All Delivery articles – Page 18
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NewsJane O’Riordan: Delivery is a learning opportunity, not an economic endeavour
The growing number of operators choosing to re-launch or trial delivery in the past few weeks have not done so to make money, but to understand how they might operate in a post-lockdown ‘new normal,’ Jane O’Riodan, chairman of Red Engine, Turtle Bay and Caravan has said.
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NewsOperators continue to reopen for takeaway and delivery
Starbucks, Subway, Chipotle, Caffe Nero and Loungers are among the latest operators to reopen sites for delivery and takeaway services this week.
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Analysis & InsightNavigating the double edged sword of delivery
Delivery and takeaway are one of the only tangible ways left for operators to serve customers during the coronavirus outbreak. With consumers no longer able to eat out, common sense logic assumed they would simply transfer spending to delivery. Yet for various reasons, this has not played out as expected, ...
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NewsDelivery relaunches continue to grow
Pret, Giggling Squid, Turtle Bay, Ping Pong Dim Sum and 7Bone Burger Co. are some of the latest operators to reopen sites this week for delivery and collection.
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NewsDishoom: ‘We don’t like doing delivery, but the volume is there’
Since reversing its decision to offer a lockdown delivery option, Dishoom is looking to relaunch the service despite a “house view that we don’t like doing it,” co-founder Shamil Thakrar told MCA’s The Conversation.
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NewsLeon expands Feed Britain delivery service
Leon has expanded its online delivery service, Feed Britain, with a larger menu and delivery capacity.
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NewsRestaurants relaunch delivery options
Bone Daddies, Meatliquor and The Coconut Tree are among the latest restaurant operators to reopen select sites on a takeaway only basis.
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NewsMcDonald’s to offer limited delivery from 13 May
McDonald’s UK CEO Paul Pomroy has announced a “slow but safe” gradual return to operations - but its breakfast menu will temporarily be unavailable. On May 13th it will reopen 15 of its 1,350 UK restaurants on a delivery only basis, working with Uber Eats and Just Eat and offering a limited menu. The locations will be announced next week as the business assesses employee availability.
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NewsSteve Gotham: Lesson One in leveraging delivery – appraise the competition
With the fast diminishing prospects of restaurants being able to re-open sooner rather than later, there is increasing importance on leveraging delivery as a business revenue stream. MCA’s Menu Tracker insights have recently been augmented with some delivery menu analysis. This has extended to 38 operators across four channels, comprising chain restaurants, fast food – traditional and contemporary, as well as the delivery specialists (the raft of pizza purveyors that include the likes of Domino’s, Papa Johns and Pizza Hut delivery).
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NewsSeven Dials launches online initiative and delivery service
Seven Dials landlord, Shaftesbury, has launched an online initiative to keep consumers connected to the site through the lockdown period.
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NewsDeliveroo to make 367 redundancies, furloughs 50
Deliveroo is set to make 367 employees redundant as it struggles with demand during the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsTGI’s to trial ‘kerbside’ click-and-collect with delivery relaunch
TGI Friday’s will trial an all-new click-and-collect service next week as it explores “new revenue streams to help make the business viable” through the coronavirus crisis, chief executive Robert B Cook has told MCA.
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NewsKFC to have 100 delivery sites open next week
KFC has announced plans to open a further 80 sites for delivery, which will bring its UK total to 100 by Monday next week.
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NewsStephens: ‘Adapt delivery to family demographic’
With the delivery demographic changing amid the coronavirus crisis, operators looking to adapt should develop a family offering, Brandon Stephens, Tortilla founder, told attendees at MCA’s online event, The Conversation.
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NewsBao launches delivery brand
Bao, the London-based Taiwanese buns concept, has announced plans for an all-new delivery-only brand called Rice Error.
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NewsNando’s to trial public delivery
Nando’s has announced it will offer delivery from its seven open stores on a trial basis, with the possibility of opening more sites when it is safe to do so.
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Analysis & InsightMeal delivery up 10% with British cuisine most popular
Meal delivery frequency has grown 10% week on week, with consumers now ordering it on average 2.3 times a week.
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NewsJust Eat Takeaway.com raises €700m
Just Eat Takeaway.com has raised €700m through an accelerated bookbuild offering of new shares and convertible bonds.
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NewsCMA approves Just Eat Takeaway.com merger
The Competition and Markets Authority has cleared the £6.2 billion merger between Just Eat and Takeaway.com, publishing its final decision 26 days ahead of deadline.
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NewsGaucho & M Restaurants re-launch delivery
Gaucho and M Restaurants will be re-launching delivery operations next week for consumers in central London.