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DoorDash, Uber and Prosus deals: 10 delivery acquisitions ranked by announced price

These 10 food delivery acquisitions ranked by price run from DoorDash's $8.1 billion Wolt deal to Zomato's all-stock purchase of Grofers, now Blinkit

Delivery companies have often grown by buying the competition. Rather than build a service city by city, an acquirer can purchase a rival that already has restaurants, couriers and customers in place. The deals in this list follow that pattern across North America, Europe and Asia.

DoorDash took that route with Finland-based Wolt. Uber $UBER did the same with Postmates in the U.S. Delivery Hero bought Woowa Brothers, the South Korean company behind the Baemin app. In India, Zomato agreed to buy Grofers, the grocery service now called Blinkit.

This selection covers 10 food delivery acquisitions ranked by price, from highest to lowest. Each price is the deal value announced at the time. None of the figures is adjusted for inflation. A deal from 2019 and a deal from 2025 appear as originally reported.

Several were all-stock deals. In that structure, the buyer pays with its own shares rather than cash. The value of such a deal moved with the acquirer's share price after it was announced. The figure used here is the announced value.

Some deals were priced in euros, pounds or rupees. Those appear in their original currency. A dollar figure is added only where one was reported, and those dollar figures are approximate. Three deals in the middle of the list sit close together in dollar terms. Their order depends on exchange rates.

Not every deal is described as complete. Where completion has not been confirmed, the slide says the deal was agreed or announced. One acquired company was later sold again. Just Eat Takeaway.com announced its $7.3 billion purchase of Grubhub in 2020. It then sold Grubhub to Wonder in 2024 for $650 million. Just Eat Takeaway.com itself later became a target when Prosus agreed to buy it in a deal announced in 2025.

The list reaches beyond restaurant meals. It includes quick-commerce grocery delivery deals, such as Getir's agreement to buy Gorillas, the Berlin-based grocery startup. It also includes Drizly, an alcohol delivery platform Uber bought in 2021. Drizly is not a food or grocery company in the strict sense.

Each slide names the buyer, the target, the announced price and the year the deal was announced.

DoorDash buys Wolt for $8.1 billion in all-stock deal

DoorDash bought Wolt, a Finland-based delivery company, in an all-stock deal valued at about $8.1 billion when it was announced. That price puts the DoorDash Wolt deal first in this selection.

DoorDash announced the agreement in November 2021. The purchase closed in May 2022, about six months later.

Wolt's owners were paid in DoorDash shares, not cash. The $8.1 billion figure reflects what those shares were worth at the announcement. Between the announcement and the closing, the deal's value moved with DoorDash's stock price.

The Wolt price sits about $800 million above the $7.3 billion that Just Eat Takeaway.com announced for Grubhub in 2020. That gap separates the first two deals in this ranking.

The acquisition crossed the Atlantic. DoorDash, a U.S. delivery company, took over a business headquartered in Finland.

Wolt was not DoorDash's last European purchase. In May 2025, DoorDash agreed to buy Deliveroo, the British food delivery company, for £2.9 billion. That agreement appears as its own entry further down the list.

Just Eat Takeaway.com buys Grubhub for $7.3 billion

Just Eat Takeaway.com agreed in June 2020 to buy Grubhub, a U.S. food delivery company, in an all-stock deal valued at about $7.3 billion. That announced price places it second in this selection.

Grubhub shareholders were to receive Just Eat Takeaway.com shares rather than cash. That made them part-owners of the buyer instead of recipients of a fixed cash sum. The $7.3 billion figure captures the terms on the day they became public. The value of those shares afterward rose and fell with Just Eat Takeaway.com's stock price.

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