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Your favorite takeout joint is actually a catfishing scheme — it's totally legal

The next time you order delivery from Seamless or DoorDash, look closer.

NYC stores are price gouging COVID rapid tests, selling for $80 and up

Assorted NYC businesses have taken to food delivery apps including Seamless to resell at-home coronavirus antigen tests for well above retail price.

New York City Council wants food delivery apps to disclose phone fees

Food delivery apps that create alternative phone numbers for their restaurant clients so they can take a cut of telephone food orders may soon need to start disclosing the practice...

Food delivery apps face multibillion-dollar hit as COVID pandemic lifts: study

Food delivery apps like Doordash, GrubHub and Uber Eats got fat off the pandemic to the tune of $19 billion — and now they’re facing a potential crash diet, according...

Grubhub rises 7 percent on news of European suitors

Grubhub has received interest from at least two European companies, Delivery Hero and Just Eat Takeaway.com, as potential acquirers, CNBC reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The...

De Blasio signs bill capping NYC restaurant delivery-app fees

Mayor Bill de Blasio signed several bills on Tuesday that could temporarily eat into the profits of food-ordering and delivery apps like Grubhub and UberEats.

NYC seeks to limit fees by food apps like Grubhub during emergencies

The New York City Council wants to ban food-ordering apps like Grubhub from charging most of their usual fees to restaurants during any government-ordered state of emergency, The Post has...

Grubhub, Seamless orders dip in NYC despite coronavirus isolation

Ordering in is on the outs. Grubhub and Seamless food deliveries have dropped in the Big Apple, even though New Yorkers are all staying home during the coronavirus pandemic, Grubhub...

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Grubhub will waive commission fees for restaurants hurt by coronavirus

Online food delivery company GrubHub Inc said on Friday it will temporarily suspend collecting commission fees of up to $100 million from independent US restaurants hit by the coronavirus outbreak....

The wrong way to crack down on Grubhub

Last week the City Council unveiled legislation to limit food-delivery-app services like Grubhub, DoorDash and UberEats. But it looks like the wrong answer. Last May’s exposé by The Post’s Kevin...

NYC Council bills aim to slash food delivery fees

Big Apple legislators are about to take a stab at regulating food delivery giants like Grubhub and UberEats. The New York City Council on Thursday will be presented with a...

NYC councilman slams Grubhub CEO as 'aggressive, dismissive' of probe

A food fight between Grubhub and a New York City councilman is getting messier than ever. The food-delivery giant’s chief executive Matt Maloney has been “needlessly aggressive and dismissive” of...

Grubhub fees hurting small businesses, claims NYC council member

A New York City politician is pooh-poohing claims by food-delivery apps that they help mom-and-pop restaurants more than they hurt them. City Council Member Mark Gjonaj on Monday pushed back...

State agency targets Grubhub with proposal to cap fees

In the latest attack on Grubhub’s businesses model, a New York state agency proposed a cap on how much third-party companies can earn helping restaurants with food orders. The New...

State liquor authority threatens delivery services over hefty fees

Grubhub might have to swallow hard when it reads this new set of rules. The New York State Liquor Authority — a powerful agency that regulates restaurants serving alcohol statewide...

Grubhub CEO denies service set up restaurant sites without permission

Grubhub’s chief executive on Tuesday denied that the company set up thousands of websites to take orders for restaurants without their permission — saying Grubhub’s contracts gave it the right...

Competition is forcing Grubhub to spend heavily on ads

Grubhub, the 500-pound gorilla of restaurant takeout, is getting forced to spend more money than ever to fight off a fast-growing roster of competitors. Shares of the Chicago-based company, which...

New Yorkers love takeout Nepalese food on Thanksgiving

Forget turkey and all the trimmings. On Thanksgiving, New Yorkers crave spicy lentil soup, goat dumplings and fried donuts known as sel roti. Those are staples of Nepal’s cuisine, which...

Americans spend an absurd amount on takeout

Thinking about takeout tonight? It all adds up as new research reveals Americans spend an incredible $70,000 on takeout and delivery in their lifetime. A new study into the eating...