Compare BOGO, percentage-off, dollar-off and free-item delivery promotions—and check what each one requires before you order.

Food delivery deals can look similar while applying to different restaurants, items, basket sizes, accounts and ordering channels. DealMeal helps you compare available promotions across supported sources, then evaluate the conditions that determine whether a deal fits the meal you actually want.
There is no delivery platform that always has the best offer. Compare the eligible basket, minimum order and complete checkout value rather than choosing by the largest advertised discount alone.
A promotion changes the value of an order only when its rules match your basket. These common deal types solve different ordering needs:
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Promotion |
Best fit |
What to verify |
|---|---|---|
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Buy one, get one |
Orders that genuinely need two eligible items |
Eligible products, item pricing and whether the second item is useful |
|
Percentage off |
Baskets already close to the required subtotal |
Minimum order, discount cap and excluded items |
|
Dollar off |
Orders where the fixed saving is meaningful relative to the subtotal |
Required spend and the cost of anything added to qualify |
|
Free item |
Orders where the included item replaces something you would buy |
Qualifying purchase, item selection and account eligibility |
|
Free delivery |
Orders where delivery charges materially affect the choice |
Membership rules, service charges and the complete checkout total |
DealMeal's historical archive contained 530,001 marketplace offer observations from Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub, Just Eat, Deliveroo, Skip the Dishes and Menulog between July 13, 2025 and July 2, 2026. Marketplace promotions had a 26.4% BOGO share, while percentage discounts with usable values had a 20% median.
That archive is historical, geographically uneven and includes partial observation periods for several non-U.S. platforms. It describes promotion patterns—not the offer currently shown to a particular account or the final price of a delivered order.
Explore DealMeal's broader analysis of 680,678 food promotions.
Build the intended meal first. Decide what you would order without a promotion so the deal does not define the basket for you.
Compare the same restaurant where possible. A platform-wide average can reflect a different restaurant mix rather than a better deal on the same food.
Check item eligibility. Some offers apply to selected products, categories, locations, fulfillment methods or accounts.
Calculate the threshold gap. Subtract your planned subtotal from the qualifying minimum. Anything added solely to unlock the offer is part of its practical cost.
Apply the actual discount rule. A percentage cap is a ceiling, not the amount automatically saved when the minimum is reached.
Review the complete cart. Taxes, tips, service charges, delivery charges and memberships can change which ordering option provides better value.
Confirm that the promotion is still available. Food delivery offers can change by account, restaurant and time.
A delivery discount may require a larger basket than you planned. If you add an unnecessary item to cross the threshold, part of the advertised saving has effectively been exchanged for additional spending.
DealMeal's verified August 5, 2026 snapshot included 8,877 discount-plus-threshold observations from DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub. The median promotion required $5 of qualifying spend for each $1 of advertised savings. All three platforms had the same $5 median in that cohort.
The snapshot did not include taxes, tips, delivery or service charges, memberships, redemption or final checkout totals. It measured promotion mechanics at the qualifying threshold.
Learn how minimum-spend delivery deals affect advertised value.
No single provider wins every kind of order. DealMeal's comparison of 454,431 historical Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub offers found different promotion patterns: Uber Eats led in BOGO availability, DoorDash offered percentage discounts more consistently, and Grubhub showed larger nominal discounts in several parsed measures.
Those findings do not establish which platform will have the lowest final cart for a specific user today. Restaurant availability, account eligibility, the intended items and checkout conditions still determine the result.
Compare Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub deal patterns.
This page focuses on promotions attached to food delivery and ordering channels. If you want a wider view that includes nearby restaurant offers and location-first discovery, use DealMeal's separate local deal finder.
The DealMeal app works across the United States; DealMeal.co currently features selected regional examples on the web.
Historical offer observations cannot guarantee that a promotion is still active, available to every account or usable with every menu item. They also do not establish final checkout value unless the relevant delivery charges, service charges, taxes, tips, memberships and redemption conditions are included.
Use the historical findings to understand how promotions are structured, then verify the current terms in the ordering channel before paying.
The best food delivery deal is not automatically the largest percentage, the highest dollar amount or the first BOGO card shown. It is the available promotion that fits the intended meal with the least unnecessary spending and the strongest complete-cart value.
DealMeal helps bring those offers and conditions into one comparison so you can spend less time switching between ordering channels.