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History of online ordering services in Lawrence

  • Grub Hub founded

    Grub Hub founded
    Grub Hub is founded by Mike Evans and Mike Maloney. The service was for University of Chicago students. (Image credit: grubhub.com)
  • Campus Special is founded

    Campus Special is founded
    Co-founders Chan Nyugen and Joe Jacobs create Campus Special. The company's sole product: The coupon books you see today emblazoned with the fake $100 bill. (Image credit: campusspecial.com)
  • Campus Special comes to Lawrence

    Campus Special comes to Lawrence
    Campus Special is the first indepdendant, online delivery service in Lawrence. (Image credit: ku.edu)
  • On the Rise

    On the Rise
    Campus Special is named to Inc. 5000's Fastest Growing Companies. Campus Special was ranked 1390. They appeared again in 2011 (1721) and 2012 (1453). (Image credit: inc.com)
  • Hungry Jayhawks founded

    Hungry Jayhawks founded
    Trevor Anderson, founds HungryJayhawks.com in March 2012. Hungry Jayhawks was the first competitor to Campus Special in Lawrence. (Image credit: api.qingre.com)
  • Eat Street opens in Lawrence

    Eat Street opens in Lawrence
    Eat Street opened its doors at the beginning of 2013. Its the only non-national, online ordering delivery service in Lawrence. Its only branch is in Lawrence. (Image credit: eatstreet.com)
  • Hungry Jayhawks merges with Order Up

    Hungry Jayhawks merges with Order Up
    Hungry Jayhawks founder merges with Order Up a year after creating Hungry Jayhawks. It becomes the Lawrence branch of Order Up. The move was motivated by Anderson recieving notice that the "Hungry Jayhawks" name was in copyright violation of the University of Kansas, Marie Fesen, student ambassador for Order Up-Lawrence, said. (Credit: