LONDON, January 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ —

Full acquisition deal with Delivery Hero, and EatitNow merger put hungryhouse.co.uk ahead in the takeaway race

Today, online food delivery company hungryhouse.co.uk announces a full takeover by Delivery Hero, a partnership which has proven to be a serious threat in the competitive international market. Delivery Hero already initiated a merger with hungryhouse in March 2012, and since then the UK site tripled the size of its business. hungryhouse is today generating more than £6 million in sales to its 11,000 restaurants every month.

The acquisition was made as a share swap, with hungryhouse founders deciding to stay involved. “We believe there is still a lot of growth potential left in this business, and so we re-invested 98% of the purchase price of our shares into Delivery Hero,” says hungryhouse Co-Founder Tony Charles. “We had always planned to make an exit, but the opportunity to continue the Delivery Hero success story was too much fun to turn down!”

Charles will be taking a leading role over product innovation, an area the company will be heavily focusing on in the year ahead. “Innovation is incredibly important for us and we are very happy to have Tony leading this department,” says Delivery Hero CEO Niklas Östberg. “Together with Tony we hope to keep the leading edge to our competitors on the product side.”

With an ambition to further challenge rivals Just-Eat, Delivery Hero also acquired another player in the UK market, EatitNow.co.uk, and from January 24th 2013, hungryhouse took over all their orders.

In just two years, Delivery Hero has become the largest restaurant network for online food ordering in the world. The company helps over 33,000 restaurants, across 12 countries, increase takeaway orders and keep up with technological demands. “The market is tight and we want to push out cutting edge technology to revolutionise the online food ordering space,” Östberg said. “Thanks to the passion and enthusiasm of our teams around the world we will continue to build a world class service. We have only seen the start.”

About hungryhouse.co.uk:

hungryhouse.co.uk’s mission is to become the UK’s most trusted source for the takeaway industry.

More than just a restaurant directory, it’s a convenient and transparent way to find a restaurant, read reviews and order home delivery. hungryhouse, which is part of Delivery Hero, helps over 11,000 restaurants keep up with the technological demands of their customers. Ordering food through the hungryhouse website or various mobile apps is quick, safe and without any extra costs for the customer.

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