Amazon announced on Thursday that United States Prime members can now order restaurant meals with zero dollar delivery fees on qualifying purchases of $25 or more [1]. The new Uber Eats Prime integration lets shoppers place takeout orders directly through Amazon.com or within the Amazon Shopping app without downloading a separate program or registering an extra login [2]. It replaces the company’s prior food partner and brings early checkout discounts for eligible households.
Uber Eats Prime Ordering System
Shoppers can open the new catalog by searching “Uber Eats” in the Amazon Shopping app or by visiting the dedicated page at amazon.com/ubereats [1]. Diners browse menus without leaving Amazon. The checkout process relies on stored Amazon cards, so users don’t need a separate Uber profile to complete their meal orders. Amazon-exclusive promotions will also appear alongside regular restaurant deals [2].
Diners reach nearly 10,000 cities and towns [1]. The network links shoppers to hundreds of thousands of local kitchens, reaching big metropolitan markets such as Boston, Atlanta, and Los Angeles alongside suburban areas like Oak Park in Illinois and Daphne in Alabama [4]. Smaller rural towns join the system as well, including Boardman in Oregon and Berkeley Springs in West Virginia [1]. Customers can choose national restaurant chains like Wingstop, Chipotle, and Sweetgreen, or pick local favorites such as Aga’s Restaurant in Houston and Papalote Mexican Grill in San Francisco [4]. Ghani said dinner delivery fits Prime’s core mission. “Whether it’s game night, family night, or date night, Prime’s new Uber Eats membership benefit makes getting dinner delivered even easier,” said Jamil Ghani, worldwide vice president of Amazon Prime [1].
Uber designed the partnership to connect its restaurant community with Prime’s customer base. “Together with Amazon, we built an experience for Prime members designed to make restaurant delivery feel as natural, convenient, and affordable as ordering anything else on Uber Eats,” said Andrew Macdonald, president and chief operating officer at Uber [1]. Macdonald said the project creates a simple way to order food through Uber Eats on Amazon while giving neighborhood diners access to familiar local menus [4].
Ordering Rules and Account Setup
To unlock the $0 delivery fee, each restaurant order must reach a minimum subtotal of $25 before taxes and courier tips [2]. Orders falling below that dollar limit still pay standard transit fees set by individual restaurants [3]. The delivery perk applies to standard retail Prime memberships as well as discounted plans like Prime for Young Adults and Prime Access, which assist college students and income-verified households [1]. Primary subscribers can also extend the zero dollar fee to one additional adult through the Amazon Family sharing setting [4].
Amazon introduced early discounts for the launch. During the initial two weeks, Amazon cuts $20 from the first pair of restaurant orders totaling $25 or above [1]. Prime Visa cardholders get 5% back until Dec. 5. By combining regular fee waivers with these early credits, Amazon estimates frequent diners could save more than $175 annually, an amount higher than Prime’s standard $139 yearly fee [2].
Amazon processes payments through saved cards. The checkout setup avoids secondary apps or passwords [1]. After a diner places an order, Amazon sends status updates through email and mobile alerts, and Uber Eats follows up with a final order receipt. Couriers operating on the Uber Eats network pick up dishes and manage the street drop-off [5].
What Happens to Existing Grubhub Members
The arrival of Uber Eats marks the conclusion of Amazon’s previous dining agreement with Grubhub [2]. The two companies first partnered in 2022 by offering Prime subscribers one free year of Grubhub+, a dining subscription that usually costs $9.99 a month [4]. Under GrubHub Plus, members received waived delivery charges, lower service fees, and 5% back on pickup orders. Amazon later converted that offer into a permanent benefit in 2024. Starting Thursday, diners can no longer order from Grubhub via Amazon’s storefront or mobile software [2].
