Just Eat
This coverage examines Just Eat’s strategic evolution within the UK retail and delivery landscape, highlighting its expansion beyond food delivery into sectors such as grocery, health, and electronics. Reporting includes developments like partnerships with Boots, Waitrose, and CeX, the doubling of retail orders in the UK and Ireland, and initiatives to enhance delivery efficiency and customer experience. Insights are tailored for retail professionals overseeing omnichannel strategies, last-mile logistics, and digital retail innovation.
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May- 2023 -31 MaySupermarkets
UK supermarkets see sales up 12.3% in May
UK supermarkets experienced a 12.3% uplift in total till sales over the last four weeks ending 20 May 2023, up from 9.7% in April, according to the latest data from NIQ. UK supermarkets (stores over 3000 sq ft) experienced the biggest uplift in sales during the week of the Coronation…
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Jan- 2023 -16 JanuarySupermarkets
Sainsbury’s and Just Eat agree grocery delivery partnership
Just Eat has launched a new partnership with Sainsbury’s, marking the platform’s second tie-up with one of the UK’s ‘Big Four’ grocery brands. The partnership will launch with more than 175 stores by the end of February in locations including London, Edinburgh and Bristol, with plans to roll out to…
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Dec- 2022 -16 DecemberSupermarkets
Co-op launches partnership with Just Eat
Just Eat has teamed up with Co-op to launch an on-demand online delivery partnership. Initially rolling-out to 50 stores early next year, the service is expected to expand to over 1,000 Co-op stores by Spring 2023. Amy Heather, strategic accounts director, Just Eat UK, said: “We’re excited to launch our…
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Aug- 2022 -3 AugustNews
Just Eat parent suffers €3.5bn write down on US business in H1
Just Eat Takeaway has reported a loss of €3.5bn (£2.9bn) in the first half of 2022 (H1), due to an impairment of €3bn (£2.5bn) from the acquisition of US rival Grubhub in 2021, the impact of increasing interest rates and equity volatility on technical valuation metrics. However, the company expects…
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Jan- 2021 -13 JanuarySupermarkets
Lidl posts 18% December revenue increase
Discount supermarket Lidl has reported that its revenue for the four weeks to 27 December rose by 18%, according to the BBC. More than six million glasses of prosecco and 2.7 million servings of panettone were sold by the retailer over the Christmas period, as the firm benefitted from restrictions…
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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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Apr- 2020 -23 AprilBusiness Bites
Scarves for face-masks will be part of the government’s post-pandemic advice
The government will advise the use of homemade facemasks once the pandemic measures are sufficiently relaxed for people to go back to work. As it tries to make sure that surgical-grade personal protective equipment (PPE) does not face supply issues for NHS workers, the government said scarves or ‘homemade cloth…
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Mar- 2020 -3 MarchHigh Street
Greggs hails ‘exceptional’ record-breaking year
Bakery chain Greggs has reported a 13.5% increase in total sales to £1.1m for the year ended 28 December 2019. In what was a ‘record-breaking’ year for the group, company-managed shop like-for-like sales were also up 9.2%. Pre-tax profit excluding pre-tax charge was up 27.2% to £114.2m, with an overall…
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Jan- 2020 -13 JanuaryComment
How retailers can stand out from the crowd in 2020
The start of the year is always a good moment to reflect on what the months ahead – indeed decade ahead – might bring for our industry. It’s an exercise i’ve done many times and yet, this year, setting out predictions felt a little challenging. This is, at least in…
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Nov- 2019 -12 NovemberComment
Why hackers or malware are not the biggest security risk for retailers
Attackers are successfully pivoting away from complex technical exploits and instead are identifying ways to exploit a business’s core functionality. These business logic attacks exploit legitimate functions like username and password login or pages to add new credit cards and changes to shipping addresses. These new attacks are significantly harder…
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