Organisation: Deliveroo

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<p>Deliveroo operates its food delivery service in a number of countries including the UK, Ireland, France, and Italy. </p>

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Doordash has held talks with Deliveroo over possible takeover

Deliveroo shares jumped as much as 6% on Wednesday morning following the news

<p> Food delivery riders in Cork at a work stoppage last February. The misclassification of workers can allow platforms to evade labour, tax, and social security legislation that apply to employees. File picture: Larry Cummins</p>

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New EU law means gig economy workers must get better working conditions

<p>Last month, on St Valentine’s Day, workers across several food delivery platforms withdrew their services on one of the busiest nights of the year for the hospitality sector in protest at pay and working conditions. File picture: Larry Cummins</p>

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Committee to hear bid to upgrade status for gig-economy workers ‘torpedoed’

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Time running out for EU to extend rights to 'exploited' gig economy workers

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Uberisation of workers or will the EU deliver?

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Deliveroo and Just Eat face deadlines to deliver profits

'They were so grateful': Deliveroo driver meets parents of five-year-old stabbing victim

Caio Benicio told the Irish Examiner: 'The mother and father spoke to me, and they were so nice... I just worry for the child because she is very sick. I pray for her'

Wed, 29 Nov, 2023

Food delivery riders operating in twilight economic zone open to all sorts of exploitation

Estimates for the number of delivery drivers working in Irish cities vary from around 3,000 upwards. Most of these are working at a complete remove from platform apps such as Just Eat and Deliveroo

Sun, 17 Sep, 2023

Deliveroo shares fall 3% despite achieving profitability earlier than expected

Company hailed earnings of €7.5m in the second half of last year compared with a a loss of €84.6m a year earlier as 'a major achievement'

Thu, 16 Mar, 2023

Deliveroo to cut 300 jobs amid inflation, interest rates, and UK recession fears

Deliveroo's shares have lost 40% of their value over the last 12 months

Thu, 09 Feb, 2023

Deliveroo warns on sales growth but confident about handling cost-of-living squeeze

Food delivery firm Deliveroo has warned sales growth would be at the lower end of its previous guidance, as households cut back on take-aways due to rising prices.

Fri, 21 Oct, 2022

Deliveroo Ireland revenues surged to €43m last year

Food delivery firm's 2021 performance was the second year of the pandemic, which helped drive its rapid growth

Wed, 21 Sep, 2022

Deliveroo shares fall 2.5% as food delivery firm warns consumers may spend less this year

Outlook for food delivery firm looks sluggish as inflationary factors hit consumers' disposable income.

Tue, 12 Apr, 2022

Food delivery firms drop €21bn in value as investors turn shy

Soaring inflation, increased competition, and the fall-off in the pandemic sales surge — challenges are coming at the sector from all sides

Fri, 01 Apr, 2022

Covid-19 Lockdowns Provide Boost For Online Grocery And Takeaway Sales

Deliveroo’s dreadful first year ranks among worst IPOs in London

Food-delivery company has failed to impress and is now languishing 70% below its IPO price

Thu, 31 Mar, 2022

Deliveroo sees Covid boost as food orders boom

Deliveroo, which listed in London in March 2021, said its guidance for gross profit margin as a percentage of GTV was maintained at 7.5%-7.75%

Thu, 20 Jan, 2022

Loss-making food delivery firms to show there is appetite for deal-making this year

Last year saw frenzied activity in the food delivery sector, during which pandemic lockdowns caused sales to surge.

Thu, 13 Jan, 2022

Deliveroo shares fall to record low in response to EU plan on gig economy

European Commission plan to act on gig workers is putting pressure on the takeaway delivery and ride-hailing sectors

Mon, 06 Dec, 2021

Delivery Hero buys 5.1% stake in rival Deliveroo

Germany-based Delivery Hero has taken a stake of almost 5. 1% in online food delivery rival Deliveroo, driving the UK-based company's share price to its highest since listing on the stock market in March. Shares in Deliveroo rose over 5%.

Mon, 09 Aug, 2021

Deliveroo shares surge on gig economy workers' rights case ruling

Deliveroo’s shares in London jumped by more than 9% after a UK appeals court ruled its riders are self-employed

Thu, 24 Jun, 2021

Teen who caused death of Deliveroo courier detained for two years

A teenage boy who struck and killed a courier on a bike after driving through a red light while over the speed limit has been remanded in juvenile detention for two years.

Thu, 20 May, 2021

Galway restaurant claims it has been defamed by Deliveroo

The owner of a Galway-based Mexican-food restaurant has claimed before the High Court that it has been defamed by the food delivery service Deliveroo.

Wed, 19 May, 2021

Deliveroo shares 'arrive cold' as flotation dream becomes nightmare

The company's shares – already priced at the lowest target range – plummeted immediately, wiping an initial €2.7bn off Deliveroo’s value

Wed, 31 Mar, 2021

Amazon to have significant 11.5% stake in Deliveroo after looming shares sale

Amazon is set to shed around 23.3 million shares, allowing the tech giant to raise as much as £107m from the deal in which it will cut its existing stake from 15.8%, according to a prospectus published by the company

Tue, 23 Mar, 2021

Deliveroo flotation set to value company at up to €10bn

Flotation expected to take place during the first half of this year

Mon, 22 Mar, 2021

H&M struggles to recover from pandemic, but lockdown winner Deliveroo plots €1bn shares sale

Covid corporates: Major fashion retailer pins its hope on lifting sales, while food delivery service looks set to be valued at $7bn

Mon, 15 Mar, 2021

Restaurants chains are ‘hurting’ due to Covid-19, warns Deliveroo boss

Will Shu, chief executive of the food delivery business, also warned that customers face a ‘long period’ of socially-distanced dining.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

Deliveroo reveals the most popular orders of Irish politicians

Deliveroo has today revealed the most popular restaurants politicians in Dublin like to order from.

