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Just Eat are getting too big. They destroyed Hungry House by buying it a few years ago. This was before Deliveroo and Uber Eats were known to most people. Seems
by 00deadbeef 6y ago
Just Eat are getting too big. They destroyed Hungry House by buying it a few years ago. This was before Deliveroo and Uber Eats were known to most people. Seems like Just Eat are afraid of competition.
- saos 6y agoI was not aware of Hungry House. but you're right! They purchased them too [1]. Yeah it feels like a "screw it" lets do this type of move from Takeaway.com/Just Eat. From my research it looks like Just Eat are threatened by competition and re-entry into the market from Amazon. $500m investment could really push Deliveroo on. I see similaries between Deliveroo and Amazon in wanting to provide very quick delivery service. https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/just-eat-hungryhouse-merger-inquiry https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/just-eat-hungryhouse-merger-inq...
- disgruntledphd2 6y agoWell, the big difference between GrubHub/Just Eat and Deliveroo/Uber is that the former were actually profitable software businesses, while the latter are VC funded blitzscaling nonsense. But now the profitable companies are forced to run unprofitable delivery networks because of the VC funded (well public market funded for Uber now) hype-train of on-demand. Is there a Gresham's law for business models or something?