Deliveroo set to expand delivery-only kitchens – in shipping containers and car parks December 18, 2016 Deliveroo is set to expand the number of delivery-only kitchens in unusual spaces – including car parks and shipping containers – moving the online company further towards owning property as it tries to keep pace with growing demand. The food delivery company already has two sites up and running in London, with up to 20 kitchens [...]
Deliveroo: Startup surprised and sorry after pay row August 15, 2016 One of Britain's hottest startups, Deliveroo, has apologised to its drivers for poorly communicating a new trial pay structure which had led to protests in central London. UK managing director Dan Warne told City A.M. the company was surprised and upset over the matter, but admitted something had clearly gone wrong in the way it consulted drivers on the changes, which it says have already [...]
Deliveroo drives into pay row with warning on minimum wage August 14, 2016 Deliveroo has ridden into trouble with changes to the way it pays delivery drivers, prompting a warning from the government over adhering to rules on the minimum wage. Drivers last week took to the London streets to protest the changes, which they argue leaves them being paid less than the £7.20 National Living Wage (NLW), and which the [...]
Leon and Wagamama lead the way as casual dining and pub grub drive new restaurant and bar openings May 31, 2016 Just when you thought you'd had enough, casual dining and food-led pubs are helping to drive new openings in the UK's bar and restaurant market. Entrepreneurial food-driven businesses like Leon and Wagamama, and the conversion of drink-led ventures into gastropubs by pub groups are helping to offset the decline in marginal sites. The latest quarterly growth figures from [...]
Cold weather and early Easter hit the pub trade in April, according to CGA Peach’s Coffer Peach Business Tracker May 19, 2016 Pub sales suffered as a result of cold weather and an early Easter, according to figures from CGA Peach's Coffer Peach Business Tracker. Pub groups experienced a 2.7 per cent sales decline on the same month last year, undermining wider growth in casual dining trading, although restaurant groups registered a like-for-like trading increase of 2.5 per [...]
Deliveroo co-founder Will Shu talks buffalo wings, concerned ex-colleagues and hedging bankers February 22, 2016 By the time Will Shu, co-founder of Deliveroo, launched his company, he knew acutely what problem he was trying to solve. The former investment banker grew up in Connecticut, went to college in Chicago and then went straight to work for Morgan Stanley in New York. “This was 2001, and things were very different then. The [...]
High street restaurant dishes from Pizza Express and Barburrito have more salt than a McDonald’s Big Mac February 16, 2016 Popular dishes at some of Britain's best-known high street chains actually contain more salt than junk food favourites like a Big Mac and regular fries from McDonalds. That's according to research by Treated.com, which found some main course menu items on offer in high street chains such as Pizza Express and Barburrito "out-salt" what's generally seen as less [...]
Deliveroo: Restaurant home delivery app raises $100m investment from DST Global and Greenoaks Capital as it looks to expand in Asia and Australia November 24, 2015 Deliveroo, the app which delivers meals from restaurants to your door, has raised $100m (£66m) to fund further expansion. Deliveroo today launches in Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney, thanks to $70m raised during the summer. It only launched internationally in April with locations in Paris and Berlin. This latest funding round, a series D investment, was [...]
Where can I use Apple Pay in the UK? The A-Z of shops, restaurants and apps which will accept mobile payment with iPhone 6 and 6 Plus November 17, 2015 Apple launched its mobile payment service, Apple Pay, in the UK in its first mobile payment move beyond the US, capitalising on the boom in mobile and contactless payments among consumers. iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users can now pay with just the tap of a smartphone, or Apple Watch, across the high street and [...]
London food delivery startup Deliveroo takes away $70m series C funding from Greenoaks Capital, Index Ventures, Accel and Hoxton Ventures July 28, 2015 A London startup which delivers food from some of Britain's favourite high-street restaurants such as Wagamama and Gourmet Burger Kitchen straight to your door, has landed $70m (£45m) of new investment to expand internationally, including backing from the firm behind Just Eat. Deliveroo's series C round was led by Greenoaks Capital and existing investor Index [...]