Uber Eats vs. DoorDash: The delivery wars are heating up
There are countless players in the food delivery business, from Grubhub and Postmates to sole restaurants like Domino’s Pizza. But only two have remained top contenders on the App Store and elsewhere over the past year: Uber Eats and DoorDash. Now, it’s time to settle on which is the best.
Both companies recently reported strong fourth-quarter earnings, with Uber’s delivery business — which mainly includes Uber Eats — turning a profit for the first time and DoorDash hitting all-time high order numbers. But the food delivery business has long been viewed as a winner-takes-all market, where one player needs to offer “the highest quality, the greatest selection, and the most affordable price,” as former Facebook and Google leader Valerio Magliulo wrote back in 2016. To the victor goes the market, everyone seems to think.
The battle to be the best food delivery service is still on, as both DoorDash and Uber Eat look to prove they can remain strong as COVID-19 precautions wane. But Protocol broke down revenue, profit, number of supported restaurants, and other factors from DoorDash and Uber Eats over the past year to determine which business reigns supreme.
Grubhub, which Just Eat Takeaway acquired last summer, is the third major player in this space. We didn’t include it in our analysis because Just Eat did not disclose revenue and profit for the company in the last two quarters. Just Eat did not return Protocol’s request for comment.
The entire article is on PROTOCOL. by Sarah Roach