Deliveroo targets 8 March for bumper IPO kick-off – report February 15, 2021 Deliveroo could kick off proceedings for its highly anticipated London listing as early as next month, Sky News today reported. The food delivery firm is said to be mulling beginning the float process on 8 March – a little over three weeks time. But insiders told Sky that the date was not yet set in [...]
Deliveroo offers share hungry investors access to £50m ahead of IPO March 7, 2021 Deliveroo will make £50m of shares available to its customers in its forthcoming IPO as part of a community offer. From tomorrow, any Deliveroo customer who has placed an order with the takeaway service will be able to register their interest in applying for shares in any future floatation via their app. This means that [...]
Former Deliveroo executives launch 10-minute grocery delivery app in London March 5, 2021 A new delivery app founded by former Deliveroo executives is launching in London today promising to deliver groceries within 10 minutes. Dija will be the latest player to join the growing food delivery space as consumers turn to online amid the pandemic. Research by Capgemini reveals 56 per cent of UK consumers expect to get [...]
Buy the dip: Deliveroo gets bump from retail investors keen to get a slice of the pie April 7, 2021 Retail investors appear not to have lost their appetite for Deliveroo, with investors today pushing the price of Deliveroo stock close to where it first debuted on the London Stock Exchange. By mid-afternoon on Wednesday the price of Deliveroo was up around two per cent, trading at around £2.86, down from £2.87 at its market [...]
Coronavirus helps Deliveroo take home profits in 2020 December 21, 2020 Deliveroo has recorded profits for six months in 2020, with coronavirus helping the business turn the tide on last year’s losses. The last 12 months have marked a year of growth for the food delivery app, following a couple of years of investment that saw losses at the business run into the hundreds of millions. [...]
Deliveroo to roll out to 100 new towns and cities in 2021 January 12, 2021 Deliveroo will expand its service to 100 new towns and cities across the UK in 2021, following increased demand for business in 2020. The towns and cities earmarked for expansion include Yeovil, Bangor (Northern Ireland), East Kilbride, King’s Lynn, Scarborough, Llanelli and Exmouth. The move will mean the takeaway delivery app is available to 4 [...]
First Deliveroo backers now have stake worth 431 times original investment March 10, 2021 The investors who piled into Deliveroo at its earliest stages will be rubbing their hands as the takeaway giant prepares for its bumper London listing. The investors who bought into the takeaway back in 2013 will now have a stake worth £646, around 431 times their original investment according to data from MarktoMarket. In September [...]
Aldi extends Deliveroo service across London November 20, 2020 Aldi has extended its trial with Deliveroo to 130 stores across the UK, including 16 London branches. The budget supermarket announced this morning that Londoners will be able to order groceries through the Deliveroo app, to be received in as little as 20 minutes. Orders within 6km of participating stores, which include Tooting, Camden and [...]
Deliveroo adds ex-Worldpay CFO to board November 13, 2020 Former Worldpay chief financial officer Rick Medlock has joined Deliveroo’s non-executive board. The move comes as the takeaway delivery app prepares to pursue a public listing in the coming months, Sky News reported. Sources told Sky News that Deliveroo had also been approaching candidates for its chairmanship. Deliveroo is said to have appointed bankers at [...]
Deliveroo appoints new chair ahead of rumoured public listing November 25, 2020 Takeaway delivery app Deliveroo has appointed Claudia Arney as the company’s first chair, as the business heads for change in 2021. The move comes as Deliveroo prepares to pursue a rumoured public listing in the coming months. Arney has worked in executive roles primarily focused on building digital businesses including at Pearson, The Financial Times, [...]