Subway Starts Delivering at 9,000 Restaurants

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Subway is partnering with UberEats, GrubHub, DoorDash, and Postmates to bring nationwide delivery for 9,000 restaurants, with more planned for the coming months. McDonald’s delivery hit 5,000 stateside locations this past July after starting off with 200 locations two years ago, so this initial entry by Subway is massive. Subway will maintain the “your way” mantra by providing customers customized, made-to-order sandwich through delivery. This massive mobile delivery partnership aims to increase profitability for its franchisees.

Delivery is a rapidly expanding service, with nearly every major restaurant chain adding, marketing and expanding the service. Yet a variety of QSRs currently have mobile delivery in limited locations with plans to expand their service based on learnings. By making delivery available on so many platforms, Subway looks to be better positioned to grab some of the estimated 12 percent growth in food delivery over the next five years, according to a 2016 study conducted by Technomic.