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Chaos as enormous takeaway service goes down sending hungry brits into meltdown

Brits with a hankering for a Friday evening takeaway have been left reeling after the Just Eat went down for a lot of.

The firm has apologised to clients after tech points left the app unavailable. App Down Detector has proven an enormous spike within the variety of folks reporting points utilizing the app to date tonight. 

The difficulty appears to have began at round 5pm, proper when many Brits could be clocking off work with designs on an Indian or a Chinese.

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Responding to a number of folks reporting points, JustEat mentioned: “Hey! We’re experiencing some tech issues at the moment. We’re working really hard to fix them, so keep an eye out!”



The issue seems to have started at around 5pm, right when many Brits would be clocking off work
The difficulty appears to have began at round 5pm, proper when many Brits could be clocking off work

One consumer on X mentioned: “JustEat down and can’t order from the co-op. The end in neigh”. Another replied: “Guys, @JustEatUK seems to be down takeaways can’t accept orders!! #justeatdown #justeat”.

Another said: “…experiencing difficulties with ordering on-line……hold getting informed can’t take a look at as visitor though I’m signed in to my account.”

Another man was less forgiving with his message, tagging the company and writing: “Is ur web site f***ing about visitor take a look at isnt accessible and account login logs u out on cost [sic].”

It is unknown what has brought on the short-term points.



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Another man was much less forgiving along with his message, tagging the corporate and writing: ‘Is ur web site f***ing about’

Last month Just Eat mentioned it expects to see a leap income, pushed by its “strong momentum” within the UK and Ireland. Despite a 6% drop in whole orders for the yr, revenues fell by just one% to 1. 31 billion (£1.12 billion) on account of elevated meals costs, the Mirror reported.

The group additionally reported a leap in core earnings within the area to 135 million (£115. 4 million) from 23 million (£19.7 million) the earlier yr, because of extra environment friendly supply processes.

Overall, the corporate’s core adjusted earnings got here in “ahead of guidance” at 324 million for the yr. It has knowledgeable shareholders that it anticipates this determine to succeed in 450 million in 2024. Jitse Groen, JustEat’s CEO, mentioned: “Our enhanced profitability resulted in reaching the critical milestone of returning to positive free cash flow in the second half of 2023.

“Overall, the enterprise is in a powerful place to seize additional enchancment to our topline efficiency, adjusted ebitda and free money move in 2024.”

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