An Amazon spokesperson outlined the decision in an email statement to CNET. “We continuously evaluate our third-party offers to ensure they provide the best possible value for Prime members,” the spokesperson said. “As part of that ongoing evaluation, we identified an opportunity to deliver an even better restaurant delivery experience.” [2] The company said Uber Eats gave members a broader selection of local restaurants to browse [4].
Subscribers who already activated their Grubhub benefit will keep their perks for the near future. A spokesperson for Grubhub owner Wonder said that customers who signed up for Grubhub+ will retain their subscription status until December 31, 2027. Amazon and Grubhub also released a joint statement confirming they mutually agreed to end the Prime-exclusive Grubhub Plus offer on Nov. 5 [2]. But new Grubhub sign-ups through Amazon have stopped, leaving Uber Eats Prime as the primary restaurant partner inside the storefront [4].
Competition in the Restaurant Delivery Market
The partnership arrives amid intense competition among gig platforms trying to turn their apps into all-in-one storefronts. The shift occurs against a backdrop of slowing restaurant sales tracked by the Technomic Top 500 chain index, where consumers cut back on dining while coffee and snack concepts stayed resilient. Integrating Uber Eats into Amazon’s checkout creates a direct sales channel for chains dealing with cautious consumer spending [4]. On the same Thursday that Amazon announced its Uber deal, rival services DoorDash and Lyft launched a joint membership program called Lyft Go [2]. That push follows earlier industry discussions around an Instacart sale to delivery competitors. Delivery networks now race to keep shoppers inside single ecosystems with bundled perks.
Financial markets reacted instantly to the news. Shares of Uber (NYSE: UBER) dropped 1.86% on Thursday afternoon as investors weighed the economics of the promotion. Meanwhile, DoorDash shares plummeted 14% after reports of aggressive grocery expansions and rival moves unsettled traders [4]. Delivery firms face mounting pressure to protect profit margins while paying higher marketing costs to acquire subscribers.
Walmart and DoorDash expanded rapidly into grocery delivery. To counter those advances and protect its retail subscriber base, Amazon pairs major promotional events like Amazon Prime Day with daily shopping conveniences, fast parcel shipments, and doorstep dining [4]. Amazon keeps checkout within its own apps [5]. This retention tactic ensures that outside couriers never take over direct customer accounts, making the $139 annual fee harder for households to cancel as fresh services accumulate.
Everyday Savings Under the Uber Eats Prime Perk
The restaurant benefit adds another piece to Amazon’s broader subscription bundle [1]. Video game buyers who order physical media or digital titles like Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) can now bundle food delivery within the same account [3]. Prime members pay $14.99 each month or $139 per year to get fast delivery on more than 300 million retail catalog items. They also qualify for free same-day shipping on perishable groceries over $25 from Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market [4]. For households that order takeout twice a week, waiving five-dollar delivery fees on each trip produces regular savings that help justify the annual membership charge [5].
Amazon pointed to extensive customer data showing that delivery and fuel discounts produced large household savings throughout 2025. During that year, Prime subscribers saved an average of more than $650 on delivery fees and fuel while avoiding an average of 64 trips to brick-and-mortar stores, which saved households roughly 55 hours of travel time [1]. The membership also provides fuel savings of $0.10 per gallon at 7,500 gas stations including bp, Amoco, ampm, and Thorntons locations [4]. Outside dining and fuel, subscribers access digital entertainment through Prime Video, live Thursday Night Football broadcasts, ad-free listening on Amazon Music, and cloud titles on Amazon Luna [1]. The new Uber Eats Prime perk builds on that wide service base by cutting meal ordering costs without requiring new apps [5].
Prime members can begin ordering food today using their existing Amazon checkout profiles [1]. With zero delivery fees on orders meeting the $25 minimum, introductory price cuts during the first two weeks, and 5% back for Prime Visa holders, the perk provides practical savings for frequent takeout diners [5]. As delivery networks continue to compete for household loyalty, Amazon’s latest integration gives its subscribers an easier path to order dinner right from their main shopping account [3].
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