Fri, 15 May, 2020

New owner of Just Eat raises €400m in shares and debt to shore up finances

Britain’s competition regulator cleared online food delivery company Takeaway.com’s takeover of rival Just Eat, saying the €7bn deal would not reduce competition. Takeaway immediately made a move to raise €400m in cash by issuing shares and convertible bonds.

Thu, 23 Apr, 2020

Uber Eats turns to delivering groceries to offset takeaways slump

Uber Eats said orders for grocery delivery on its platform jumped 59% across Europe in March compared with February as countries locked down to fight the coronavirus, helping offset some of the impact of shuttered restaurants on demand.

Thu, 16 Apr, 2020

Deliveroo new restaurant growth increases by 80% in last two weeks

Online food delivery service Deliveroo has seen an 80% spike in the number of restaurants using the platform in the last two weeks in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.

Thu, 26 Mar, 2020

Deliveroo roll out ‘contact-free delivery’ as businesses respond to coronavirus outbreak

The new feature enables customers - and the company’s riders - to choose contact-free delivery when they order from app or website

Mon, 16 Mar, 2020

Natural Foods Bakery cooks up new plans as it closes Paul St premises

The owners of the Natural Foods Bakery, well-known purveyors of wholesome foods, are to sell one of their three premises as they focus more on producing artisan breads.

Wed, 19 Feb, 2020

Tommy Martin: As soon as Jim averts his gaze, Dublin’s gone to the Bleedin’ Rapids

Jim Gavin is only gone a couple of days and already things have started to slide.

Wed, 04 Dec, 2019

Deliveroo want change in employment law so they can offer riders sick pay

More than 5,000 people in Ireland have delivered food for the company since it began operating here in 2015.

Tue, 12 Nov, 2019

Employment law in a tangle over self-employed in the gig economy

Legislators across Europe have struggled to keep up with protecting minimum employment rights as ‘self-employed’ jobs proliferate, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Mon, 04 Nov, 2019

Here's how you could save the bees with your Saturday night takeaway

With 42 species of bee either threatened or endangered in Ireland, it is important that we know how to protect them.

Fri, 16 Aug, 2019

Deliveroo drives out of Germany amid competition

The Amazon-backed Deliveroo food-delivery service will cease operations in Germany this week to focus on other markets in Europe and amid competition from a rival.

Tue, 13 Aug, 2019

5 strange Deliveroo orders that'll make you say 'only in Ireland'

Being one of Ireland's most popular food delivery service, Deliveroo has come across a number of strange requests on their order forms.

Tue, 30 Jul, 2019

Stranger Things: Here are Dublin's weirdest burger orders

The top five weirdest burger orders in Dublin have been revealed just in time for the BBQ this weekend.

Fri, 28 Jun, 2019

Business movers: Michael Healy appointed GM of Deliveroo in Ireland

Michael Healy has been appointed as general manager in the Republic of Ireland for Deliveroo, the food delivery app service.

Fri, 07 Jun, 2019

Deliveroo extends their delivery hours in Cork and Dublin

Over 30 takeaways and restaurants including Eddie Rockets, Subway and Burritos & Blues have signed up to the new service.

Tue, 28 May, 2019

Cadbury Creme Egg Quesadillas are now a thing

We're not sure.

Mon, 15 Apr, 2019

Easter is coming: Deliveroo launch Game of Thrones dragon-style eggs for Easter

Easter is just around the corner, as is the highly anticipated release of the final season of Game of Throne after a lengthy wait of two years.

Thu, 21 Mar, 2019

Deliveroo reveals the food differences between Cork’s northside and southside

Son of a Bun topping the list for Knocknaheeny and Supermacs in Gurranebraher.

Wed, 06 Mar, 2019

Protest in Dublin as foreign nationals say they are targets of violent attacks

Many of those protesting work for food delivery service Deliveroo.

Sat, 02 Mar, 2019

Deliveroo riders being attacked while working

Deliveroo riders have highlighted their frustration over being attacked while carrying out their work.

Sat, 23 Feb, 2019

BULLETIN: Winning EuroMillions ticket sold in Co Dublin; State drops charges against Patrick Hutch over Regency Hotel murder

Here's your lunchtime bulletin.

Wed, 20 Feb, 2019

Dublin ice-cream shop has created an aphrodisiac ice cream for Valentines day

But you’ll have to grab it fast as the limited edition flavour is only available exclusively from the Deliveroo app or website for one day only on February 14.

Wed, 13 Feb, 2019

Here’s how you could bag yourself a Deliveroo Gold Card

The first prize was awarded to a Belfast student yesterday after he ordered from Boojum.

Wed, 07 Nov, 2018