Deliveroo
Coverage explores third-party delivery’s role in UK hospitality, with a focus on logistics innovation, restaurant and chain partnerships, dark kitchen models, subscription services, and retail collaborations with brands like Waitrose, Co-op, and Morrisons. Reporting offers strategic insights for operators using or evaluating delivery platforms to drive off-premise revenue, streamline fulfilment, and respond to shifting consumer expectations in the food-to-go and convenience space.
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Oct- 2020 -19 OctoberCafes and Coffee Shops
Pret A Manger to axe further 400 jobs
Pret A Manger has announced that it will close a further six branches and make up to 400 more redundancies as the pandemic continues to affect business. The food and coffee chain had previously cut 2,890 jobs and permanently closed 30 sites through a restructuring of the business, it announced…
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7 OctoberCoronavirus
Small restaurants slam Deliveroo over ‘unfair’ commission rates
Small restaurants are accusing Deliveroo of charging some larger, more well known eateries lower commission rates than locally owned chains. According to Sky News, independent partners of the delivery service believe that some big chains are paying half of the amount paid by those on the highest commission rates offered…
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5 OctoberApps & Technology
Deliveroo eyes London float, appoints Goldman to oversee plans
Deliveroo has reportedly appointed investment bankers to oversee flotation plans for next year, according to Sky News. The food delivery app has reportedly started working with Goldman Sachs on its plans for an initial public offering (IPO), with a float expected to take place in London next year. Insiders told…
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Sep- 2020 -28 SeptemberFood and Drink
15,000 new riders to join Deliveroo, as food delivery demand rises
Deliveroo has announced plans to increase the number of its riders by 15,000 by the end of the year, in order to meet food delivery demand. The UK food delivery company has already started to work alongside 15,000 new riders during the pandemic, marking a year-on-year rise of 286%. The…
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24 SeptemberCoronavirus
Deliveroo calls for further industry support as restrictions grow
Deliveroo, alongside major restaurant partners, is calling on the government to provide further financial support to the restaurant sector as restrictions tighten. In a letter addressed to Rishi Sunak, which was signed by the CEOs of Pizza Hut and KFC, the online food delivery company outlined what additional support is…
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14 SeptemberRestaurants
Nando’s joins Deliveroo for nationwide delivery rollout
Nando’s has begun an “exclusive new partnership” with Deliveroo which makes 360 of the chain’s restaurants across the UK and Ireland available for online delivery orders. Previously, only 180 of the chain’s restaurants in the UK and Ireland had been available for delivery. As part of the new ‘brought to…
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Aug- 2020 -27 AugustCoronavirus
Deliveroo launches Eat In to Help Out offer
With the Governments Eat Out to Help Out scheme ending on Monday Deliveroo has announced it is to launch its own version ‘Eat In to Help Out’ offering a £5 discount during September. The food delivery service has revealed it will be offering a code to customers that gives a…
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18 AugustComment
Take me home – The future of the food industry
For better or worse, whether it be multi-channel cable television, police sirens or chlorinated chicken, the UK will always lag behind the US, and then eventually catch up. Right now, the Covid-19 pandemic has joined forces with the tech revolution (and our peculiar national obsession with copying the Americans) to…
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5 AugustFood and Drink
Sir Stelios backs Deliveroo and Just Eat rival
EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has backed a new food delivery service – Easyfood – which aims to rival giants Deliveroo and Just Eat. The entrepreneur has backed the launch of Easyfood app, which coincides with the launch of the governments Eat Out to Help out scheme, that will allow…
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5 AugustBusiness
CMA clears Amazon’s Deliveroo investment
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved Amazon’s 16% investment in Deliveroo, after finding that it will not “substantially lessen competition”. Under the deal, Amazon will acquire 16% of Deliveroo as the lead investor in a $575m (£438m) funding, which was first announced last year. At that point the…
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