Restaurants pay the services 15% to 30% fees for each order customers place through their platform. A While 2019 was a year for new trends, Grubhub also took a look at some of the top delivery go-to dishes and the restaurants that took home the title -Since launching its "Donate the Change" feature in October, Grubhub diners have given back to those in need. Customers are also less likely to ask for menu items that carry higher margins -- including soda and alcoholic drinks-- when they order in, cutting deeper into profit from delivery. Grubhub has big plans for its enterprise restaurant business in 2019. Delivery has created new occasions and different times of day, especially late at night, for people to eat McDonald's. Bernstein explained that restaurants should work with third parties to understand which foods travel well and ensure they are getting priority along drivers' routes.

To guard against customers swapping out profitable dine-in meals, restaurants can limit delivery to off-peak hours -- late nights, mid-afternoons and early mornings. "It's difficult for a restaurant to just flip on the switch," Stephen Dutton, an analyst at Euromonitor International, said. It's even worse if customers decide to replace going out to dinner entirely with ordering in, Stifel analyst Chris O'Cull added. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc.2019. Whether it's cauliflower-everything or 2017's top food of poke bowls, with more than 450,000 orders per day on average, it's safe to say Grubhub has its finger on the pulse of what's hot (and what's not). All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2019 and/or its affiliates.

Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. But delivery can be a risky bet for restaurants. If a restaurant decides third-party delivery is the best way to boost sales, analysts say they can take steps to build a happy marriage.

Customers also may write a negative review about the wait time or the food, discouraging other people from trying the restaurant, noted Erik Thoresen, a principal at research firm Technomic. "It is a very large expense for the restaurant chain to absorb," said Jeffrey Bernstein, an analyst at Barclays. ... Partnerships / Acquisitions Uber, Grubhub Combo Would Create Restaurant Delivery Giant ... particularly as its core … Here's how your online grocery delivery options are growing. Restaurants need to negotiate low fees with aggregators to prevent delivery orders from eating into margins and reach data sharing agreements to gain customer insights. All rights reserved. All times are ET. But restaurants' returns start to diminish as those new sales become repeat orders through the platform. Customer loyalty shifts away from the restaurant to the delivery service in third-party partnerships.

New Partnerships Will Deliver Growth Moving forward, growth is expected to be driven by synergies from Eat24, a competitor GrubHub recently acquired … Employees need to be trained how to store, cook, package and handle the food so it arrives at customers' homes hot out of the oven. People are "going to a site where they can potentially find something else that's new and interesting." Restaurants say orders that come through aggregators are "incremental" -- sales they wouldn't have gotten otherwise. Restaurants are not able to tailor marketing and roll out new promotions effectively if they don't get those order histories, email addresses or cell numbers. If the order takes longer than expected or if the food comes cold and soggy, customers will have a "tarnished image" of the brand, Barclays' Bernstein said. "It would be much kinder of you to just pick up the phone and call the restaurant" so the operator can avoid paying a commission, Senatore said. Most stock quote data provided by BATS. He believes restaurants will start to scale back on third-party relationships if they're cutting into higher-margin dine-in traffic. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Its stock is soaring Instead of blaming GrubHub or Uber Eats for the disappointing order, they'll fault the restaurant and may not return. The clock is ticking and they can't afford to get it wrong. Grubhub CEO and Founder Matt Maloney said on Thursday (June 11) that it was a richer offer that drove the restaurant ordering and delivery service … That's great news when you're hungry. Olive Garden agrees that the equation doesn't work. Here's how your online grocery delivery options are growingRelated: Supersize your takeout: Seamless and GrubHub mergeRelated: McDonald's to launch ordering app, expand deliveryRelated: Grubhub will deliver KFC and Taco Bell. McDonald's has reported around 70% of orders on Uber Eats are incremental. Why Uber Eats and GrubHub partnerships are risky for restaurants.

To reach customers, gain exposure and build a new channel for sales, restaurants that can't deliver food on their own are signing up with third-parties like Americans want their food brought to them at home or the office, and restaurants don't want to miss out.

"If you get the munchies at 10:00, and you want to order delivery, there's a good chance that's incremental," O'Cull said. by Nathaniel Meyersohn @CNNMoney March 28, 2018: 12:50 PM ET . Morningstar: © 2019 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Vegan & vegetarian options continue to grow in popularity as meat alternatives riseKey takeaways from the 2019 "Year in Food" report includes:Burgers, pizza, and tacos will always be a delivery go-to; however, if there's one thing we know it's that trends come and go. "Navigating the best way to get involved in delivery is a big challenge." "The relationship changes because the restaurant is now one step removed from the customer," Thoresen said. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes.

Integrating third-party delivery into kitchen operations can be a logistical nightmare. Rumors are again circulating about a possible Grubhub purchase. The company cited its Yum Brands partnership as the model by which it wants to pair up with many other restaurant chains in the future, according to plans outlined during its fourth quarter earnings call on Thursday.