2023 was an impressive year for Grubhub Campus, the higher-education focused arm of the food ordering company. To that end, in 2023 the company saw the most orders in its 10-year history of working with campus partners. In the past year, total Marketplace orders grew by 30% and the company increased its number of campus partners by nearly 20%, according to a statement.
While the majority of campus orders were for pick-up, in 2023, campus delivery orders increased by 35%.
Grubhub also offers robot delivery to its campus partners and in the last year robot delivery orders were up 500%.
When it comes to what type of food students are ordering, burrito bowls, cheeseburgers, chicken nuggets and mac and cheese were noted as some of the most popular items.
Grubhub Campus has also grown its independent restaurant footprint by more than 24%.
The company is also working on tech-forward innovations. In 2023, Grubhub Campus teamed up with Amazon to bring its Just Walk Out technology to campus partners.
Grubhub partners with 300 campuses including The University of Chicago, The Ohio State University and Northeastern University.