Rapid delivery news & analysis – Page 39
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NewsMedia Bites 12 Nov: Walgreens Boots Alliance, Greggs, Just Eat
Walgreens Boots Alliance has received an audacious, debt-laden buyout proposal from KKR that would be the biggest private equity transaction in history.
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NewsDeliveroo rolls out click & collect option for consumers
More than 700 restaurants in 13 cities around the UK have already signed up to Pickup
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NewsCo-op to expand Deliveroo partnership to 400 stores
Society is also ramping up its own shop.coop e-commerce operation
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NewsMedia Bites 5 Nov: Uber, M&S, Just Eat
Lower than expected overall number of active customers and activity at Uber Eats hit the taxi company’s bottom line as it reported losses of £1.2bn in the third quarter
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NewsKellogg’s partners with Deliveroo for delivery-only meal service
The menu includes meals based on Kellogg’s cereals and snacks
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NewsCity snapshot: Takeaway.com increases Just Eat deal likelihood by way of offer
Dutch food delivery giant Takeaway.com has increased the “certainty” of its all-share combination with Just Eat by implementing the merger by way of an offer
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NewsMedia Bites 29 Oct: Brexit stockpiling, Just Eat, Boots
Britain’s biggest retailers have been ramping up their stockpiling efforts to record levels in the run-up to Brexit.
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NewsMedia Bites 28 October: Just Eat, AB InBev, Asda
Just Eat has accepted that its multibillion-pound merger with Takeaway.com is dead in its present form, according to The Times.
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Analysis & FeaturesJust Eat investors demand larger helping as bidding war escalates
A juicy takeover war was kicked into gear this week as global suitors battle to grab a slice of the booming UK online takeaway delivery sector.
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NewsMedia Bites 24 Oct: Just Eat, Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, Retail jobs
The hostile suitor trying to buy Just Eat must pay an extra £1bn to take it over, a major shareholder has said.
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NewsUber Eats makes convenience move with Costcutter delivery tie-up
Retailers within the symbol group will be able to sign up to Uber Eats through the Costcutter Supermarkets Group
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NewsMedia Bites 23 Oct: Just Eat, Uber Eats, Tariffs
Naspers, the South African tech conglomerate, has tried to gatecrash a merger of two of Europe’s biggest food delivery groups
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NewsJust Eat rejects new £4.9bn rival takeover bid
Just Eat has announced it has rejected a £4.9bn offer from South African investment firm Prosus, pledging instead to continue with its all-share merger with Dutch contemporary Takeaway.com.
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NewsMedia Bites 22 Oct: Just Eat, Asda, Coty
Slowing order growth in Just Eat’s core business spooked investors yesterday
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NewsJust Eat shares fall despite 25% third quarter sales increase
Investors have been unimpressed despite double-digit increases in orders through Just Eat
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NewsDeliveroo signs up scores of convenience stores and off licences
New partners include Costcutter, Budgens, Nisa and Best One retailers, plus hundreds of non-affiliated independents
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NewsMedia Bites 17 Oct: Asda, Amazon/Deliveroo, Lidl
Approximately 12,000 Asda workers are currently facing the sack next month for refusing to sign controversial new contracts.
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NewsUber Eats adds KFC restaurants in trial across London
Uber Eats’ food delivery app is now available in more than 100 towns and cities across the UK
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NewsMedia Bites 3 Oct: Deliveroo, Tesco, Tariffs
Deliveroo has seen revenues jump 72% in 2018 but losses widened 17% to £232m as the ride haling app invested into new markets and competitiveness in challenging areas. Revenues came in at £476m but operating expenses surged to £349.4m from £106m the previous year (The Financial Times ...
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NewsDan Winn promoted to chief technology officer role at Deliveroo
Winn is being promoted from the role of VP of engineering, a position he has held since joining Deliveroo in October 2018