An online food delivery marketplace has launched a program that will help businesses post-pandemic meet their employees’ meal needs.

Grubhub, which connects diners with local restaurants through a delivery service, has launched a pay card program for corporate clients called the Grubhub Pay Card, a news release said. The pay card will be available later in 2022.

Grubhub’s goal with the new corporate pay card is to help local restaurants receive orders and to foster businesses’ ability to offer meals flexibility for in-office and at-home employees. Employees working for companies that have a Grubhub Corporate Account can use the Grubhub Pay Card to order on and off the Grubhub Marketplace with an allocated line of credit.

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“This card meets employees wherever they are, whether ordering from their go-to lunch spot on Grubhub, in-person at a local favorite restaurant, or grabbing groceries on the way home from the office,” Jeff Mirmelstein, vice president and general manager of Corporate Accounts at Grubhub, said in the release.

Gallup studied over 140,000 U.S. employees since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic about their workplace experiences. A survey they took confirmed that more employees are working in a hybrid workplace that combines in-office and remote work, a situation that Grubhub said makes ordering flexibility critical.

“But one thing is clear: We're not returning to the same workplace we left,” a March 15 Gallup report said. “And employees with the ability to work remotely are largely anticipating a hybrid office environment going forward -- one that allows them to spend part of their week working remotely and part in the office.”

With the help of the Grubhub Pay Card, Grubhub said it hopes to help employees connect with each other and with restaurants.

Restaurants report an increase of 10-20% in sales volume when working with third-party platforms, while 60% of American consumers report ordering food for takeout or delivery at least once a week, Upserve said.