44-536: Just Eat is an online food order and delivery platform. It was founded in 2001 in Kolding , Denmark, as a food delivery company , and later headquartered in London , United Kingdom, from 2006 (as Just Eat plc ) until it was purchased by Netherlands-based Takeaway.com in 2020 forming Just Eat Takeaway.com . Just Eat acts as an intermediary between independent takeaway food outlets and customers. The service operates under
88-783: A BBC investigation found that half of the takeaway outlets in England rated zero for hygiene by the Food Standards Agency in Manchester , Bristol and London appeared on the Just Eat app. In December 2021, Just Eat partnered with Asda supermarket to deliver groceries, the company's first partnership with a supermarket in the UK. In July 2023, Just Eat entered into a partnering agreement with Nisa convenience stores, for Just East to deliver shopping in less than 30 minutes for Nisa's customers, who use
132-780: A 60% stake in HungryZone. Just Eat disposed of its shares in its India business in January 2015. In July 2009, Just Eat received their first Series A investment funding. Index Ventures and Venrex Capital invested £10.5 million into Just Eat Holdings Ltd. The new investment capital enabled Just Eat to increase their expansion into other markets and further develop the business. In March 2011 a second round of investment saw two leading US venture capitalists, Greylock Partners and Redpoint Ventures invest £30 million. Greylock Partners had previously invested in Facebook , LinkedIn and Wonga . In April 2012,
176-401: A car 20 meters into a yard. On 3 November 2004, the N. P. Johnsen's Fireworks Factory in the suburb of Seest exploded . One firefighter died, 85 people were injured, around 2,000 people were evacuated, and some of them lost their homes during this disaster. Located in Kolding is the former royal castle of Koldinghus . This was built in the 13th century by King Eric Klipping and
220-420: A collection of Danish art from the late Middle Ages to the 1940s, miscellaneous artefacts of local interest, and an extensive collection of items in gold and silver . The Trapholt art museum features many pieces primarily by Danish artists in its collections of arts from 1900 onwards and a smaller number of non-Danish exhibits. It also features a large collection of chairs. Botanical garden Geografisk Have
264-438: A hapless, motley crew of rebellious takeaway chefs, who will stop at nothing to prevent amateur chefs from cooking at home. The ads include "Leave Cooking to Professionals", "Cooking is Dangerous", "Cookbooks," "Turn back, Cicciolina", and "The Fridge". From 2020, American rapper Snoop Dogg appeared in Just Eat advertisements. In May 2022, it was announced that American singer-songwriter Katy Perry would replace Snoop Dogg in
308-565: A hotel, situated in a minor forest and overlooking the water. The building itself is very beautiful and built to resemble a palace. A branch of University College South ( Danish : University College Syd ) can be found in Kolding. A branch campus of University of Southern Denmark ( Danish : Syddansk Universitet ) is located in the former hospital which was closed in 1975. The new Campus Kolding opened downtown in 2014. The new building of University of Southern Denmark will be built further to
352-518: A population of 94,932 (1 January 2024), the Kolding municipality is the eleventh most populous in Denmark. The city itself has a population of 62,444 (1 January 2024) and is the eighth largest city in Denmark . The city is part of the Triangle Region , which includes the neighbouring cities of Fredericia and Vejle . Koldinghus would be besieged and presumably occupied by Holstein in 1369. In
396-697: A third round of investment saw Vitruvian Partners and existing backers Index Ventures, Greylock Partners and Redpoint Ventures invest a further £40 million in Just Eat Holdings Ltd. In January 2019, the company bought Flyt, the startup with software for restaurants and food suppliers, for £22 million. In 2016, Just Eat UK rebranded (including a new logo). In late 2009, Just Eat UK began their first television marketing campaign. The adverts starred Just Eat's mascots "Belly" and "Brain" and were narrated by Bernard Cribbins . The first two adverts entitled "Attention Please" and "Down and Up" ran throughout 2010. At
440-454: Is a 14 hectares large park with more than 2,000 different trees, bushes, and plants organised in geographical areas. Also Kolding houses the Danish Museum of Nurses ( Danish : Dansk Sygeplejemuseum ), which is situated in the reception building of the former tuberculosis sanatorium for children. The exhibition also include this past of the buildings. The main part of the sanatorium is now
484-518: Is a museum with certain parts of the castle, including its chapel and hall, being used for governmental ceremonial events. It was the last royal residence in Jutland . Another notable site is the 13th century stone Church of Saint Nicholas ( Danish : Sankt Nicolai ), which is one of the oldest in Denmark. The municipal museum, the Museet på Koldinghus , is located in the castle and former royal palace. It has
