SAN FRANCISCO -- Uber has expanded its food-delivery service--UberEATS--into a standalone app in an effort to serve additional dayparts. Previously a feature of Uber's mainstay ride-sharing app, UberEATS was applicable only during lunch, With the separate app, the San Francisco-based company is expanding hours to use UberEATS from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
“With the launch of the new UberEATS app—available on iOS—you can have food from over a hundred [restaurants], delivered to your door,” the company said in a statement Wednesday.
Originally launched in Los Angeles, UberEATS promises food delivered “in as little as 10 minutes” during lunch hours of 11 a.m to 2 p.m. The service has since expanded to Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto and Washington, D.C.
The standalone app, available first only in Toronto, gives consumers and restaurant partners more options, making full menus available to customers from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. However, dinner hours from 5-8:30 p.m. are available in Chicago and Los Angeles.
As part of the rollout, delivery in Toronto will be free through the end of 2015, according to the company.
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