Food and drink delivery guide1. BiteSquad


Delivers: food and beverages
Average wait time: 40 minutes
Delivery fee: $4.99
Order via mobile app or website
Promo code for $10 off first order: CIN
www.bitesquad.com
[email protected]



Food and drink delivery guide2. Couch Potato


Delivers: food, beverages and alcohol
Average wait time: 30 minutes
Delivery fee: $3 to $10
Order via mobile app, website or phone
Promo code for 10% off: 98558
www.couchpotatoatx.com
[email protected]



Food and drink delivery guide3. Drizly 


Delivers: alcohol
Average wait time: 20 to 40 minutes
Delivery fee: $5
Order via mobile app or website
Promo code for $5 off first order: ATX
www.drizly.com
[email protected]



Food and drink delivery guide4. Favor


Delivers: food and beverages
Average wait time: 35 minutes
Delivery fee: $5 plus 5% off order
Order via mobile app
Promo code for $5 off first order: IMPACT
www.favordelivery.com
[email protected]



Food and drink delivery guide5. Brewdrop


Delivers: alcohol
Average wait time: 30 to 60 minutes
Delivery fee: $5
Over via mobile app
Promo code not offered
www.brewdrop.com
[email protected]




Food and drink delivery guide6. Dine on Demand*


Delivers: food and beverages
Average wait time: 45 to 75 minutes
Delivery fee: $6.95
Order via mobile app, website or phone
Promo code for $5 off: GOODGRUB
www.dineondemandonline.com
[email protected]


Josh Barber was running his own catering business when he realized the need for a food delivery service.




Food and drink delivery guide Josh Barber was running his own catering business when he realized the need for a food delivery service.[/caption]

He began his own delivery business before merging with Josh Jones to operate Dine on Demand. The duo believes delivery timing is critical, Barber said.


“The second that food is coming out of the window in the kitchen, you want to be packing it in a hot bag for hot food and a cold bag for cold food and go directly to the customer,” Barber said.


Partnering with restaurants is important so Dine on Demand can communicate with customers about wait times, Barber said. The business matches customers with restaurants in ZIP codes immediately surrounding them to provide satisfactory delivery time, Barber said.


“That made it better for our drivers, and customers were happier [because] they weren’t having to wait as long on orders,” Barber said.



Food and drink delivery guide7. Eat Out In


Delivers: food and beverages
Average wait time: 45 to 60 minutes
Delivery fee: $7.95
Order via website or phone
Promo code for $8 off: ATXLUV
www.eatoutin.com
[email protected]


Jackie Davies founded Austin’s Eat Out In in 1986 with the idea that food delivery should go beyond pizza.




Food and drink delivery guide Blake Jackson and Jenny Kim now co-own the business as of earlier this year.[/caption]

Blake Jackson and Jenny Kim now co-own the business as of earlier this year and have spent the past eight months developing new tools to improve the customer order experience and expanded from 40 partner restaurants to more than 200, Kim said.


“Our goal is really to offer our customers as much variety as possible,” Kim said.


Eat Out In has increased its staff by 48 percent and increased its driver pool by 22 percent.


“We’re kind of the unknown giant in the area,” Jackson said.


Customers can track orders using a tracking system, and a mobile app will launch by the end of this year, Kim said.



Food and drink delivery guide8. GrubHub*


Delivers: food and beverages
Average wait time: Varies
Delivery fee: Varies
Order via mobile app or website
Promo code not offered
www.grubhub.com
www.grubhub.com/help/contact-us



Food and drink delivery guide9. Postmates


Delivers: food and beverages
Average wait time: Less than one hour
Delivery fee: $5
Order via mobile app or website
Promo code for $10 off first order: PM8CI
www.postmates.com
[email protected]



Food and drink delivery guide10. Smitty’s Beer and Wine Delivery*


Delivers: alcohol and beverages
Average wait time: 45 minutes
Delivery fee: $5
Order via email or text (mobile app in
development)
Promo code for $5 off delivery fee: IMPACT
www.smittysdelivery.com
[email protected]



Food and drink delivery guide11. Sourced*


Delivers: alcohol packages and beverages
Average wait time: three hours or less
Delivery fee: none
Order via website (mobile app in development)
Promo code not offered
www.sourcedcraftcocktails.com
[email protected]



CTA-2015-10-32-1012. Thirstie


Delivers: alcohol
Average wait time: 30 minutes
Delivery fee: None
Order via mobile app or website
Promo code for $9 off first order: THIRSTIE9
www.thirstie.com
[email protected]



CTA-2015-10-32-1113. Topshelf


Delivers: alcohol
Average wait time: 30 to 45 minutes
Delivery fee: $5
Order via mobile app
Promo code for free delivery: IMPACT
www.topshelfapp.com
[email protected]


Ryan Browne was at a party in 2010 when the alcohol supply ran dry and no one could responsibly drive to pick up more. That night spurred Browne into researching state and local law on alcohol and alcohol delivery, ultimately leading to the launch last March of the TopShelf mobile ordering app.




Food and drink delivery guide Customers can order beer, wine and liquor through TopShelf as well as other party needs such as Solo cups, ice and ping pong balls.[/caption]

“We’re connecting multiple liquor stores to multiple users, so we’re creating this marketplace,” Browne said. “We’re opening a whole new world [for stores] when it comes to delivery, so that’s how we’re adding value to liquor stores.”


Customers can order beer, wine and liquor through TopShelf as well as other party needs such as Solo cups, ice and ping pong balls. Delivery drivers will not leave an order with someone who is visibly intoxicated or unable to provide a valid identity card.


“We’re trying to get rid of the proverbial beer run,” he said.


An online ordering platform will soon debut as well as a cocktail package option.



Food and drink delivery guide14. uberEATS


Delivers: food and beverages 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Average wait time: 10 minutes
Delivery fee: None
Order via mobile app
Promo code for $5 off first order: COMMIMPACTEATS
www.ubereats.com
[email protected]


*All services with asterisks serve the entirety of Community Impact Newspaper’s Central Austin distribution zone but may also serve outside the area.