Congrats to Sam Martin (who will be speaking at the International Ghost Kitchen Conference!) and the Peckwater team for this deal. Peckwater Brands has acquired its chief competitor eatclever, making it the largest provider of virtual food outlets in Europe.

The renowned American ramen chef will host residencies at Sessions’ two venues, before rolling out across the UK to more than 100 delivery-only locations.

The British meal delivery firm says better cost control and higher customer fees helped drive revenue, despite order numbers falling from health-crisis highs.

Quarterly orders on Deliveroo in the UK and Ireland passed the £1bn mark for the first time at the end of last year, the takeaway giant reported today, adding that it was confident about the year ahead despite much economic uncertainty.

During their last shift before Christmas, the rider delivered a whopping 56 orders according to the screenshot from the app posted to Reddit. As a result of the 56 orders, they earned an impressive total of £294.66 ($360) which works out at an average of £5.26 ($6.50) per order.

State-owned platform Stuart was cleared in court of ‘unreported employment’ accusations, in a blow to proponents of platform worker reclassification.