Grubhub and Transact Campus, a campus payment solutions provider, announced Monday a partnership to integrate Grubhub’s Marketplace into Transact Mobile Ordering, a mobile-first application with capabilities for food pickup and delivery. In the coming months, the integration will enable students at campuses that use Transact’s mobile app to order from restaurants via Grubhub’s restaurant network using their campus card.
The integration will also support local restaurants by providing them with a new channel to market their business and generate more orders from the campus community, according to Grubhub.
“This integration is a major win for everyone involved and a big step forward to provide a more holistic dining experience for students,” said Geoff Ellis, VP of strategic partnerships and business development at Grubhub, in a statement. “Transact’s technology-first solutions complement our Grubhub Marketplace offering and together, we’re empowering students to have more dining choices.”
Students will be able to expand their dining options by toggling between on- and off-campus restaurants. When eating off-campus, they will see available Grubhub restaurants for pickup or delivery and pay for meals using their campus card. Students will be able to access Grubhub’s entire network of more than 365,000 restaurants nationwide.
“We’re excited to expand our relationship with Grubhub and offer even more ways for students to have cashless options and expanded meal choices,” said Laura Newell-McLaughlin, EVP and general manager of integrated payments and campus commerce at Transact, in a statement. “We’re continuously looking for ways to enhance the offerings in our mobile ordering platform and partnering with Grubhub to provide students with additional off-campus dining options makes our service even more seamless.”
The integration builds on Grubhub and Transact’s existing relationship, which allows students in Transact’s CampusCash program to use their student ID cards for cashless payments at university-approved off-campus merchants.
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