All Technology articles – Page 4
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NewsJust Eat UK orders up 43% to 46.4m
Just Eat Takeaway.com has reported UK orders in Q3 2020 grew by 43% year on year to 46.4m.
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NewsKhan warns Deliveroo over treating restaurants fairly
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has written to Deliveroo amid claims the delivery company is over charging small restaurants groups.
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InterviewsPret UK MD Clare Clough: Crisis ‘powered up the engines’ for our digital transformation
The onset of the coronavirus crisis caused Pret to “power up the engines” and move at pace with its digital transformation strategy, UK MD Clare Clough has said.
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NewsDeliveroo feature promises deeper customer engagement
Deliveroo has published details about its new feature, ‘Brought to you by Deliveroo’, which allows customers to order for delivery directly from restaurants’ websites for the first time.
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NewsDeliveroo preps £2bn IPO
Deliveroo has begun working on plans for an initial public offering (IPO) after appointing investment bank Goldman Sachs to advise on the process, Sky News reports.
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NewsDeliveroo to hire 15k new riders
Deliveroo has announced it will employ an additional 15,000 riders by the end of the year, in contrast to the hospitality industry it supplies, which is continuing to haemorrhage jobs.
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NewsNando’s to roll out delivery nationwide in exclusive Deliveroo partnership
Nando’s has entered into an exclusive partnership with Deliveroo, which will see 360 of its restaurants join the delivery platform.
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NewsPret to launch in-shop coffee subscription service
Pret is set to launch an in-shop coffee subscription service next week.
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NewsGreggs CEO Roger Whiteside: Digital channels “a necessity” in post-coronavirus world
Accelerating development plans for its digital channels will be a priority for Greggs as it looks to evolve for a post-coronavirus trading environment, CEO Roger Whiteside has said.
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NewsShake Shack launches click and collect
Shake Shack has launched a new click and collect service from a number of its London sites.
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NewsHospitality brands keen to comply with track and trace
More than 70 brands have signed up to a track and trace product developed by Wireless Social and Purple AI to comply with the government’s request.
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NewsEmployers boost staff morale with home delivery
Deliveroo for Business has reported a 2,500% uptick in new business, as employers turn to food delivery to boost staff morale while working from home.
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NewsMcdonald’s to install electric car charging points across drive-thru estate
McDonald’s is to install car charging points in hundreds of its restaurants across the UK. In a partnership with electric vehicle charging network InstaVolt, the fast food giant plans to install ports in the majority of its 924 drive-thru sites, allowing customers to charge their cars up to 80% in under 20 minutes.
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NewsAmazon investment in Deliveroo 'should not have a negative impact on customers'
Amazon’s investment in Deliveroo should be provisionally cleared, because it is not expected to damage competition in either restaurant delivery or online convenience grocery delivery, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found.
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NewsCreams intros QR codes for menus, order and pay
Dessert parlour brand Creams is introducing QR codes at its cafés as part of safeguarding and social distancing measures for dine-in customers.
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NewsJust Eat Takeaway.com snaps up Grubhub for £5.75bn
Just Eat Takeaway.com has further consolidated its position in the global delivery market by buying US company Grubhub for $7.3bn (£5.75bn).
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InterviewsLoungers CEO Nick Collins: ‘Delivery isn’t something our customers would enjoy’
Despite the raft of operators choosing to introduce delivery as an alternative revenue stream through recovery, it’s not a route Loungers is going to take, CEO Nick Collins has told MCA.
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InterviewsUber Eats UK GM Toussaint Wattinne: Double digit growth during lockdown
Operators are seeing double digit growth in delivery after volumes recovered, Uber Eats UK GM Toussaint Wattinne has told MCA’s The Conversation. Wattinne said after an initial fall-off when lockdown came into force, volumes quickly ramped back up, with strong growth for those that remained open. He told the virtual ...
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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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InterviewsVita Mojo: Helping Leon, Farmer J and Bone Daddies build a post-covid world
The shutdown of restaurants has ushered in five years of digital innovation in the industry within just a few months, Vita Mojo CEO Nick Popovici has told MCA.