All Delivery articles – Page 12
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NewsJust Eat to create 1,500 UK customer service jobs
Just Eat will create more than 1,500 customer service jobs in the North East of England over the next 12 months. The jobs will be based at a new facility in Sunderland as part of a £100m investment in the region by the firm over the next five years. Previously, the firm had outsourced the majority of its customer service roles to Bulgaria and the Philippines.
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NewsTortilla to use Deliveroo Editions to extend delivery coverage
Tortilla has extended its exclusive delivery partnership agreement with Deliveroo across the UK. It will use several new Deliveroo Editions kitchens to reach new regions that were previously outside of its coverage area.
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Analysis & InsightGrowth in delivery and takeaway sales begins to stabilise
Growth in delivery and takeaway sales began to stabilise in July as hospitality fully reopened and consumers returned to eating out, with July’s delivery and takeaway sales 206% higher than the 2019 equivalent. But data from CGA’s Hospitality at Home Tracker indicates that delivery and takeaways accounted for over a third of restaurant and pub groups’ sales in July, with delivery representing one in five sales.
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NewsJust Eat rejects talk of merger
Just Eat Takeaway.com’s chief executive Jitse Groen has rejected calls for a merger but has admitted that the delivery business needs to do “quite a lot of work” on its communication with investors, it has been reported.
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NewsDeliveroo appoints new VP of strategic restaurant partnerships
Deliveroo has appointed Adam Bishop as its new vice president of strategic restaurant partnerships.
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NewsJust Eat grows orders by 76%
Just Eat processed 135m orders in the first six months of 2021, a growth rate of 76% compared with the same period last year.
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NewsInvestor interest stokes shares in delivery
Investor interest has been stoked in Just Eat Takeaway.com following the disclosure that a respected American hedge fund boss has acquired a $645m stake in the delivery company.
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NewsWendy’s to expand via delivery kitchens
Delivery kitchens will become a cornerstone of Wendy’s expansion after the company announced plans to partner with Reef and open between five and 10 dark kitchens in the UK before the end of the year. Reef will become Wendy’s first franchisee in the UK and will initially focus on opening delivery kitchens in central London.
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NewsOutlook for Deliveroo dependent on post-pandemic demand
The pandemic has offered a structural growth opportunity for Deliveroo, but its longer-term outlook depends on how demand hold ups, and if the road to profitability becomes clearer, according to analyst Hargreaves Lansdown.
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NewsDeliveroo appoints former Amazon exec
Deliveroo has appointed Devesh Mishra as its new chief product and technology officer.
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NewsDeliveroo grows orders, narrows losses
Deliveroo’s losses narrowed to £104.8m as it continued to invest in growing the delivery company.
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NewsDelivery Hero acquires a 5% stake in Deliveroo
Delivery Hero, the German owned food delivery platform joins Amazon as a shareholder of Deliveroo after acquiring a 5.1% stake in the UK food delivery company, helping to drive Deliveroo’s share price up 14% to its highest level since listing on the stock market.
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InterviewsBoparan: ‘Delivery is performing better than ever’
It is the launch day of Boparan Restaurant Group’s latest concept, the multi-brand, 180-cover Restaurant Hub.
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Analysis & InsightOverseas delivery trends are test case for future UK model
Changes to the delivery market in the US and Europe will make “a good test case” for what may happen in the UK, Douglas Jack, research analyst, travel & leisure at Peel Hunt, has suggested.
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InterviewsGreggs: ‘We see delivery sales going north for a long time yet’
Greggs is confident that it can keep growing its delivery business and is expecting to see “sales going north for a long time yet”, chief executive Roger Whiteside told MCA.
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Analysis & InsightWhat next for Just Eat Takeaway?
Having enjoyed a boom during the Covid pandemic, Just Eat Takeaway and other delivery providers find themselves under pressure now that hospitality has reopened. So what is next for Just Eat Takeaway and how might it continue to grow?
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Analysis & InsightDelivery and takeaway sales nearly triple pre-Covid levels
Data from CGA indicates deliveries and takeaways draw more than a third of managed groups’ sales, with June income up 225% compared to June 2019. Volumes of delivery now exceed that of combined takeaways and click and collect orders.
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NewsJust Eat grows UK volumes
Just Eat Takeaway.com’s focus on the “historically under-invested” Just Eat UK markets have driven growth and won online share, the company has reported.
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InterviewsCreams cracks delivery conundrum
It has been one of the most hotly debated unknowns coming out of lockdown.
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NewsDeliveroo expect return to pre-Covid volumes
Deliveroo saw a huge surge in orders in the second quarter and has increased its expectations.