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#1733084978833528-548: The Battle of Kolding , fought on 25 December 1658, the allied Polish and Danish forces under hetman Stefan Czarniecki defeated the Swedish forces of Charles X Gustav of Sweden . A battle between German and Danish forces took place near the town on 23 April 1849 during the First War of Schleswig . On 9 September, 1955, Kolding was impacted by a high-end F2/T5 Tornado that displaced
572-625: The Competition Commission to create a new single Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The formation of the CMA was enacted in Part 3 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 , which received royal assent on 25 April 2013. In July 2012, Lord Currie was appointed chairman designate of the CMA, and in January 2013, Alex Chisholm was appointed Chief Executive designate. The term 'designate'
616-465: The Competition and Markets Authority gave its preliminary approval for the deal. In February 2017, Buttress announced he would be leaving as CEO after four years, due to urgent family matters, continuing to be a non executive director. He later took up a role with Newport, Wales -based rugby union side Dragons as their CEO. His departure was noted by industry commentators as a "significant loss" for
660-490: The Competition and Markets Authority ordered on 4 February 2020 that no integration should take place and that the brands should be kept separate until their investigation is completed. Just Eat plc was renamed to Just Eat Limited while the investigation took place. At the time of the merger Just Eat had 3,600 employees and 26.3 million customers in 2018. Takeaway.com won over a bid for Just Eat from Prosus . Just Eat partnered with McDonald's in January 2020 to deliver food in
704-781: The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 . The CMA alongside the European Commission , the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission , is a globally important antitrust agency. On 15 March 2012, the UK Government 's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) announced proposals for strengthening competition in the UK by merging the Office of Fair Trading and
748-540: The Fredericia-Flensburg railway line and offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen , Hamburg , Sønderborg , Aarhus and Esbjerg as well as regional train services to Fredericia and Esbjerg . Competition and Markets Authority The Competition and Markets Authority ( CMA ) is the principal competition regulator in the United Kingdom . It is a non-ministerial government department in
792-497: The UEFA Euro 2020 . In the UK, Just Eat charges restaurants £699 to join the service, plus a 13–14% commission for each order placed through the website or mobile app. Over 90% of the company's revenue comes from the commission. Although Just Eat requires restaurants to provide evidence of registration with their local council when joining the service, a 2017 audit found 35 unlicensed restaurants with no hygiene rating. In October 2018,
836-734: The Americas by launching in Mexico, via a 100% acquisition of SinDelantal, and increased its stake in IF-JE, the Brazilian JV with iFood. In May 2015, Just Eat announced that it would buy Menulog , an Australian food ordering company for A$ 855 million, and would fund the deal by issuing new shares. In July 2015, Just Eat acquired Orderit.ca, a Canadian online food ordering company, further solidifying its presence in Canada. In August 2016, Just Eat sold its operations in
880-516: The CMA announced several waves of appointments at the director level, reporting to members of the senior executive team. On 28 March 2014, the CMA published the Rules of Procedure for CMA merger, market, and special reference groups following a consultation from 21 February to 18 March. On 12 August 2019, the CMA's London office moved to The Cabot, 25 Cabot Square, in London's Canary Wharf area. In 2021,
924-606: The CMA announced that it would establish branch offices in Manchester and Darlington . The Manchester office would house the Digital Markets Unit, charged with "oversee[ing] a new regulatory regime for the most powerful digital firms", forming a 'Digital Hub' with the Digital Regulation Co-operation Forum. The Darlington office, part of the UK Government's Darlington Economic Campus, would be home to
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#1733084978833968-590: The COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2023, Just Eat Takeaway announced 1,700 delivery driver redundancies in the UK, with drivers to work as gig workers (freelancers) instead of being employed. In July 2024, Just Eat announced its intention to leave France. In August 2024, the Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint that Just Eat failed to use appropriate targeting to ensure an advertisement featuring products that were high in fat, sugar and salt
