Diners have eaten more than 35million Eat Out To Help Out meals in Rishi Sunak’s half-price scheme

Diners have eaten more than 35million Eat Out To Help Out meals under Rishi Sunak‘s half-price scheme. The scheme – which started on August 3 – saw some 24.5million dishes enjoyed by Britons in 85,000 participating restaurants in its second week.  This figure is nearly double the 10million who took advantage between August 3 and August 9.  … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Cranswick bulks up as families eat more meat

Shares in Cranswick rose yesterday after the meat producer revealed the lockdown had bulked up its sales. The company, which owns farms and supplies pork and chicken to UK grocers, is emerging as one of the business winners from the coronavirus pandemic. It said sales were turbo-charged by the ‘shift towards greater in-home consumption’ during … Read more

Eat Out feast brings in more diners than pre-lockdown

Restaurants more than a quarter busier than they were before lockdown on back of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:05 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 00:05 BST, 17 August 2020 Restaurants have been more than a quarter busier than they were before … Read more

Eat Out To Help Out scheme serves 10.5m meals in its first three days

Diners queue up for Rishi’s discount dishes: Eat Out To Help Out scheme serves 10.5m discounted meals in its first three days By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 14 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 14 August 2020 The number of people visiting pubs, cafes and restaurants has tripled in a … Read more

Just Eat will stop using gig economy workers to deliver food, firm’s boss says

Just Eat will stop using gig economy workers to deliver food and instead use staff with more workplace protection, firm’s boss says Jitse Groen, chief exec of Dutch food delivery giant, wants to ‘insure our people’ Gig workers operate on flexible hours and do not enjoy rights such as sick pay or minimum notice periods … Read more

Stay-at-home Brits fuel Just Eat sales: Orders up 32% in first half

Stay-at-home Brits fuel Just Eat sales bonanza: Orders up 32% in first half of 2020 as people turn to takeaways By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 12 August 2020 | Updated: 22:29 BST, 12 August 2020 Just Eat revealed booming order numbers and sales as people stuck at home during the … Read more

Eat Out to Help Out: Map shows restaurants in scheme

Millions of Britons have been making the most of the Government’s half-price meals out scheme in the past week. And now an interactive map has made it easier to find the locations of the 72,000 pubs, cafes or restaurants taking part in Eat Out to Help Out, which was used more than 10.5million times in … Read more

Just Eat Takeaway losses soar despite orders rising by a third

Costs of Just Eat Takeaway merger and Grubhub acquisition cause delivery giant’s losses to soar to over £140m despite orders rising by a third Consumers ordered over 250 million meals, helping revenues to surpass €1bn Just Eat’s purchase of Grubhub now awaits regulatory and shareholder approval  By Harry Wise For This Is Money Published: 13:09 … Read more

Gerard Butler heads out solo to grab a quick bite to eat at Urth Cafe in West Hollywood

Gerard Butler heads out solo to grab a quick bite to eat at Urth Cafe in West Hollywood By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 05:25 BST, 12 August 2020 | Updated: 05:25 BST, 12 August 2020 Gerard Butler stepped out solo to grab a quick bite to eat while out and about in West Hollywood. … Read more