Food delivery remains a competitive market
Your comment that the potential tie-up between Uber and Deliveroo “would create a two horse race” (“Uber in early talks to acquire food delivery rival Deliveroo”, September 22), with Just Eat being the other, is somewhat wide of the mark in the European context in which you place your comment.
In Europe, other big beasts are also active in the restaurant delivery market, notably Delivery Hero and Takeaway.com. And then there is Domino’s, larger than any of these companies. But wider than this, the restaurant delivery business is international in scale and is one where a land grab is going on.
Europe represents only a part and excludes other big players, for example technology giants Amazon, Tencent and Meituan, all of whom have a stake in restaurant delivery. The ultimate winner is far from clear at this stage of market development.
Peter Backman
London N3, UK
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