- Just Eat Takeaway.com NV (OTC:JTKWY) weighed a partial or complete sale of its Grubhub unit less than a year after buying it for $7.3 billion.
- Just Eat Takeaway.com explored strategic actions for the U.S. division after losing an unusually high level of customers across its key markets, Bloomberg reports.
- CEO Jitse Groen saw the business as an essential part of industry consolidation.
- Groen has been touting a turnaround plan that featured activity on Grubhub and expansion into groceries and building out its courier network.
- Shareholders lobbied for quicker action around its assets, pushing for clarity on developing other parts of the business.
- Groen saw outside investment in Grubhub feasible, including from private equity or strategic partners.
- The move reflects how the end of the pandemic has reversed the trend of the food delivery industry from a hot property into a struggling sector. Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Peloton Interactive Inc (NASDAQ:PTON) also faced similar ordeals.
- Price Action: JTKWY closed at $5.66 on Tuesday.
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