Food Delivery Services GrubHub and Seamless Now Support Apple Pay

[Karma*Police]

That this story is even posted must mean nothing happened in the world of Apple yesterday.

Well, it seems to completely contradict the Reuters article that came out yesterday about how poorly Apple Pay is doing... I'm sure the Reuters article got more clicks though which is all that matters these days.

 

[sehix]

Excellent.
$7-10 isn't all that much when you consider that groceries can easily be $100 or more a pop for a family.

Per week. For a small family.
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Here groceries are delivered free for a big amount.

No they're not. The fee is bundled into the price of the items you're buying.

TANSTAAFL.
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Use of the word "grub" to describe food is repulsive.

Only if you don't understand what it means: Basic, filling, tasty. Just the thing after working hard (grubbing in the soil to raise crops, for example).

Or, in the case of one of my wife's grandmothers, who spoke next to no english, having emigrated from China in the early 1900's, and who lived on a farm outside a small town with no other Chinese, an easy and slightly joking way to get the whole crew in from work for dinner.
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Even in your scenario where you are buying $100 worth of groceries, a 10% fee is justified?

Granted, I do not know what is average for this industry but that seems like a hefty convenience fee. And what happens when all the perishables are delivered rotten?

If you don't think it's justified, nobody's forcing you to subscribe to the service.

Most grocery delivery services have some sort of guarantee; if the food's bad, you get a refund or replacement. On the other hand, sometimes the errors are just weird. Our son and daughter-in-law have been working very long hours of late, and so ordered in groceries. Got everything they asked for, including the green bean. Which product was the wrong quantity, one bean instead of one pound of 'em.

Seriously, one lone green bean. Safely wrapped in bubble wrap and plastic. How does that pass any minimal sanity check at the supplier's end?

 

[ksnell]

Per week. For a small family.
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No they're not. The fee is bundled into the price of the items you're buying.

TANSTAAFL.
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Only if you don't understand what it means: Basic, filling, tasty. Just the thing after working hard (grubbing in the soil to raise crops, for example).

Or, in the case of one of my wife's grandmothers, who spoke next to no english, having emigrated from China in the early 1900's, and who lived on a farm outside a small town with no other Chinese, an easy and slightly joking way to get the whole crew in from work for dinner.
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If you don't think it's justified, nobody's forcing you to subscribe to the service.

Most grocery delivery services have some sort of guarantee; if the food's bad, you get a refund or replacement. On the other hand, sometimes the errors are just weird. Our son and daughter-in-law have been working very long hours of late, and so ordered in groceries. Got everything they asked for, including the green bean. Which product was the wrong quantity, one bean instead of one pound of 'em.

Seriously, one lone green bean. Safely wrapped in bubble wrap and plastic. How does that pass any minimal sanity check at the supplier's end?

Lol funny story. Thanks for the info. Completely agree that it is not for everyone and am all for having the option out there. Sounds like they are competitive then.

 

[MH01]

It amazes me that some people DON'T use ApplePay.

Just wanted to point out that MR is made up of international users, and support via bank/retailer is a major reason why many do not.

 

[BruiserB]

Anyone know why Discover still hasn't managed to figure out In-App ApplePay?

 

[wozmatic]

is grubhub in canada?

 

[ApfelKuchen]

I havent yet found an opportunity to use it.
...which, when I think about it, means that I spent the last year with the nearly hourly inconvenience of stumbling over a passcode screen to access my device, in order to protect my credit card information, which it holds for my convenience, for the possibility that it may save me 10 seconds in line at a store someday.

Hm.

For those of us who passcode-protected our iPhones long before ApplePay came along, there was no additional inconvenience. But yeah, if you hadn't previously passcoded, and you haven't used ApplePay since adding that passcode... yeah, I can see your point.

Still, it begs the question, is TouchID not working/not working well for you? It's been a fabulous convenience for me. The same feature that made ApplePay possible (owner identification via TouchID) also streamlined access to my iPhone for all other purposes. If it's purely a technical issue (you'd like TouchID to work), then investing a bit of time into getting it working may pay off nicely.

