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Is this the best fish and chip shop in the UK?

December 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Just-Eat, Personal stuff, Uncategorized

It might be holiday season but you can’t beat a bit of fish and chips!  Gemma and I grabbed a bite at the Aquarius fish and chip shop in Ruislip, Middlesex last night.  The quality of the food was excellent as well as the service and premises. If you know a better fish and chip [...]

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12 Days of Christmas Just-Eat Stylie

December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Just-Eat, Personal stuff, Sales

This year Jason Whale one of super star marketing team, came up with the idea of some of the UK based team making the 12 days of Christmas!  I have to say not being a natural singer to say the least (whoever said all Welsh people could sing was clearly wrong) I was slightly concerned [...]

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You’ve got to laugh really….;-)

December 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Personal stuff

Bad news on the England World Cup bid, but on the flip side it did make me laugh.  Fifa never cease to amaze.

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Now the bad news! How does this really cause our country an issue every year?

November 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Just-Eat, Personal stuff

Travel chaos spreads as freeze heads south

Sadie Gray
Last updated November 29 2010 5:45PM

Stuck in the snow? 
Snow and ice shut roads and schools the length of Britain today as forecasters predicted that temperatures could plummet to minus 20C as the freeze deepens further this week.
Altnaharra, Sutherland, was the coldest place in the UK last [...]

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First the Good News from The Times

November 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Just-Eat, Personal stuff

Today to be busiest online shopping day ever

Mark Bridge
Last updated November 29 2010 1:52PM

Record online sales predicted for ‘Manic Monday’
Britons are expected to spend a record £537 million at online retailers today, in a credit crunch-defying Christmas shopping spree dubbed “Manic Monday”.
Spending will hit the equivalent of £22.4 million an hour, up a third [...]

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A great day at the rugby!

November 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Just-Eat, Personal stuff, Sales

Edin from Firezza, Pak from a Chinese supplier here in the UK, Josh from Eatstudent, David Power who does my job in Canada for just-eat and our good old CFO the one and only Mike Wroe attended the Wales v South Africa rugby game last week in Cardiff.
A fun day was had by all, although [...]

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Just-Eat.co.uk buys Eatstudent.co.uk

November 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Just-Eat, Personal stuff, Sales

Great news for the growth of online takeaway food ordering! Josh Magidson started eatstudent.co.uk while at university and has done a great job to build a student focused takeaway website. We loved both him and the concept, as a result Josh and we made a deal to buy the company. The real advantage of eatstudent [...]

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Free Belly & Brain i-phone game!

October 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Just-Eat, Personal stuff, Sales

I am thrilled to announce that the Belly & Brain iPhone game has just been personally approved by Steve Jobs and is now launched all over planet Just-Eat!  We really hope you enjoy it. The two little guys are a fun part of our brand and company, this game really brings them to life.
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Just-Eat.co.uk on Dragons Den Tonight – “The UK’s Market Leader”

September 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Just-Eat, Personal stuff

I watched the usual and 100th re-run re-visit of one of our smaller (couldn’t resist that…sorry!) competitors on dragons den tonight, still with the same conclusion as last time that just-eat is the biggest, best and market leader (their words not mine).  I am sure that is why they did not get the investment, again.
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It is all about relationships

September 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Just-Eat, Personal stuff, Sales

I recently watched the BBC documentary about how David Cameron and Nick Clegg made a deal to share power and make a coalition government.  It provided a few interesting insights into how the balance of power was decided post the general election, but what I hear you ask does this have to do with Just-Eat.co.uk [...]

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