Prosus and Takeaway.com puts down final offers in food fight for Just Eat December 19, 2019 The food fight for Just Eat reached its climax today as competing bidders sought to woo the board with last-minute blockbuster offers. Prosus, the Dutch investment firm, has raised its cash bid to 800p for each Just Eat share, as it attempts to prevent a merger between the food delivery firm and its rival Takeaway.com [...]
Takeaway.com seeks to add certainty to Just Eat deal November 4, 2019 Takeaway.com has changed the structure of its bid to buy food delivery platform Just Eat allowing it to reduce the shareholder acceptance threshold as it battles against a rival offer from Prosus. Takeaway.com and Just Eat had previously agreed the terms of a recommended all-share combination through a court sanctioned scheme of arrangement, which required [...]
Takeaway.com lashes out at Prosus ‘scaremongering’ in battle to buy Just Eat December 3, 2019 Takeaway.com has accused Prosus, the company it is competing against to buy Just Eat, of “scaremongering” to try to persuade shareholders to accept its rival offer. The Dutch food delivery firm has had a £5bn bid accepted for Just Eat but tech group Prosus has come in with a rival 710p per share offer. Read [...]
Co-op to open new stores in deal with departing billionaire Asda Issa brother July 9, 2024 The Co-op is to open new stores in petrol stations across the country after signing a deal with one half of the billionaire Issa brothers.
Prosus hikes Just Eat bid as it ramps up pressure on rival Takeaway.com December 9, 2019 Just Eat bidder Prosus today said it has increased its takeover offer, as the tech group looks to fend off a rival bid from Takeaway.com. Prosus, which is owned by South African conglomerate Naspers, has hiked its offer from 710p per share to 740p per share. Read more: Takeaway.com slams Prosus ‘scaremondering’ in battle to [...]
KFC trials first delivery only kitchens to reach London fried chicken lovers May 27, 2022 KFC has launched its first delivery only kitchens today, as the company tries to untap opportunities and create jobs across the country.
Takeaway.com admits its own offer for Just Eat is not ‘particularly appealing’ November 11, 2019 Takeaway.com boss Jitse Groen has admitted his firm’s offer for Just Eat is not “particularly appealing” for shareholders, as a takeover battle for the food delivery platform intensifies. Takeaway and Just Eat agreed the terms of an offer for the business in August, however, South Africa’s Prosus launched a rival £4.9m bid. Read more: Takeway.com [...]
Just Eat gatecrasher vows to take on Deliveroo with major cash boost October 27, 2019 The South African firm hoping to derail Just Eat’s merger with rival Takeaway.com is planning to invest hundreds of millions of pounds into the delivery firm in a bid to take on Deliveroo. Prosus, the Dutch division of tech conglomerate Naspers, last week tabled an audacious £4.9bn takeover bid for Just Eat, sparking a furious [...]
Brits love takeaways, but if they also love the planet, they should do away with plastic packaging July 28, 2023 Takeaways are a great staple of life in the UK, but present one challenge: the amount of plastic used to transport them. Politicians and businesses can do more to challenge this status quo, writes Jaz Rabadia
Not all fluff: UK’s largest laundry service snaps up rival April 25, 2022 The UK’s largest on-demand laundry and dry-cleaning service Laundryheap has snapped up its rival to become a clothes-cleaning-behemoth.Laundryheap, founded in 2014, has bought Laundrapp from Inc Retail for an undisclosed sum. The London-based company, which partners with Holiday Inn, Premier Inn, Best Western and Just Eat, operates in 10 markets outside of the UK, including [...]