US digital sales of food and beverages from restaurants soared 123.8% last year, per eMarketer estimates. This massive increase was the result of more consumers using delivery services like DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub amid lockdowns and restaurant closures.

"I have a message for the big third-party food delivery services like Uber Eats," said Ontario Premier Doug Ford when announcing a return to stricter rules for food service during the second wave in October. “It’s time for you to do your part. Please consider reducing the commission rates you charge the restaurants impacted by these new health measures.”.

Food delivery apps like Uber Eats, DoorDash, and SkipTheDishes—a Winnipeg-based homegrown competitor to the US-based services—had already established a foothold before the pandemic. The greater need for delivery last year elevated their influence in food service, even though the fees they charge have raised concerns in the restaurant industry and for regulators.

To reach a wider audience, as well as make up for lost sales, many restaurants teamed up with services like DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats. To round out the top five categories, health/fitness apps (28.5% growth), dating apps (21.3%), and news apps (17.5%) also soared in 2020 as more people relied on them to stay on track with their fitness goals, meet new people, and stay informed.

Looking ahead: Retailers that do not work with Instacart, such as Walmart and Amazon, are growing their grocery market shares and outpacing Instacart—while large grocers that do work with Instacart, like Albertsons, are partnering with DoorDash and Uber Eats in an effort to diversify their online businesses.

DoorDash and Uber Eats continue gaining market share

Uber Eats, Grubhub, and Postmates lagged behind, but the four companies still represented a combined 96.3% of all digital restaurant marketplace sales, leaving smaller platforms in their wake. More like this:. Article: On-demand delivery services power up across the globe. Article: In 2021, online grocery sales will surpass $100 billion.

Meituan’s main offering is a super app that provides services akin to Yelp, Uber Eats, Groupon, and TripAdvisor all in one, and we forecast that it will net $3.67 billion via digital advertising this year. Five years ago, Meituan was not on the digital ad radar at all. Meituan today is where JD.com was several years ago, and we project both will maintain strong growth in the years to come.

Note that this figure refers only to Uber and doesn’t include the Uber Eats food delivery service. Digital Travel Bookers. Booking travel digitally has long since become the norm in the US—but with so little travel happening in 2020, this metric was bound to decline. Instead of 129.6 million people booking travel online, that figure will be 113.4 million, wiping away 16.2 million potential bookers.

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“We’ve also seen increased spending from Grubhub and Uber Eats to bolster quick-service restaurants [QSRs] and casual dining transactions. Traditional movie spending weakened, but there was an uptake in streaming services.” This TV spend was accompanied by messaging that emphasized the availability and ease of different ways of getting products or services to consumers.

More recently, delivery apps like Instacart, DoorDash, and Uber Eats have also emerged. Not only do these platforms offer grocery delivery from local stores, but they also create partnerships with retail chains that want to expand into digital but don’t have a delivery infrastructure.

The third-party aggregators like Uber Eats, SkipTheDishes and DoorDash are being driven upward by the 18-to-34 segment primarily. The Restaurants Canada/BrandSpark data shows that 23% of 18-to-34s used such an app at least once a month compared with 8% for 50 and over.

Sales on US digital restaurant marketplaces such as DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats more than doubled over the past year, from $20.08 billion in 2019 to $44.94 billion in 2020, according to our latest estimates. Boomers to drive adoption. This triple threat might see uptake by an unexpected cohort: baby boomers.

He has also had sponsorships with brands like Red Bull, Samsung, Uber Eats and adidas. Ninja’s appeal is based on his personality, not his skills as a gamer. In fact, last year, he didn’t even qualify for the Fortnite World Cup, the game’s premier tournament.

This is closely followed by Grubhub (including Seamless) and Uber Eats, which capture 26.7% and 25.2% of consumer spending in the US, respectively.

Meanwhile, Uber said in its Q2 2020 earnings release on August 6 that more restaurants, including Baskin Robbins, Chopt Creative Salad and A&W Restaurants, have joined its Eats platform.

eMarketer junior forecasting analyst Nazmul Islam and principal analyst Andrew Lipsman tell us the likelihood that your food delivery driver has eaten some of your meal. How are people using food delivery apps, and how can they make the unit economics work for everyone?

The third-party aggregators like Uber Eats, SkipTheDishes and DoorDash are being driven upward by the 18-to-34 segment primarily. The Restaurants Canada/BrandSpark data shows that 23% of 18-to-34s used such an app at least once a month compared with 8% of those ages 50 and oolder.