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I won’t Pizza Express in a rush!

January 3rd, 2011 · 4 Comments · Personal stuff, Uncategorized

I went for dinner at Pizza Express today and I have to say I will not be rushing back. To be fair to the large chain it is never easy to maintain the standards that once made you successful and if it was purely down to the quality of their food they would be fine. [...]

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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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Company Culture Clip and Motivation

July 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Just-Eat, Personal stuff, Sales, Uncategorized

This was a interesting clip our CTO Carlos sent me that I thought was worth sharing.  This is also a clip that sums everything about the team at Just-Eat from start up until present day.  There have been many people who have helped build the company not just guys like me that joined long after [...]

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Sugar Loaf Mountain in Wales

June 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Personal stuff, Uncategorized

Yesterday my wife (Gemma), brother (younger, thinner but still has the  ‘Buttress hairline’  Tom) and me climbed Sugar Loaf mountain in Wales. If you are ever in this part of the world and enjoy a good walk, then give this a try,  it is not difficult to do as long as you can walk from [...]

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Just-Eat World Party!

May 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Just-Eat, Sales, Uncategorized

One of the great parts of our social culture at Just-Eat is the annual World Party.  It started last year in Dublin and this year we took the whole of the international team to Centre Parcs at Elveden Forest. Around 140 people descended on the park on Friday for paint balling, archery, laser shooting and [...]

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Great News!

May 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

This was published on the BBC website today, the UK internet usage is growing faster than ever. Click for story.

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Vote Belly or Brain

May 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Just-Eat, Personal stuff, Uncategorized

Today is a huge day for Britain politically with the General Election and naturally at Just-Eat.co.uk we are getting in on the fun.  Today we would ask you all to also vote Belly or Brain. For more information on bellyandbrain check out bellyandbrain.com

I have always been really interested in politics and will certainly [...]

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Just-Eat.co.uk Fantasy Football League and the winner is….

May 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Just-Eat, Personal stuff, Uncategorized

Well another season is coming to a end and it looks like the buttressbabes are looking certs for back to back league titles.
I dont know what to say other than the usual cliches, ‘it is always harder to win the title in your second year’, ‘the league never lies’ etc [...]

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PR in Egypt and Reuters! And it is the Haggis Story

May 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Just-Eat, Uncategorized

Haggis? Is that the hairy chap in Harry Potter?
Our team have been in Glasgow recently spreading the word about Just-Eat, and we thought it would d be a bit of fun to see just how much people know about haggis across the UK. It turns out not a lot…
Our research team have [...]

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Ben Jones Blog Post 4 – Just-Eat salesman in Canada

May 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Just-Eat, Uncategorized

So it’s been a while since my last update/ Blog….

We done our bitz up in Ottawa it went well, lessons were learnt on how to do it better next time. But we have almost 50 restaurants there now, and are getting few orders as well

Processes are now finally being [...]

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