McDonald’s has joined forces with UberEATS

McDonald’s teams up with UberEATS to offer food delivery services in Montgomery and Chester counties

For anyone who has ever thought and wished that McDonald’s should deliver, consider your wish partially granted.

McDonald’s and UberEATS , a branch service from Uber, have teamed up to offer “McDelivery” services through the free to download UberEATS app and are expanding throughout the Philadelphia area, including some locations in Montgomery and Chester counties.

“I think the trend in the market is convenience and simplicity,” said Tom Cristino, account executive at the Tierney Agency, an advertising firm representing McDonald’s. “The reason Uber certainly came into the McDonald’s partnership was because there was this opportunity to get into the app and, with your thumb, make an order.”

The service is only available right now at participating McDonald’s locations, including a selection of Norristown, Audubon and Valley Forge locations in Montgomery County as well as Phoenixville in Chester County.

Customers can visit the UberEATS website, www.ubereats.com/stores/ to see if the service is provided in their area.

The app allows potential customers to pick any food on the menu except for soft-serve ice cream products and have it delivered, as if you were ordering an Uber driver, with a $5 base delivery fee.

Once an order is placed, the McDonald’s is notified on an iPad, and a request is put out to Uber drivers in the area for pickup and delivery.

The McDonald’s does not start to put together the food order until the Uber driver is within three minutes of arrival, which the restaurant can also track using the iPad. Once the driver arrives, the food is

“As people want convenience, they want to use it on their phone and get it immediately. This is just another way that we can offer McDonald’s food quickly at their convenience.” — Marsha Graham, Audubon McDonald’s owner and operator

MICHAEL SNEFF — DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA McDonald’s has joined forces with UberEATS — offering delivery of the fast food option. McDonald’s employees can track UberEATS orders and driver locations from an iPad next to the register. The Trooper Road McDonald’s is among the outlets offering the...

MICHAEL SNEFF — DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA UberEATS courier pickup counter at the McDonald’s on South Trooper Road in Audubon. McDonald’s has joined forces with UberEATS — offering delivery of the fast food option. The fee for delivery — $5.