Many restaurants, including national chains like Applebee's, Denny's, Domino's, and Waffle House, will be open on Christmas Day 2025, though hours and availability vary. Food delivery remains popular, with platforms like DoorDash and Uber Eats experiencing their busiest holiday. Some fast food and coffee chains such as Starbucks and Dunkin' are open with limited hours, while others like Olive Garden and Chick-fil-A are closed for the holiday.
Just Eat Takeaway.com is selling Grubhub to Wonder Group for $650 million, significantly less than the $7.3 billion it paid in 2020. The deal includes $150 million in cash and $500 million in senior notes, and is expected to close in early 2025. Just Eat Takeaway.com aims to focus on markets where it has a competitive advantage, while Wonder Group plans to enhance its food delivery services. The sale is seen as a strategic move to boost growth and cash generation for Just Eat Takeaway.com.
Just Eat Takeaway is selling its U.S. business, Grubhub, to Wonder Group for $650 million, significantly less than the $7.3 billion it paid four years ago. The sale, expected to close in early 2025, comes as the food delivery sector faces profitability challenges post-pandemic. Wonder will assume $500 million of Grubhub's debt and aims to integrate Grubhub's services into its own app to create a 'super app' for food delivery. This move allows Just Eat Takeaway to focus on more profitable markets.
On New Year's Eve, a customer in Kolkata ordered 125 roomali rotis through Zomato, which caught the attention of CEO Deepinder Goyal, prompting him to express his interest in attending the party behind the large order. Goyal's tweet about the order went viral, and he also shared updates from Zomato's "war room" as the company prepared for one of the busiest nights for food delivery. The CEO's posts garnered mixed reactions from the public, with some praising the real-time updates and others expressing concern for the employees working during the festive time.
