RESTAURANT INDUSTRY NEWS
What does it mean for Restaurants if Uber acquires Deliveroo?
Bloomberg is reporting that Uber is in early discussions to acquire Deliveroo. Deliveroo was last valued at $2 billion and would see Uber attempt to increase their penetration into Europe. Deliveroo has been very reticent to cede control of their expansion plans, so...
Order Direct and Save – The Campaign to save Restaurants.
Is Menulog, Deliveroo and UberEats killing your local Restaurants? Consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about the long term effects on the Restaurant industry of online ordering and delivery aggregators like Menulog, UberEats and Deliveroo. The Age has 2...
How to set up Google Analytics for your Restaurant Website
One of the best things about having a website is having the ability to virtually watch and track all your website visitors, and all the date associated with it. All websites MUST have Google Analytics — no exceptions — because it’s FREE; you can track what people are...
Foodora to leave Australia
ABC News is reporting that Foodora is leaving Australia. ABC News is reporting that some riders are actually happy about the closure. Issues with medical support, sham contracting and unfair dismissal have created unrest with some riders. The Sydney Morning Herald is...
Just Eat 2018 First Half Results – Increased Revenue guidance – Menulog Revenue falls.
The Just Eat 2018 first half results have been released and there are some very interesting numbers to come out of it. On the face of it, there was pretty good growth. Just Eat took over 104.4 million orders across the group (up 30% from 80.4 million in...
88 – The sad, sad demise of Esquire in Brisbane
We talk about a Restaurant in Perth who had been struggling for years and years now. He had a Restaurant that had very poor SEO, was quite hard to find in Google. He had a purple website with no images and no online bookings. It seems that the Restaurant wasn't too...