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Amazon is bringing Uber Eats inside its own app, letting U.S. Prime members order restaurant delivery without a separate Uber account and skip the delivery fee on orders of $25 or more.
The deal replaces a Prime perk with Grubhub, which Amazon made an ongoing benefit in 2024 after a one-year trial. Amazon said in a statement to GeekWire that it has ended that agreement after identifying “an opportunity to deliver an even better restaurant delivery experience.”
The new Prime benefit covers hundreds of thousands of restaurants in nearly 10,000 U.S. cities and towns, from major metros to rural communities. Orders are placed with existing Amazon logins and payment methods, on Amazon.com or in the Amazon Shopping app.
Amazon says Prime members could save more than $175 a year through the delivery fee waiver and Prime-only promotions, which it notes is more than the $139 annual cost of Prime. Service fees still apply, the company confirmed. New users get $20 off their first two orders of $25 or more within 14 days, and Prime Visa cardholders earn 5% back on Uber Eats orders through Dec. 5.
Members who already pay for Uber One, which includes $0 delivery fees, keep those benefits. But Amazon said the two memberships operate independently, and the Prime perk applies only to Uber Eats orders placed through Amazon.
The deal marks Amazon’s latest approach to restaurant delivery. The company shut down its own Amazon Restaurants service in 2019, four years after launching it in Seattle and expanding to more than 20 U.S. cities. Uber had listed Amazon as an Uber Eats competitor in its IPO filing earlier that year.
The service let Prime members order meals through its website or the Prime Now app. Amazon cut jobs on the team in early 2018, closed the London service later that year, and also shut down Daily Dish, a workplace lunch delivery service it launched in 2016.
The Uber deal is part of Amazon’s broader push to add value to Prime. In February, the company made its Alexa+ AI assistant free for U.S. Prime members . Last year it ended a program that let members share free shipping with someone outside their household.
“We’re excited to connect our restaurant community with new Prime fans, while giving Prime members a seamless way to enjoy great food from restaurants through Uber Eats,” Andrew Macdonald, Uber’s president and COO, said in a statement.
Members can share the Uber Eats benefit with one adult in their household through Amazon Family.
