All Delivery articles – Page 21
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InterviewsJust Eat MD Andrew Kenny: ‘2020 raised the bar for delivery’
Delivery has never seen a year like 2020. Whilst last year’s events wreaked havoc on traditional operating models across the hospitality space, the back-to-back lockdowns and shift towards homeworking prompted an unprecedented surge in delivery sales, with the UK’s three primary aggregators all reporting uplifts in revenue, partnerships and order numbers.
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Analysis & InsightDelivery returns to top of the menu
Delivery accounted for one in four eating out occasions during the second lockdown in November, Lumina Intelligence’s Eating Out Panel reveals.
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NewsDom’s Subs upcycles Subway site
Artisan sandwich maker Dom’s Subs is doubling up with a new site in the City of London.
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NewsDeliveroo lost £317m in 2019
Deliveroo’s losses grew to £317.7m in 2019, up by a third from on the previous year, before the pandemic helped boost it to profitability.
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Analysis & InsightBrandwatch: Burger King @ Just Eat
Unlike the rest of us, Just Eat has had a pretty good year. From that fateful day in March, as the nation was informed that they “must stay home” in a then unprecedented (three-week) lockdown, eating in became the new eating out. Just Eat saw a 33% jump in orders as a result of the first lockdown – with breakfast and lunch orders rising by 50% and 80% respectively – and the upward trend has since continued. However, whilst the crisis may have escalated the company’s rapid growth, it was by no means the catalyst.
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NewsDoorDash valued at $60bn after IPO
DoorDash, the US food delivery platform, reached a market value of $60bn in its public trading debut, after a strong performance during the pandemic. Shares in DoorDash closed at $189.51 on Wednesday, 86% above the price of their initial public offering. Tony Xu, CEO of DoorDash, whose stake is now ...
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NewsSessions launches start-up accelerator
Food hall business Sessions Market has launched a new accelerator platform aimed at reinvigorating the hospitality sector in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsJust Eat to create 1,000 jobs through new agency worker model
Just Eat has launched a new agency worker model for couriers, which will switch contracts to hourly pay and could create more than 1,000 jobs by March, the company has said.
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NewsDeliveroo ‘now profitable at operating level’
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated consumer adoption of food delivery services by two to three years, Deliveroo CEO Will Shu has said.
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NewsDodo scopes new sites ahead of Leamington launch
Dodo Pizza, the Russia-founded delivery operator, is targeting a number of new openings for 2021, as it prepares to launch a new site under a revamped concept later this month.
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InterviewsDishoom co-founder Shamil Thakrar: ‘Delivery won’t be dine-in’s poor relation’
In usual times, an ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ approach to operating a business as successful and celebrated as Dishoom makes sense. But 2020 has been anything but usual, and despite its initial reluctance to drift from the carefully curated roll-out program that’s seen the Indian restaurant concept emerge as a well-established industry darling over the last ten years, in March the business announced it would be launching a collection and delivery option, for the very first time. It now boasts seven delivery-only kitchens, opening its latest in Brighton last week, and as co-founder Shamil Thakrar tells MCA, the business doesn’t intend to stop there.
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NewsDeliveroo lines up Arney as chair
Deliveroo is lining up Claudia Arney to chair its board as the company prepares to float on the stock market, Sky News reports.
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NewsDishoom debuts in Brighton
Indian restaurant concept Dishoom has launched its seventh delivery-only kitchen today in Brighton. Its debut in the town, the Deliveroo Editions site is Dishoom’s first outside of London, and will operate from 12pm to 10.30pm daily in most postcodes between Brighton Marina and Shoreham harbour, as well as Mile Oak and Patcham. The menu – available on the Dishoom site through its ‘brought to you by Deliveroo’ tab or directly through the aggregator – will mirror that of its other delivery sites, offering dishes including keema pau, chicken ruby and house black daal.
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Analysis & InsightBrandwatch: Shake Shack @ Deliveroo Editions
Deliveroo Editions was hailed by CEO Will Shu as the future of food delivery when the dark kitchen platform launched in 2017.
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Analysis & InsightMajority maintain delivery for second lockdown
A majority of branded operators (64%) have remained open for takeaway and delivery for the second lockdown, research from Lumina Intelligence reveals.
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NewsPoké The Bear set for expansion with ‘Michelin Star’ menu
Poké The Bear, the delivery-only brand from TV personality Calum Best, has added two sites to its estate and announced an overhaul to its menu.
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NewsDinners by Pret deliveries expanded
Pret A Manger is to roll out its delivery-only ‘Dinners by Pret’ evening meal service to 30 sites around London, having previously trialled the offer across seven of its UK stores.
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NewsDeliveroo appoints Worldpay’s Medlock ahead of IPO
Deliveroo has lined up former Worldpay CFO Rick Medlock to chair its audit committee as it prepares to list, Sky News reports.
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OpinionAlixPartners: The brave new world of delivery
Food delivery sales have unsurprisingly reached new heights this year with people across the world locked down and brands keen to generate revenue. With its importance amplifying once again given the second national lockdown in England, AlixPartners director Steve Braude looks State-side at the key trends driving the US delivery market and how developments might influence the UK
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NewsUber Eats extends support for restaurant partners
Uber Eats will be waiving all activation fees, commission fees and some delivery charges for restaurants on its platform for the duration of lockdown. The delivery aggregator has announced today that activation fees for new restaurants joining the app as well as commission fees on pick up orders for current restaurant partners will be waived until the end of November, and the current opt-in programme for restaurants to receive daily payments to ease cashflow pressures will be extended. It has also committed to covering free delivery on up to 500,000 orders over the four weeks of lockdown, applying on orders of £15 or more from Monday to Friday.