LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.,
Sept. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Washington Football Team today announced the launch of its
groundbreaking partnership at FedExField with Grubhub, an industry
leading online and mobile food ordering and delivery platform. This
new partnership marks the first time a professional sports property
has partnered with Grubhub and will enhance and expedite the
ordering experience and payment process for in-stadium dining at
FedExField.
As part of this partnership, Grubhub has created a custom
ordering experience specifically for FedExField that fans can
easily access through the Grubhub app or by scanning QR codes on
the back of seats and around the stadium. Utilizing geo location,
Grubhub's technology enables fans to place an order with select
vendors near their seats, pay directly through the Grubhub app, and pick up their orders
through designated concession lanes. Approximately twenty vendors
throughout FedExField will be available for ordering on Grubhub.
FedExField also will have four food concession locations
exclusively for orders placed through the Grubhub app.
"We are committed to innovating across our guest experience to
ensure we are providing fans with a next level gameday experience
at FedExField,'' said Jason Wright,
Washington Football Team President. "This partnership with Grubhub
provides our fans with easier, faster, and contactless access to
amazing food vendors at the stadium, which means they can enjoy all
of their favorite gameday foods while also having more time to
cheer on the Burgundy and Gold."
Grubhub provides food ordering technology to more than 250
universities across the country. Drawing from years of work in
these high-volume environments, Grubhub is deploying its technology
to stadiums and leveraging its unique algorithm and order controls
to predict accurate order ETAs – allowing fans to watch more of the
game and spend less time waiting in line. Grubhub's mobile ordering
and pickup solution was piloted during the preseason and Weeks 1
and 2 of the regular season with a smaller selection of vendors at
FedExField. On average, wait times were cut in half for fans who
ordered via the Grubhub app compared to placing a traditional
in-person order.
"We're excited to bring our mobile ordering and pickup
technology right to fans' fingertips at FedExField," said
Brian Madigan, vice president of
campus and corporate partners at Grubhub. "Grubhub has nearly a
decade of experience developing solutions that make it easy to
order, pay for, and pick up food from some of the busiest spots in
the country, including college campuses, hotels, and resorts. We're
thrilled to extend our expertise to the Washington Football Team
and work together to enhance the game day experience for fans."
In addition to mobile ordering and pickup, the Washington
Football Team and Grubhub will pilot various programs to
continuously enhance fans' overall gameday experience throughout
the season. These initiatives include offering fans seated on the
suite level of FedExField the ability to order merchandise from
in-stadium retailers, such as the Team Store, through the Grubhub
app – making the Washington Football Team the first NFL team to
offer this experience via a mobile ordering
solution.
The Grubhub mobile ordering experience at FedExField is part of
several new food and beverage enhancements at the stadium for this
season. Most notably is the addition of eight new local food
vendors, chosen through the "Flavors of the DMV" product showcase
held by the organization this offseason. Several of these winners,
including Fireman's Cafe from Washington
D.C., Seafood at the Shack from Silver Spring, MD, and Kitchen Cray from
Lanham, MD, will be available for
in-stadium ordering on Grubhub this fall.
About Grubhub
Grubhub is part of Just Eat Takeaway.com
(LSE: JET, AMS: TKWY, NASDAQ: GRUB), a leading global online food
delivery marketplace. Dedicated to connecting more than 33 million
diners with the food they love from their favorite local
restaurants, Grubhub elevates food ordering through innovative
restaurant technology, easy-to-use platforms and an improved
delivery experience. Grubhub features more than 300,000 restaurant
partners in over 4,000 U.S. cities.
About the Washington Football
Team
Owned by Dan and
Tanya Snyder since 1999, the Washington Football Team was
founded in Boston in 1932 and is
one of the original members of the NFL's Eastern Division. The
Washington Football Team relocated to Washington, D.C. in 1937 and has since become
one of the most recognizable professional sports franchises in
history, featuring multiple Hall of Fame coaches, 19 members of the
Pro Football Hall of Fame, and one recipient of the Walter Payton
Man of The Year Award, Darrell
Green. A proud and storied franchise, the Team has won five
World Championship titles including the 1937 and 1942 National
Football League Championship games, as well as Super Bowls XVII,
XXII and XXVI. Since 1997, the Team has played their home games at
FedExField, a multi-purpose stadium located in Landover, MD. Washington Football Team's
Football Operations are headquartered at the Inova Sports
Performance Center in Ashburn,
Virginia, and its Business Operations are headquartered at
FedExField.
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