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From the article: > Dan Warne, Deliveroo’s UK and Ireland managing director, admits the company did not move quickly enough to speak to the council and residen

From the article: > Dan Warne, Deliveroo’s UK and Ireland managing director, admits the company did not move quickly enough to speak to the council and residents in Southwark, but says Roobox kitchens are clean, hygienic and checked by the Food Standards Agency.

tolien 9y ago
To be fair, "checked by the FSA" isn't worth much - they also missed the Two Sisters chicken relabelling "scandal" [1] (not that they could reasonably be expected to observe that they met standards 24/7 anyway). 1: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/29/food-regulator-chicken-supplier-food-safety-dates-2-sisters-food-group https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/29/food-regula...
DanBC 9y ago
For food safety from restaurants I think of the "scores on the doors" scheme. FSA doesn't do the checking for that scheme. The local authority do the checks. The FSA hold the results. http://ratings.food.gov.uk/ http://ratings.food.gov.uk/ I can't find results for any of the rooboxes, but maybe I'm not searching properly. I really hope they're talking about this scheme, and that all the rooboxes have been checked.
- thisisit 9y ago
  Found two with Deliveroo's name: http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/957123/Deliveroo-London http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/957123/Deliveroo-L... http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/1002249/Deliveroo-London http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/1002249/Deliveroo-... The Roobox gives up three results: http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/960868/Blackwall-Roobox-London http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/960868/Blackwall-R... http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/957133/Rosa's-Roobox-Battersea-London http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/957133/Rosa's-Roob... http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/960304/The-Chilli-Pickle-Roobox---Hove-22-Olive-Road http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/960304/The-Chilli-... I am not from UK so don't know which one of them correspond to the ones mentioned in the article.
  - DanBC 9y ago
    ah, right. I didn't even think to check for the roobox or deliveroo names. I wonder if they're going to run into problems with advertising standards or trading standards. If I want "rotisserie chicken for the pricey Notting Hill-based specialist Cocotte" I probably want it from their actual place, or to know it's from a Roobox version.
thisisit 9y ago
That sounds like bullshit. Bureaucracy moves very slowly and should have given them enough time to cover all their bases - residents and council as well. To cross check their claims. Below search on http://ratings.food.gov.uk http://ratings.food.gov.uk returns only three Roobox. It doesn't show Roobox for Cocotte, Crust Bros etc. mentioned in the article. So one has to wonder how true is their claim.

tolien 9y ago

To be fair, "checked by the FSA" isn't worth much - they also missed the Two Sisters chicken relabelling "scandal" [1] (not that they could reasonably be expected to observe that they met standards 24/7 anyway). 1: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/29/food-regulator-chicken-supplier-food-safety-dates-2-sisters-food-group https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/29/food-regula...

DanBC 9y ago

For food safety from restaurants I think of the "scores on the doors" scheme. FSA doesn't do the checking for that scheme. The local authority do the checks. The FSA hold the results. http://ratings.food.gov.uk/ http://ratings.food.gov.uk/ I can't find results for any of the rooboxes, but maybe I'm not searching properly. I really hope they're talking about this scheme, and that all the rooboxes have been checked.

thisisit 9y ago
Found two with Deliveroo's name: http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/957123/Deliveroo-London http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/957123/Deliveroo-L... http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/1002249/Deliveroo-London http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/1002249/Deliveroo-... The Roobox gives up three results: http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/960868/Blackwall-Roobox-London http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/960868/Blackwall-R... http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/957133/Rosa's-Roobox-Battersea-London http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/957133/Rosa's-Roob... http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/960304/The-Chilli-Pickle-Roobox---Hove-22-Olive-Road http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/960304/The-Chilli-... I am not from UK so don't know which one of them correspond to the ones mentioned in the article.
- DanBC 9y ago
  ah, right. I didn't even think to check for the roobox or deliveroo names. I wonder if they're going to run into problems with advertising standards or trading standards. If I want "rotisserie chicken for the pricey Notting Hill-based specialist Cocotte" I probably want it from their actual place, or to know it's from a Roobox version.

thisisit 9y ago

That sounds like bullshit. Bureaucracy moves very slowly and should have given them enough time to cover all their bases - residents and council as well. To cross check their claims. Below search on http://ratings.food.gov.uk http://ratings.food.gov.uk returns only three Roobox. It doesn't show Roobox for Cocotte, Crust Bros etc. mentioned in the article. So one has to wonder how true is their claim.