Will Shu news and analysis – Page 6
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NewsMedia Bites 28 January: Valeo, Poundland, Imperial Brands, Boots
Valeo has reportedly appointed Goldman Sachs to launch an auction that could fetch more than £1.5bn and cement its status as one of Europe’s biggest privately owned food producers.
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NewsMedia Bites 20 Jan: Deliveroo, Premier Foods, Food imports
Food delivery giant Deliveroo has reportedly picked London for its hotly anticipated stock market float this year as Next’s chief executive Simon Wolfson joins the board.
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NewsNext CEO Simon Wolfson joins Deliveroo board ahead of ‘potential’ IPO
Deliveroo has been bolstering its board in recent months, appointing Claudia Arney as the company’s first chair in November
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NewsCity snapshot: Deliveroo valuation surges to $7bn as it eyes IPO
Food delivery service Deliveroo has raised more than $180m (£133m) from its existing backers as it prepares for a potential stock market flotation.
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NewsWaitrose expands Deliveroo trial to 40 branches in total
The service will be rolled out to 16 additional branches within the next week
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NewsDeliveroo to double number of riders this year with 15,000 new hires
It has already enrolled 15,000 riders during the course of the pandemic
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NewsHospitality bodies and food chains urge Chancellor to extend support
A survey by the British Beer & Pub Association, UKHospitality and the British Institute of Innkeeping found a members expect to let go of a quarter of their staff by February next year
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy aren’t Amazon and Deliveroo happy with the CMA verdict?
Objections raised by the two – despite the CMA’s provisional approval of their merger – reveal clues about their ambitions
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NewsMedia Bites 29 June: Supermarket exec pay, Intu, Farmdrop
Tesco suffered one of the biggest ever shareholder revolts over executive pay, casting a shadow over a strong sales performance during the coronavirus lockdown
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Power List 2020: online shopping
Demand for online grocery shopping has soared under lockdown. Our power list looks at who’s managed growth best, and the challenges they now face, from retention to profitability
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Comment & OpinionCMA’s Amazon-Deliveroo decision will be a cracking season finale
Following months of twists and turns, the competition authority will give its final word on the deal next Thursday
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NewsDeliveroo offers restaurants and landlords advice on lease terms
Suggested outcomes include new deals in which the tenant pays a percentage of turnover to the landlord
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NewsMPs demand Deliveroo better protect riders during coronavirus
A cross-party group of MPs have made six demands including ‘a real living wage plus costs, holiday pay and sick pay’
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Analysis & FeaturesCan takeaways deliver a lifeline for the out-of-home sector during lockdown?
Many pubs and restaurants are turning to delivery services to keep trading – but turning a profit is more complicated than it may at first seem
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NewsM&S’s BP petrol station stores partner with Deliveroo
The move will ‘help make sure isolated people at home have access to household essentials’, Deliveroo said
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NewsDeliveroo launches ‘no contact’ drop-offs for coronavirus self-isolators
Customers can now use the app to request that the food is left on the doorstep
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NewsDeliveroo launches health-focused delivery-only restaurant brands
Deliveroo will create the brands from scratch and license them to restaurants operating from their own kitchens
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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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NewsDave Lewis among nominees to win The Grocer Cup 2019
The Cup celebrates a senior industry figure who has shown outstanding leadership in the past year
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NewsDeliveroo to boost range to over half of UK population this year
Deliveroo said it will be available to 6.5 million additional homes