Offices lay off cafeterias in favor of meal-delivery services

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The Future. Businesses are turning to services like Relish and Uber for Business to provide a more flexible option for employees to have their lunch covered. To lure new employees, watch for some businesses to strike exclusive deals with restaurants, making lunch delivery from a favorite establishment a rare perk.

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Hybrid work arrangements are remaking the office lunch.

  • Apps like Relish and Uber for Business allow lunch orders to be scaled up or down based on how many employees are in the office or distribute a per diem for each employee who’s in the office that day.
  • Employees can choose from a number of local eateries, and meals are individually packaged and delivered on demand.
  • This new perk has also helped companies significantly cut down on in-office food waste.

Employer-provided lunches are already bringing people back to the office. Since it started using Relish, event-ticketing firm SeatGeek reported that office visits have increased 5x.

Sometimes, people just don’t want to make another sandwich.

David Vendrell

Born and raised a stone’s-throw away from the Everglades, David left the Florida swamp for the California desert. Over-caffeinated, he stares at his computer too long either writing the TFP newsletter or screenplays. He is repped by Anonymous Content.

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