There are also fewer restaurant jobs available.
DoorDash has more than 700,000 drivers
in 4,000 cities in the U.S. and Canada, while
GrubHub has 65,000 drivers in 300 U.S. cities.
Goodrow said she looked into working for
Domino’s when she started delivery driving but
there were no openings.
Third-party apps are also adding benefits to
sweeten the job. Uber Eats offers tuition-free
online courses at Arizona State University for
drivers who complete a certain number of miles.
Uber, GrubHub and DoorDash all offer low-cost
health, dental and vision insurance through a
partnership with Stride Health.
U.S. restaurant delivery orders jumped 10.5%
to 2 billion between May 2016 and May 2019 as
third-party apps like GrubHub partnered with
thousands of restaurants.