In October 2019, DoorDash opened its first ghost kitchen, DoorDash Kitchen, in Redwood City, California, with four restaurants operating at the location. It maintained that market position in 2019. By early 2019, DoorDash was the largest food delivery provider in the U.S., as measured by consumer spending. By March 2019, it had exceeded GrubHub in total sales, at 27.6% of the on-demand delivery market. In December 2018, DoorDash overtook Uber Eats to hold the second position in total US food delivery sales, behind GrubHub. It incorporated as DoorDash in June 2013. In the summer of 2013, it received US$120,000 in seed money from Y Combinator in exchange for a 7% stake. In January 2013, they launched in Palo Alto, California. In late 2012, Stanford University students Tony Xu, Stanley Tang, Andy Fang and Evan Moore were getting feedback on a mobile app for small business owners when a macaroon store owner told them of her challenges meeting demand for deliveries. ĭoorDash has been criticized and sued for withholding tips, reducing tip transparency, antitrust price manipulation, listing restaurants without permission, and allegedly misclassifying workers. As of December 31, 2020, the platform was used by 450,000 merchants, 20,000,000 consumers, and one million deliverers. It also has a 60% market share in the convenience delivery category. With a 56% market share, DoorDash is the largest food delivery company in the United States. It went public in December 2020 on NYSE and trades under the symbol DASH. The company is based in San Francisco, California.

is an American company that operates an online food ordering and food delivery platform.

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