Diningin: GrubHub Acquires DiningIn

Date: 02/06/2015 (All day)Teaser: GrubHub GRUB 3.08% is a $3 billion company known for helping to connect hungry users with restaurants that will deliver them food. Now GrubHub wants to deliver the meals itself, in a major preemptive move against on-demand delivery aspirants like Google GOOG 1.73% and Amazon AMZN 0.19% .The Chicago-based company already had been testing its own service in three markets - San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago - but this morning announced that it has acquired DiningIn (based in Brighton, Mass.) and signed an agreement to acquire Restaurants on the Run (Aliso Viejo, Calif.). The two deals are worth approximately $80 million, and mean that GrubHub will be executing deliveries for nearly 3,000 restaurants in around one dozen U.S. metro markets. READ MORE on Fortune Location: Boston, MASource URL: http://for.tn/1xu7rN5Company Profile Link: DiningIn.comCompany Website: https://www.diningin.comLogo: