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Up and Running in May

May 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Just-Eat, Personal stuff, Uncategorized

This weekend has been great already. Takeaway order wise it has been totally without precedent and speaking to some of our restaurant partners it is great to hear they are having a good time too. We also had a super April as a business so onwards and upwards.
Outside the world of Just-Eat it has also [...]

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Looking forward to the next family party!

April 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Personal stuff, Uncategorized

On a reasonably regular basis Gemma’s family (my wife) all get together and have a party, it is always open house and they invite all generations, friends etc.  I am really lucky that I have fantastic in laws and a great extended family, when I saw this clip it made me look forward to the [...]

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Just-Eat.co.uk ‘new strapline’!

April 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Just-Eat, Personal stuff, Sales, Uncategorized

Our resident graphics pro Jakub Huttner at Just-Eat pulled the below graphic together following a interesting discussion we had as a business about what the key phrases are in defining our culture as a business.  We are having several important discussions at our company about how and what our culture should be now and for [...]

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Fancy Something Different This Easter?

March 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Our latest press release….
Will You Eat a ‘Bunny Curry’ this Easter?

The UK’s leading online takeaway portal has teamed up with one of the UK’s leading Indian restaurants to offer something a little different to chocolate eggs and hot cross buns this Easter – in the form of a rabbit curry.

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Just-Eat.co.uk is a great place to work if you like your shoulders rubbed by a colleague!

March 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Just-Eat, Personal stuff, Uncategorized

We have a close, friendly and supportive team at Just-Eat.co.uk as the attached clip highlights. Please see Jason and Irfan from our marketing department ’supporting’ each other after a hard weeks marketing. Click to see  How we do it at JE and to see two grown men losing their dignity at work.

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Interview with welovebusiness.co.uk

March 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

A bit of PR coverage in www.welovebusiness.co.uk for Just-Eat.co.uk and me!  Link to the interview.

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‘Ben Jones in Canada Blog Post 2′

March 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Just-Eat, Personal stuff, Sales, Uncategorized

It has been a very busy two weeks since my last update. Since then we now have another sales rep in Ottawa, and we also now have a sales director in the form of Rocco.
Rocco is going to be an amazing asset to just-eat canada and Just-Eat as a whole! He’s a cool, laid back [...]

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Sometimes a bit of old fashioned punishment is as good as anything!

March 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

I watched a interview with Warren Gatland the Welsh rugby coach who was analysing the relatively poor campaign Wales have had this year in the six nations and the action he has as leader taken with the players. It resonated with me because i think he is right!  It is all well and good high [...]

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Just Eat Coverage – Retail Technology Jan/Feb Issue

March 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

A piece about just-eat and our sim partners at wireless logic in Retail Technology Magazine.

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Ben Jones First Update From Canada

March 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Just-Eat, Sales, Uncategorized

When I was recently in Canada I asked one of our ‘old’ UK salesman to start sending me a update for all the UK team and restaurants that read my blog. Ben has left his home town in Norwich and moved to Toronto to help Just-Eat launch there b2b wise. Ben was a top performer [...]

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