Amazon Moves Prime Restaurant Delivery From Grubhub to Uber Eats
Amazon has made Uber Eats its official restaurant delivery partner for Prime members in the United States, ending its existing arrangement with Grubhub. The partnership was announced on November 5, 2026, according to TechCrunch.
Prime members can order from Uber Eats directly through Amazon.com and the Amazon Shopping app, without creating an Uber account. Orders of more than $25 carry no delivery fee. For the first two weeks of the partnership, Amazon and Uber are offering $20 off a first order of $25 or more.
Amazon's press center lists a release dated November 5, 2026, titled "Amazon Launches Partnership with Uber Eats Featuring $0 Delivery Fee for Prime Members." A Spanish-language version, "Amazon lanza una alianza con Uber Eats que ofrece entregas sin costo para los miembros Prime," carries the same date.
The Grubhub arrangement dates to 2022, when Amazon began offering Prime members a free Grubhub+ subscription, which reduces delivery and service fees on eligible orders. Under that deal, Amazon secured the right to buy a 2% stake in Grubhub, which at the time was owned by Just Eat Takeaway.com. Reuters reported the terms. Reuters also reported in 2022 that Grubhub planned to strengthen its delivery network from city strongholds such as New York. In December 2024, Amazon elected to cash out its outstanding exercisable Grubhub warrants, which are rights to buy shares at a fixed price. The commercial agreement that gave Prime members access to Grubhub+ ended on November 5, 2026.
Amazon's own description of the Grubhub benefit, published in 2024, listed $0 delivery fees on eligible orders, lower service fees, 5% credit back on pick-up orders, and exclusive Grubhub offers. A 2025 Amazon post said Grubhub+ saves the average member $300 a year. The Uber Eats launch carries the Prime delivery benefit forward, but the specific terms now differ. The no-fee threshold is $25, and the 2024 credit-back and offer structure is not part of the announced Uber Eats terms.
Voice ordering is part of the same picture. In March 2026, Amazon said that Alexa+ lets customers order food delivery from Grubhub and Uber Eats through natural conversation. Amazon's announcement does not describe how the Alexa+ ordering path will change after the Grubhub agreement ends.
The change also lands alongside another Prime development. Reuters reported on October 31, 2026, that Amazon raised the price of its Prime membership for U.S. subscribers. The two items are separate announcements.
Amazon's own history in restaurant delivery is also relevant. In 2019, Amazon announced it would end its U.S. restaurant food delivery service on June 24, leaving third-party platforms to fill that role. The company's current strategy relies on partners rather than an owned courier network for this category.
In my view, the practical question for Prime members is simpler than the corporate one. The partnership moves restaurant ordering into the Amazon checkout and app, reduces the account friction that third-party integrations often carry, and sets a fee threshold of $25 that members can plan around. For the restaurants and couriers on the Uber Eats side, the change adds Prime volume to an existing marketplace. For Grubhub, it removes a placement inside one of the largest subscription bundles in U.S. consumer retail.
The broader context here is that subscription bundles increasingly determine which delivery platform a customer opens first. Amazon has spent several years building that position through Grubhub, Alexa+, and its own app. Moving the restaurant partner to Uber Eats keeps the bundle intact while changing the supplier underneath it. For members, the result is a familiar Prime interface with a different courier network behind it, and a first-order discount that makes the switch easy to try.
