivery partner" for U.S. Prime members, while the agreement with Grubhub ends the same day.
What changes for members
According to TechCrunch and Tekedia, Prime members can order meals directly from Amazon.com and the Amazon Shopping app without creating a separate Uber account. Both outlets say orders above $25 are delivered with no delivery fee.
This arrangement replaces the access to Grubhub+ that Prime used to include. According to TechCrunch, customers who had already activated Grubhub+ can keep using it through December 31, 2027. To mark the launch, Amazon and Uber are offering $20 off the first two orders of at least $25 during the first two weeks, according to TechCrunch; Tekedia, for its part, mentions the $20 discount on a first order of that amount.
A history of cooperation
Tekedia notes that Amazon began offering Grubhub+ to its members in 2022 before making it a permanent benefit in 2024. Also according to Tekedia, Amazon held an option on Grubhub's equity through its former parent company, Just Eat Takeaway.com, which later sold Grubhub to Wonder; Amazon reportedly cashed out its exercisable warrants in December 2024, according to Just Eat Takeaway's annual report as cited by that site. TechCrunch adds that the commercial relationship with Grubhub continued until this announcement.
Amazon and Uber already work together in several areas, both sources report: cloud computing services, Zoox robotaxis, and the integration of Uber Eats into the Alexa+ assistant.
What this means
For U.S. members, the nature of the benefit changes: it is now a delivery-fee waiver above an order threshold, available from Amazon's own interface, rather than a full subscription to a third-party service. For Uber Eats, the partnership opens access to Prime members through Amazon's platform.
The sources consulted give no figure for the number of members concerned or for the financial terms between the companies. They also do not say whether the benefit will be extended outside the United States. These points will need to be confirmed by Amazon and Uber.