1012-408: The Just Eat advertisements. In October 2023, American rapper Latto and singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera were introduced in a new promotional advertisement for Just Eat, taking over from Perry. In May 2014 Just Eat became the primary shirt sponsor for Derby County Football Club for the 2014–15 season. The sponsorship lasted until the end of the 2016–17 season. In July 2015, Just Eat became
1056-746: The Just Eat app booking system. As of June 2022, the Just Eat brand operated in Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Kolding Kolding ( Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰʌle̝ŋ] ) is a Danish seaport located at the head of Kolding Fjord in the Region of Southern Denmark . It is the seat of Kolding Municipality . It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre and has numerous industrial companies, principally geared towards shipbuilding. The manufacturing of machinery and textiles and livestock export are other economically significant activities. With
1100-566: The Just Eat brand name in seven countries. The platform enables customers to search for local takeaway restaurants, place orders and pay online, and to choose from pick-up or delivery options. The company Just Eat plc acquired SkipTheDishes in Canada and Menulog in Australia and New Zealand. Five Danish entrepreneurs, including Jesper Buch, founded Just Eat in Denmark and launched the service in August 2001. The company started with 15 employees. In 2005
1144-829: The Microeconomics Unit, in charge of the economic research and evaluation functions of the CMA, including production of the State of Competition report. The Microeconomics Unit is intended to complement the Bank of England 's role in macroeconomics , and in July 2023 announced a research and skills-development partnership with the Durham Research in Economic Analysis and Mechanisms centre at Durham University . In situations where competition could be unfair or consumer choice may be affected,
1188-464: The Netherlands and Belgium to its Dutch competitor Takeaway.com for €22.5 million. Whereas Takeaway.com sold its UK operations to Just Eat also in 2016. In December 2016, Just Eat announced that it was acquiring Hungryhouse from Delivery Hero for £200m (with the possibility of a further £40m if the company hit performance targets), and Canada's SkipTheDishes for C$ 110m (£66m). On 12 October 2017,
1232-505: The SkipTheDishes brand. SkipTheDishes operates a food delivery service that allows customers to order from a variety of local and national chain restaurants using the SkipTheDishes website or mobile phone app. The service is widely available across most larger centres in every province in Canada. Skip was present in a limited number of American cities including St. Louis , Omaha, Buffalo , Cleveland , Columbus, and Cincinnati , but exited
1276-598: The UK and to acquire in October its main competitor in Spain, SinDelantal. Also in Spain, the company had previously acquired another delivery business, La Nevera Roja , from the German company Rocket Internet , taking over a large part of the market until the arrival of Uber Eats. After nearly five years at the helm of Just Eat, the group CEO Klaus Nyengaard stepped down in February 2013 and
1320-559: The US market in 2019. SkipTheDishes is headquartered in Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada. Just Eat India was founded on 26 July 2006, as HungryBangalore, by Ritesh Dwivedy. In August 2008, HungryBangalore was renamed as HungryZone. HungryZone received a first round of funding raised from the Indian Angel Network. On 17 January 2011, HungryZone announced a partnership with Just Eat. Just Eat bought
1364-558: The United Kingdom would be partnering with Domino's Pizza . The two launched a trial in May where ten Domino's owned stores in London would be placed on the platform. 106 Domino's franchise partner stores in the UK were expected to be on the platform by the end of May. Just Eat would be the only food delivery app in the United Kingdom to offer Domino's. In July 2022, the company announced 390 redundancies in France, after its market capital fell following
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1408-493: The United Kingdom, ending the monopoly which Uber Eats had previously exercised in the country. On 22 April 2020, The UK's Competition and Markets Authority announced it was unconditionally approving Just Eat's merger with Takeaway.com , following an investigation. On 2 March 2022, in a response to its announcement of losses, Just Eat Takeaway revealed plans to exit from Portugal, Romania and Norway from 1 April 2022. On 5 May 2022, Just Eat Takeaway announced that Just Eat in
1452-495: The United Kingdom, responsible for strengthening business competition and preventing and reducing anti-competitive activities. The CMA launched in shadow form on 1 October 2013 and began operating fully on 1 April 2014, when it assumed many of the functions of the previously existing Competition Commission and Office of Fair Trading , which were abolished. The CMA also has consumer protection responsibilities and take on new digital markets regulation responsibilities in late 2024 under
