Deliveroo
This coverage examines Deliveroo’s role and developments within the UK retail and food delivery landscape, focusing on its partnerships, market strategy, and operational performance. Reporting highlights include collaborations with retailers, technology initiatives, leadership changes, financial results, and competitive positioning — offering retail professionals insights into its impact on customer behaviour and retail distribution channels.
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Jan- 2021 -25 JanuaryBusiness Bites
Five retailers who excelled during the Christmas season
Asos Asos has gone from strength to strength in the past few years with this year being no different. Over the peak festive season it saw its sales increase by 23% to £1.32bn from £1.074bn the previous year, which the group claimed was due to support by investors who…
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Dec- 2020 -11 DecemberNews
Sainsbury’s creates 12,000 seasonal jobs
Sainsbury’s has announced its created 12,000 seasonal roles and increased its digital offer to help cope with the peak Christmas season. The supermarket also announced the increase in holiday rates pay to £9.30 per hour, the reportedly highest rate of pay of the major supermarkets. Colleagues working in Greater London…
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9 DecemberNews
Co-op launches partnership with Deliveroo
Co-op has launched a new partnership with Deliveroo and fresh fruit and veg suppliers Sheringhams to help provide 20,000 meals and 3,000 pieces of fresh fruit to families by Christmas. The partnership between the two companies builds off the support for Marcus Rashford’s campaign and commitment to end child food…
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Nov- 2020 -23 NovemberLuxury Goods
Cake Box reports sustained recovery in H1
Cake Box said it has made “sustained recovery” since the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic when its stores were closed for six weeks. During the six months to 30 September, EBITDA slightly edged up 0.5% to £1.98m, although pre-tax profit fell by 4% to £1.66m. The specialist cake retailer’s online…
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20 NovemberSupermarkets
Aldi expands delivery trial to 130 stores
Aldi has announced it is expanding its on-demand delivery trial with Deliveroo to 130 stores across the UK, with the service set to now be available in Scotland and Wales. Last month, the supermarket chain confirmed it had expanded the trial to 42 stores, including sites in Bristol and Liverpool.…
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Oct- 2020 -19 OctoberNews
Waitrose expands Deliveroo grocery service
Waitrose has expanded its grocery trial with Deliveroo in 25 new locations across the UK, reaching 3.1 million households. The original trial was launched in September with five shops, but following increased demand, more locations and shops have now been added. The new trial areas include Winchester, Hereford, Brighton, Glasgow…
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Sep- 2020 -14 SeptemberSupermarkets
Aldi to trial click and collect
Major supermarket chain Aldi has announced it will begin its first UK trial for a click-and-collect service from today (14 September). The supermarket is currently running a trial of the service for Aldi colleagues from a store in the Midlands and plans to extend that to customers in the coming…
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Aug- 2020 -5 AugustOnline & Digital
CMA clears Amazon’s Deliveroo investment
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved Amazon’s 16% investment in Deliveroo, after finding that it will not “substantially lessen competition”. Under the deal, Amazon will acquire 16% of Deliveroo as the lead investor in a $575m (£438m) funding, which was first announced last year. At that point the…
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Jul- 2020 -30 JulySupermarkets
Aldi to create 1,200 new jobs by end of the year
Aldi is set to hire 1,200 new employees by the end of the year as it pushes ahead with plans to open an average of one new store a week between now and Christmas. The supermarket, which currently has more than 890 stores and employs around 35,000 people across the…
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15 JulySupermarkets
Aldi doubles Deliveroo trial size
Aldi is extending its current trial with Deliveroo into 11 new stores, including five more in London and launching in Greater Manchester and Cambridge for the first time. The extension more than doubles the number of stores currently running the trial partnership after eight stores in Nottinghamshire introduced the Deliveroo…
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