Amazon Prime: Uber Eats delivery now free over $25

Amazon and Uber announced on Thursday that Uber Eats is now part of the Amazon Prime service lineup in the United States.

The change takes effect immediately. Prime members can now place orders from hundreds of thousands of restaurants directly through Amazon.com and the Amazon shopping app. Delivery fees are waived for orders totaling more than $25. A joint statement from the companies confirmed these details. For the first 14 days, new users receive a $20 discount on their first two Uber Eats orders that are $25 or higher.

This move replaces Amazon’s previous partnership with Grubhub. Amazon added Grubhub to its Prime benefits in 2024. The Grubhub offer ends as the Uber Eats deal begins. Prime subscribers pay $14.99 per month or $139 per year for the service. Andrew Macdonald, president and COO of Uber, said the new setup is designed to make restaurant delivery feel as natural and comfortable as ordering other items on the platform.

The announcement follows a separate move in the grocery delivery sector. Last month, DoorDash said it would pay $17 billion to buy Instacart. The two companies stated that the merger would combine DoorDash’s global reach and logistics with Instacart’s grocery-specific technology and supermarket relationships. They said the deal would help them compete better with rivals entering restaurant delivery.

Walmart has also expanded its restaurant delivery options. The retailer partnered with Subway, its largest in-store restaurant tenant, last summer. It has since added select locations for Dunkin’ and Papa Johns. Walmart now lists 2,400 restaurant locations on its delivery platform. Greg Cathey, senior vice president of e-commerce transformation at Walmart, noted that 65% of orders placed since the Subway launch included other Walmart items.