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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent

One in seven food delivery businesses in England are ‘dark kitchens’, study shows

Bicycle delivery couriers at work in London
Delivery couriers at work in London. An academic study shows that 15% of food delivery companies in England do not have storefronts. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer

One in seven food businesses on major delivery platforms, including Deliveroo and Just Eat, is now a “dark kitchen”, a university study shows.

The findings, which shine a light on the scale of the hidden takeaway industry, found that 15% of all online food retailers in England were dark kitchens.

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