Grubhub cuts 23% of staff months after Wonder takeover

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<a href="https://fortune.com/company/grubhub/" target="_blank">Grubhub</a> is cutting about 23% of its workforce and set the stage for more changes at the company following its takeover by Wonder Group Inc., the owner of Blue Apron.<div class="paywall-selector"></div><div class="paywall">



“We’ve made the difficult decision to eliminate approximately 500 positions at Grubhub. These changes span all teams as we begin to integrate functions with Wonder,” Grubhub Chief Executive Officer Howard Migdal said in a message to employees Friday that was posted on the company’s <a href="https://about.grubhub.com/news/a-message-from-grubhub-ceo-howard-migdal-on-the-integration-with-wonder/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">website</a>. Grubhub had about 2,200 employees before the announcement, company spokesperson Katie Norris said.&nbsp;



The cuts are aimed at “reducing management layers, bringing leaders closer to the business, and removing duplication,” Migdal said. The company is planning a town hall in March to talk more about “the path forward and our strategy for 2025,” he said. &nbsp;



Wonder, owned by former <a href="https://fortune.com/company/walmart/" target="_blank">Walmart</a> Inc. executive Marc Lore, announced it was buying Grubhub from <a href="https://fortune.com/company/just-eat-takeaway-com/" target="_blank">Just Eat Takeaway.com</a> NV last November for about $650 million, representing a 90% discount to its pandemic peak. Wonder operates first-party restaurants through its ghost-kitchen facilities, third-party food delivery under Relay and Blue Apron’s prepared meals and grocery service. 



On Monday, Dutch technology investor Prosus NV said it had in turn struck a deal to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-24/prosus-plans-4-3-billion-just-eat-takeaway-buy-in-all-cash-deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">buy</a> Just Eat for about $4.3 billion.



Grubhub will remain a standalone brand and is “positioned well within Wonder,” Norris said. In 2024, the company achieved positive free cash flow and order volume has grown year-over-year in the first two months of 2025, she said.



The company has seen a “significant lift in order frequency” in its loyalty program tie-up with <a href="https://fortune.com/company/amazon-com/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> Prime, Norris said. The brand has added 90,000 new merchants over the past 18 months, including more convenience and grocery options like <a href="https://fortune.com/company/albertsons-cos/" target="_blank">Albertsons</a>, CVS and Walgreens, she said.&nbsp;</div>

Last fall, Grubhub was sold to Wonder for just $650 million, a fraction of its pandemic-era peak valuation.

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