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Get Your Grub at Your Door By Linda Tishler Levinson
As finding time to cook seems to get ever more difficult, restaurant delivery services are expanding to fill that need. And the choices of food go far beyond traditional delivery options. Already delivering in some parts of North Central Connecticut is GrubHub. “People in any city where GrubHub is present can place orders on the desktop or mobile web, using mobile apps, or using Apple TV or Apple Watch apps,” according to Sandra Glading, a spokeswoman for GrubHub. “Our scale enables us to provide a delivery service with lower overall costs.” Customers can pay using PayPal, cards or cash, and tipping is customary. Jeff Lipton, co-owner of Joanna’s Restaurant in Somers, said while his restaurant does not currently offer delivery service, the idea is intriguing. He said he does not feel his restaurant and banquet hall compete with restaurants that offer food delivery directly. “I think that’d be pretty neat,” he said of the concept, noting it would be a way
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