If TouchID is working for you, but you consider even that to be an inconvenience... not much more to be said. In my experience, it's no more inconvenient or time-consuming than "Slide to unlock," but your mileage may vary.

 

[Storming]

Grubhub does not surprise me for Apple Pay. Cook commented on how much he used this prior and I Had a feeling this would eventually be on Apple Pay.

 

[ThunderSkunk]

Still, it begs the question, is TouchID not working/not working well for you?

No, it doesn't work for me. My finger pads are usually in some combination of heavily callused, covered in epoxy, or having patches of skin worn off waiting to regrow. I'm a hands-on business owner. As such, touchscreen functionality is limited at best, and touchID is out. Previously I've just not kept any identifying, financial, or critical information on any of these devices. I added a card to the wallet to try out applepay, but simply havent been anywhere that its accepted yet.
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Only if you don't understand what it means: Basic, filling, tasty. Just the thing after working hard (grubbing in the soil to raise crops, for example).

Go to google. Type in "grub". Click on "images".
Thats what it means. They are commonly edible. We ate them as kids while camping on expedition. This is what grubbing as in, "grubbing around in the dirt", also refers to.

 

[diipii]

Food delivery company GrubHub has added Apple Pay as a payment option in the latest update to its GrubHub and Seamless apps (via TechCrunch).

The company follows in the footsteps of rivals Caviar, Door Dash, and Postmates in supporting Apple's mobile payment platform, and means that users of its two apps can now pay for their food using cards registered in the native iOS Wallet app.

Originally founded in 2004, GrubHub began as a website where users could order from local restaurants offering home delivery services. It later merged with rival company Seamless and expanded to offer its own service for restaurants that don't otherwise usually deliver. Last year GrubHub processed $2.4 billion in sales, 60 percent of which was generated through its mobile apps.

The move signals another domestic win for Apple's mobile payment platform, and appears to confirm that the company's recently stated aim to aggressively expand the service both at home and abroad is making progress.

Speaking to Fortune yesterday, Apple said its mobile payment platform is gaining a million new users each week, but the company stopped short of revealing the overall number of Apple Pay users. It also said that transaction volume through the service is five times what it was a year ago, and that payment volume within apps more than doubled in the second half of 2015.

In related news, The Verge reported today that Walmart has announced its intention to partner with ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft in order to trial a new grocery delivery service, in a move that will put it in direct competition with Amazon's recently expanded AmazonFresh service.

Customers will soon be able to place their food orders online, for Walmart staff to prepare their groceries and then call local Uber and Lyft drivers to deliver the items, at a delivery charge of between $7 to $10, which is paid to Walmart. According to the company, the pilot program will begin within the next two weeks and initially operate in Denver and Phoenix.

Article Link: Food Delivery Services GrubHub and Seamless Now Support Apple Pay

Does Apple run Macrumors ?
Is that why we get every tiny morsel of useless information ??

 

[oplix]

wtf does this article even mean? those are websites you order from. you create an account and put your credit card information. Is this some new thing where it's like a social media extention that you can just "share" with?

 

[D.T.]

My friends in Sac and Sand Fran virtually don't order out unless it's on grubhub. Some places actually charge a carry out fee that they can easily bake into something like this and often times people don't mind paying it for the conveneince. Let the customer carry that burden. If you have a good product they will be happy to.

I've been using DoorDash in the SF area, had some promos that initially motivated me to try it, but I really dig on the design/flow/notifications (also pushes to an  Watch), also supports ... wait for it ... Apple Pay

 

[lordofthereef]

I've been using DoorDash in the SF area, had some promos that initially motivated me to try it, but I really dig on the design/flow/notifications (also pushes to an  Watch), also supports ... wait for it ... Apple Pay

Ill have to ask him about it. We live just far enough outside of Boston for none of this to be relevent to us directly, unfotunately When we visited last summer he ( San Fran buddy) was constantly raving about grubhub lol.