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HISTORICAL FACTS: 5 - Caught on Camera

Deliveroo shares surge after £2.7bn DoorDash takeover move

Founder Will Shu could net £172m in potential deal as biggest US food delivery app looks to expand globally

The Guardian - UK

Deliveroo shares shoot higher after US takeover proposal

On Monday, Deliveroo also suspended its £100 million share buyback programme as a result of the takeover talks.

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 Live 28 April: M&S shares lower but index run goes on, Deliveroo surges

The selling of Marks Spencer shares continued in a still-improving FTSE 100 index today as the disruption caused by a cyber incident entered a second week.

Evening Standard

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Deliveroo in talks over £2.7 billion buyout proposal from DoorDash

Deliveroo’s board said it received an ‘indicative proposal’ from DoorDash on April 5.

Evening Standard

US food delivery app DoorDash offers to buy UK rival Deliveroo for $3.6bn

The London-based company, the second largest food deliver app in the UK, said no ‘firm offer’ had been made yet

The Guardian - US

Deliveroo order growth improves but customer numbers remain sluggish

Founder Will Shu described it as a ‘strong start’ to the year but said he was ‘mindful’ of growing economic uncertainty.

Evening Standard

Sweet, sticky and sold out everywhere: why is there such a craze for Dubai chocolate?

The creamy pistachio bar is all over TikTok, but good luck trying to find it in shops. Connoisseurs, market-watchers and the woman who invented it discuss its sudden rush to fame

The Guardian - UK

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‘I was eating 7,000 calories in one sitting – I had to delete the Deliveroo app’

LIFE STORIES: Lachlan Munro (Lucky), 43, a London-based life coach and music producer, suffered from food addiction and went up to 18.5st, ordering vast quantities on Deliveroo – and spending all his rent money. He’s now found recovery, he tells Charlotte Cripps

The Independent UK

How has Deliveroo turned a profit? By dismantling the rights of riders like me

Our work is dangerous and the pay gets worse, while the CEO has just sold £15m in shares – we deserve better, says Deliveroo rider Shaf Hussain

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Fires in London sparked by 'dangerous' e-bikes and e-scooters double in three years

Exclusive: Standard investigation uncovers 120 injuries and 3 deaths in the capital linked to vehicles catching alight

Evening Standard

Co-op announces first Aldi price match

The new prices will be available across all of the Co-op’s 2,400 shops and on ‘quick commerce’ delivery platforms including Deliveroo and Uber Eats.

Evening Standard

Corrupt Met Police officer jailed for stealing dead woman's money for Amazon and Deliveroo shopping spree

PC Amelia Lancaster was caught on a colleague’s bodyworn camera as she rifled through the dead woman’s possessions

Evening Standard

Deliveroo makes annual profit for first time

The £3m 2024 figure compares with £32m loss in 2023 and comes despite ‘uncertain consumer environment’

The Guardian - UK

Toy firm Hornby unveils plans to go private

The Scalextric and model train firm said it plans to re-register as a private company to help with its ongoing overhaul.

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Food App Deliveroo Delivers First Annual Profit

Food delivery app Deliveroo announced Thursday its first annual profit as orders and revenue rose, while the 12-year old company sees further growth despite exiting Hong Kong.

Evening Standard

Deliveroo boss says groceries could eclipse takeaway orders after first profit

Groceries and retail accounted for about one-sixth of order income last year, but founder Will Shu said this could reach 50% or more.

The Independent UK

Deliveroo makes first full year of profit after expanding shopping ranges

The delivery giant, which has been branching out from takeaway food to groceries, said the UK is facing an ‘uncertain’ consumer environment.

The Independent UK

MP urges takeaway firms to give rider data to Government amid ‘rampant’ abuse

Nick Timothy accused food delivery companies of a ‘dereliction of duty’, when they let self-employed riders use ‘substitute’ couriers.

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International Business Times UK

Deliveroo Abandons Hong Kong Market—Here's Why It's Betting Big On The UK Instead

Deliveroo has also noted that it will be selling part of its assets to foodpanda, a rival food delivery platform gaining more traction in the local market.

The Independent UK

Deliveroo to quit Hong Kong after nine years

The group has agreed the sale of some parts of the business to Delivery Hero’s Singapore-based Foodpanda and will close the remaining operations.

The Guardian - UK

Who bought this smoked salmon? How ‘AI agents’ will change the internet (and shopping lists)

Autonomous digital assistants are being developed that can carry out tasks on behalf of the user – including ordering the groceries. But if you don’t keep an eye on them, dinner might not be quite what you expect …

The Independent UK

Boy, 16, shot dead in south London named, with suspect still at large

Police hunt killers of Lathaniel Burrell, who reported fled scene in Stockwell on a moped

Evening Standard

Crime Bill ‘stops short of protecting delivery riders from abuse’

Pizza Express, Dishoom and Morrisons are among the businesses to call for delivery riders to be included under a new offence to protect retail workers

The Guardian - UK

Allan Weber: My Order; Daniel Lind-Ramos: Ensamblajes – review

Drawing on his stint as a food delivery driver in Rio during Covid, Allan Weber riffs on life in the favela where he was born, lives and works. In a separate show, Puerto Rico’s Daniel Lind-Ramos speaks to colonialism and the climate crisis

Evening Standard

Meta and Uber among firms ‘linked’ to alleged corporate migrant worker abuse

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre found 665 cases of alleged abuse against migrant workers in publicly documented information.

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