Delivery News – Page 14
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NewsDeliveroo reveals its trend predictions for 2020
Grazing, primitive cooking methods and new-wave salads will be among the top food trends in 2020, as predicted by Deliveroo.
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NewsWhy online delivery should be your first concern
Over the last 10 years, changes in social trends and economics have led to a shift in the way we consume food. Longer working hours, people remaining single for longer, the economic crisis and the growth in technology platforms has resulted in people choosing more frequently to ‘dine-in’ rather than dining out.
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NewsDeliveroo launches click and collect service
Deliveroo has launched its long-awaited click and collect service, Pickup, which is currently available from 13 cities in the UK.
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NewsTakeaway.com highlights conflict of interest in Just Eat deal
The proposed merger between Just Eat and Takeaway.com has seen another twist in the tale, after Takeaway.com notified Delivery Hero – which counts Prosus as its largest shareholder – that it must abstain from voting in its general meeting on the all-share deal due to a conflict of interest.
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NewsAberdeen Standard calls for more cash for Just Eat
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) – one of Just Eat’s biggest investors – has called for Prosus to raise its offer by at least 20% for it “to be deemed attractive”, The Times has reported.
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NewsJust Eat rejects cash offer by investment group
Just Eat has rejected a cash offer for the business by Prosus – part of South African-based e-commerce group Naspers.
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NewsJust Eat publishes scheme document for Takeaway.com merger
Just Eat has announced the scheme document for shareholders, regarding its proposed merger with Netherlands-based Takeaway.com has now been published.
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NewsJust Eat reports 25% revenue growth in Q3
Just Eat has reported revenue growth up 25% to £247.5m in Q3 2019.
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NewsCMA will continue to investigate Deliveroo and Amazon deal
The CMA has launched an official Phase 1 investigation into Amazon’s deal with Deliveroo. The investigation will try to establish whether the deal would create a lessening of competition in the UK food delivery market. If the CMA does reach that conclusion, Amazon and Deliveroo could offer compromises in order to appease the CMA’s concerns. If it can’t, a Phase 2 investigation could start and potentially block the deal altogether.
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NewsKFC trials London delivery with Uber Eats
KFC is trialling delivery with Uber Eats from 50 sites across London.
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NewsSales soar at Deliveroo but profits fall again
Deliveroo’s profits have taken another hit following another year of heavy investment and expansion. After revealing pre-tax losses of £199m in 2017, the online delivery outfit said pre-tax losses had fallen further to £232m for the year to 31 December 2018. The business said it had “continued to invest heavily” in its service in order to fund further expansion in terms of restaurant numbers in existing markets, including the UK where it plans to launch in another 50 towns and cities in 2019.
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NewsTim Hortons enters delivery with Just Eat
Canadian coffee import Tim Hortons has become the latest high street name to enter the delivery space.
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NewsDeliveroo announces tech appointments
Deliveroo has announced the promotion of Dan Winn to chief technology officer.
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NewsDeliveroo ad banned for being ‘misleading’
An ad for Deliveroo has been banned by the ASA after the advertising watchdog concluded it was misleading.
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NewsWarne departs Deliveroo
Deliveroo managing director Dan Warne has left the business after more than five years.
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NewsDeliveroo looks to expand Editions business
Deliveroo is looking to expand the repertoire of restaurants in its Editions kitchens arm.
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NewsJust Eat and Takeaway.com merger will create a “formidable” business
Just Eat and Takeaway.com have agreed to merge and become Just Eat Takeaway.com. The merger will create one of the world’s largest online food delivery platforms with 355 million orders worth €7.3 billion in 2018.
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NewsJust Eat sales up but profits down
Just Eat has revealed a sales uplift of 30% in its half year results to 30 June 2019. Orders were up 21% and the business said it had gained two million customers, with 27 million customers now placing an order 8.7 times a year on average, compared to 8.1 in ...
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NewsUber Eats could team up with Sainsbury’s
Uber Eats has become the latest food delivery service to be linked with a supermarket after the Telegraph reported Sainsbury’s is interested in using Uber Eats to deliver small supermarket shops like bread, milk and ready meals. It also said Sainsbury’s was considering launching a series of in-store restaurants where ...
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NewsAnalysts give backing to Just Eat and Takeaway deal
Analysts have reacted positively to the news of the possible merger between Just Eat and Takeaway.com. Notably Cat Rock Capital, an activist investor in Just Eat which publicly called for it to merge with a competitor last February.