Busy Lives, On-Demand Video and Mobile Apps Increase Appetite for Food Delivery

Busy Lives, On-Demand Video and Mobile Apps Increase Appetite for Food Delivery

More people are choosing to order meals through delivery as longer and more irregular working hours coupled with busier home lives make finding time to prepare meals difficult, new research for Deliveroo has revealed. Analysis by consumer insights firm Morar HPI found that over the past six months the proportion of people ordering food for […]

Deliveroo will expand its network with restaurants’ own riders

Deliveroo will expand its network with restaurants’ own riders

Deliveroo has revealed its next step to becoming the definitive food company, giving consumers the best selection, price and service. Having built its own extensive delivery network of 35,000 riders worldwide and 15,000 riders in the UK that bring amazing meals direct to customers’ doors, the platform will now also host restaurants who make deliveries […]

Uber is testing subscriptions for its food delivery business

Uber is testing subscriptions for its food delivery business

Uber is reportedly weighing up the idea of a subscription model for its food delivery subsidiary, UberEats. In an interview with Business Insider, UberEats UK country manager Toussaint Wattinne confirmed that the company has already been testing subscriptions. “We are constantly testing,” he said. “We’ve actually run a few tests within specific cohorts in a […]

Just Eat Embraces AR to Shower Facebook Users in its Food

Just Eat Embraces AR to Shower Facebook Users in its Food

Online takeaway platform Just Eat has delivered an augmented reality feature to add another compelling dimension to its food offering, via Facebook. The feature allows mobile users to beam food items into the real world via their mobile, a move that will help visualise the broad catalogue of items into the household of the consumer […]

MillerCoors and IPG Media Lab Team to Provide ‘Miller Lite On-Demand’

MillerCoors and IPG Media Lab Team to Provide ‘Miller Lite On-Demand’

MillerCoors and the IPG Media Lab, announced the launch of Miller Lite On-Demand, a revolutionary suite of connected home services that modernize the beer shopping experience. The newly launched services include a voice-activated Amazon Alexa skill and a custom AWS IoT Button. Both will restock your fridge with Miller Lite within the hour. These capabilities […]

Domino’s Now Lets You Order Any Menu Item Through Messenger

Domino’s Now Lets You Order Any Menu Item Through Messenger

Domino’s Pizza, the recognized world leader in pizza delivery and digital ordering platforms, had its game face on and brought even more robust ordering capabilities to Facebook Messenger. Customers can now place any order for any menu item they’d like on Messenger, just in time for February 5 – one of Domino’s busiest delivery days of […]

Just Eat Acquires Hungryhouse and SkipTheDishes for £266m

Just Eat Acquires Hungryhouse and SkipTheDishes for £266m

Just Eat has acquired online food delivery rivals Hungryhouse, the UK-based food ordering platform of Germany’s Delivery Hero, and Canada’s SkipTheDishes for £266m. The acquisition of Hungryhouse is valued at £200m – with a further cash amount of £40m possible, depending on its performance between signing and completion of transaction. The purchase – funded through […]

Veuve Clicquot Delivered at the Touch of a Button Courtesy Deliveroo

Veuve Clicquot Delivered at the Touch of a Button Courtesy Deliveroo

Deliveroo, the on-demand delivery service, is letting Londoners celebrate the holiday season in style with Veuve Clicquot. From December 2, champagne-lovers across the capital will be able to order bottles of bubbly to their office or home in just 20 minutes. From office workers looking to kick-start the Christmas party to friends toasting the year […]

Yellow Pages Looks Inwards To Promote YP Dine

Yellow Pages Looks Inwards To Promote YP Dine

Yellow Pages has launched a new campaign promoting its revamped YP Dine app that highlights the internal battle between Canadians’ stomach, brain and heart when it comes to choosing what they want to eat. The digital campaign from Leo Burnett features claymation representations of the three organs bickering about their dining decisions, only to agree […]