1496-426: The business, with Buttress having been "one of the UK's stand out entrepreneurs of the last decade". On 29 July 2019, it was announced that Just Eat and Takeaway.com had agreed the terms for a merger of the companies in a deal worth £9bn. On 10 January 2020, 80.4% of Just Eat shareholders approved Takeaway.com's deal to acquire Just Eat plc. Although Just Eat plc became a subsidiary of Takeaway.com on 3 February 2020,
1540-404: The east at Grønborggrunden in central Kolding. Kolding is also home to Design School Kolding ( Designskolen Kolding ), a university design school, which was established in 1967 to provide undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the areas of fashion, graphic design and textiles. Kolding is twinned with the following towns. Kolding is served by Kolding railway station . It is located on
1584-589: The official Edinburgh cycle hire scheme , which was named Just Eat Cycles from its start in September 2018. Starting in 22 March 2021, Just Eat became the sponsors of the UEFA club competitions along with the other Just Eat Takeaway subsidiaries worldwide starting in the 2021 to 2024 cycle for the UK, French, Spanish, Swiss, Italian and the Irish markets, after being awarded the first-ever confederation-wide sponsorship contract in
1628-464: The primary shirt sponsor for Oud-Heverlee Leuven for the 2015–16 season. The team was relegated to the Belgian First Division B . The sponsorship continued, with Just Eat advertised on the back, rather than the front, of shirts for the 2016–17 season. Just Eat sponsored the fourteenth and fifteenth series of The X Factor (UK) , replacing TalkTalk . Just Eat also became sponsors for
1672-870: The sector was likely to grow by 17% in the next four years. In 2023, Just Eat reported that Irish consumers were spending approximately €2.2 billion annually on takeaway/delivered food, indicating a significant increase from the €1.5 billion spent in 2015. Just Eat entered into the North American market in July 2009, bolstering its Canadian operations with the acquisition of YummyWeb (Vancouver) in April 2011, GrubCanada (Ontario) in October 2011 and OrderIt.ca in July 2015. In December 2016, Just Eat acquired SkipTheDishes for an initial, C$ 110 million. A further cash amount of up to C$ 90 million may also be payable, subject to certain financial targets being met in 2018 and 2019. Just Eat's existing Canadian operations were subsequently folded into
1716-493: The start of 2011, a second wave of "Belly and Brain" TV adverts ran, titled "Listen and Learn" and "Boxing Clever". Following a complete overhaul of their global brand positioning and launch of the Don't Cook Just Eat brand campaign in September 2012, Just Eat launched a new series of TV ads. The adverts introduce audiences to Mr Mozzarella AKA "The Mozz", Ms. Neilly, Mr Basmati, Mr Sweet and Mr Sour, Mr T-Bone, Mr Sashimi and Mr Halloumi –
1760-465: The technology entrepreneur Bo Bendtsen (co-founder) bought out all the founders and initial investors apart from Jesper Buch and moved the company to the UK. Buch moved to the UK as part of the buyout in 2006, and hired Welsh executive David Buttress to join as CEO and co-founder of Just Eat UK in March. The international expansion from the UK headquarters, starting with the Netherlands, launched in July 2007 and
1804-452: Was dropped when the CMA was launched on 1 October 2013. On 15 July 2013, BIS announced the first stage of an open public consultation period and published a summary setting out the background to the consultation and inviting views on the draft guidance for the CMA. The first stage of the consultation ended on 6 September 2013. On 17 September, BIS announced the second consultation stage, which closed on 7 November 2013. During 2013 and 2014,
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1848-518: Was followed by Ireland in April 2008. In January 2011, Just Eat established a joint venture in India. In February, the Group raised £30m (US$ 48m) from their Series B investment. The money was used to finance: In April 2012, Just Eat acquired fillmybelly.com. A week later, Just Eat announced its £40 (US$ 64) million Series C funding round. The funds were partly used to launch the Don't Cook rebranding campaign in
1892-443: Was not directed at under 16s. Just Eat Ireland launched in April 2008. In November 2014, Just Eat acquired 250 restaurants from Eatcity.ie. Just Eat Ireland recently commissioned economic consultants DKM to carry out research on the Irish restaurant industry and found that nearly €1.5bn was spent on takeaway/delivered food by Irish consumers in 2015. DKM said in 2016 that takeaway services accounted for 57% of restaurant sales, and that
1936-577: Was replaced in May by former UK MD David Buttress. On 3 April 2014, Just Eat floated on the London Stock Exchange. In July, Just Eat increased its stake in Alloresto to 80%. In September, Just Eat merged its Brazilian business, RestauranteWeb, with one of its competitors, iFood, to form the joint venture IF-JE in which Just Eat had a 25% stake. In February 2015, Just Eat sold to FoodPanda its investments in their Indian JV, and continued its expansion in
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