Grubhub offered free lunches in New York City. That's when the chaos began
![Tyler Merfeld co-owns Toad Style BK in New York and says his restaurant was overwhelmed by the promotion.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/05/18/image-from-ios-2-_wide-829a97021d7f9e135791f7e69e53dd4fe1ffd04f.jpg?s=600)
Yesterday was a bad day for Grubhub. The food delivery service launched a free lunch promotion for people in New York City. And spoiler alert: it backfired.
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