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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Just Eat Takeaway.com bought by South Africa’s Prosus in €4bn deal

Just Eat delivery rider cycles through Manchester
Just Eat’s valuation rose during the Covid pandemic but has since faded. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

The food delivery business Just Eat Takeaway.com has been snapped up by an investor in its German rival Delivery Hero for €4.1bn (£3.4bn), two months after it left the London Stock Exchange.

Just Eat’s board has unanimously approved the takeover by the South African-owned internet investor Prosus, in an all-cash deal six years after Prosusmade its first effort to buy the British part of the business.

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