Hospitality Giant Buys Delivery Service Waitr for $308 Million
Photo Caption: The Waitr app in a promotional image.
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With the influx of money and exposure from the deal, Waitr will be better positioned to compete as Grubhub, DoorDash, and Uber Eats rapidly expand into the second and third tier markets that Waitr previously dominated.
In the latest news out of the delivery services' race to gain market share, Waitr, a mid-tier delivery company headquartered in Lake Charles, Louisiana, will be acquired by Landcadia Holdings, Inc. Landcadia is owned by Tilman Fertitta, the billionaire CEO of Landry's Inc., which includes a grab bag of restaurant chains, casinos, and hotels across the U.S. (Fertitta also owns the Houston Rockets and hosts the reality TV sho
