Just Eat
Coverage explores the role of one of the UK’s largest online food ordering platforms in the wider hospitality ecosystem — including restaurant partnerships, commission models, branded delivery fleets, logistics integrations, grocery expansion, and strategic alliances with major chains such as Greggs, McDonald’s, and Subway. Reporting provides actionable insight for operators navigating third-party fulfilment, digital ordering, consumer convenience, and last-mile delivery economics.
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Feb- 2021 -8 FebruaryFeatures
How Britain’s top fast food chains coped during Covid
It has been a rough year for the hospitality industry. According to the CCA’s ‘Market Recovery Monitor’ for 2020, almost 10,000 licensed premises – including pubs, clubs and restaurants – closed permanently as a result of its impact and the continuous wave of lockdowns. This represents a net decline of…
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Jan- 2021 -18 JanuaryFeatures
The idea behind: Plant Hustlers
They say when entering the world of business the only thing to expect is the unexpected. Aaron Bryans, the owner of Plant Hustlers, a vegan restaurant in Bournemouth knows this all too well. With just a year of trading under his belt before the pandemic hit the North London native…
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Dec- 2020 -10 DecemberFood and Drink
Just Eat to create 1000 jobs as part of new agency work model
Digital delivery company Just Eat has announced plans to create 1000 new job roles as part of its new agency worker model for couriers in the UK. The plan which is set to be rolled in March 2021 will see all people contracted to work for the service entitled to…
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Oct- 2020 -22 OctoberFood and Drink
Wing Shack Co opens new kitchen in Canary Wharf
Wing Shack Co has announced the opening of its new delivery kitchen in Canary Wharf which will serve a 2.5 mile radius of the area. Wing Shack Co was founded in 2017 by Joshua Jarvis and Larry Shiro and currently operates out of three sites located in Loughton, Clerkenwell and…
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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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14 OctoberFood and Drink
Just Eat sees sales surge 46%
Takeaway delivery company Just Eat has revealed its sales surged 46% during the third quarter of the year, boosted by its partnerships with McDonald’s and Greggs. The company revealed that it delivered 151 million orders globally during the quarter up from 103 million the previous year. In the UK it…
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Aug- 2020 -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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Jul- 2020 -27 JulyCafes and Coffee Shops
Creams welcomes ‘record’ sales
Creams has welcomed a “strong performance” in the full-year ended 31 March 2020, with group sales up by 3% year-on-year to £43.4m. The dessert chain welcomed the results against the backdrop of a “challenging” period in the casual dining market in light of the “severe” impact of Covid. In its…
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Jun- 2020 -16 JuneCoronavirus
Greggs to reopen 800 stores
Greggs has announced the locations of 800 shops that are set to reopen on 18 June. The bakery chain will reopen these sites following a “successful trial” in a selection of North East sites, and will now resume operations in a number of areas across the country. In its latest…
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