Just Eat

European takeaway marketplace, merged with Grubhub as Just Eat Takeaway.com

As of 1 September 2026, Just Eat is free to use. A food ordering marketplace strongest in the Netherlands, UK (as Just Eat), Germany and other European markets, historically built on independent takeaways rather than Deliveroo-style logistics. Softwr lists it under Restaurants. Just Eat is made by Just Eat Takeaway.com (owned by Prosus), available on iOS, Android, Web.

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Overview

What Just Eat does

Just Eat is a food delivery marketplace operating under the Just Eat Takeaway.com holding company, which also owns Grubhub in the United States and operates under various local names such as Thuisbezorgd in the Netherlands and Lieferando in Germany. Its original model connected diners directly to independent takeaway restaurants that handled their own delivery, distinct from Deliveroo and Uber Eats, which built their own rider logistics networks from the start; Just Eat has since layered its own delivery network (Just Eat Delivery) on top in many markets to compete on speed. The corporate history is the fact worth knowing before you rely on the brand. Just Eat Takeaway.com acquired Grubhub for roughly 7.3 billion dollars in 2021 at the peak of pandemic delivery valuations, then wrote down most of that value within two years as US losses mounted, and the company explored selling Grubhub before agreeing its sale to Wonder Group in 2024. Just Eat Takeaway.com itself was then taken private in a 2025 acquisition by Prosus, ending its public listing. Diners pay delivery and service fees similar to competitors, and restaurants pay commission, though rates and the split between marketplace-only and marketplace-plus-delivery listings vary by country. The trade-off for a diner is coverage: Just Eat tends to have deeper independent restaurant listings in markets like the Netherlands and Germany than Deliveroo or Uber Eats, but delivery speed on marketplace-only listings depends on the restaurant, not the platform.

What people use it for

A diner in a market like the Netherlands or Germany wanting deep coverage of independent local takeaways
Someone ordering from a restaurant that runs its own delivery rather than a platform-run rider network
A user who already has an account under a local brand such as Lieferando or Thuisbezorgd
A diner comparing marketplace commission and fee structures across Just Eat, Deliveroo and Uber Eats before ordering

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Just Eat.

Delivery speed and reliability on marketplace-only listings depend on the individual restaurant's own drivers, which is far less consistent than a platform-run logistics network.
The Grubhub acquisition was written down by billions of dollars within two years, a sign the US delivery market did not work economically for the company even at scale.
The parent company was taken private by Prosus in 2025, so a former public company with disclosed results is now reporting to a single owner instead.
Fee structures differ by country and even by restaurant within a country, making the total cost of an order harder to predict than a flat platform fee.
Brand fragmentation across Just Eat, Lieferando and Thuisbezorgd means account, loyalty points and order history do not necessarily carry over if you move between the markets that use different local names.

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What people choose instead of Just Eat

Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.

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Deliveroo
Deliveroo: If you want a platform with its own delivery network as standard rather than restaurant-run delivery
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Uber Eats
Uber Eats: If you want a marketplace with the widest global footprint and combined ride and delivery accounts

Pricing

What Just Eat costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Pay per order

Free

Delivery fee where Just Eat Delivery is used
Service charge on order total in most markets
Restaurant-set delivery on marketplace-only listings, fee and speed vary by restaurant

Capabilities

Features

Restaurant and takeaway marketplace
Ordering from both independent takeaways and chain restaurants
Just Eat Delivery
Platform-run delivery network layered over restaurants without their own drivers
Order tracking
Live status and, where Just Eat delivery is used, rider location
Loyalty and voucher codes
Recurring discount codes and a stamps-style rewards scheme in some markets
Group and repeat ordering
Saved addresses, favourites and reordering from order history
Local brand names
Operates as Thuisbezorgd in the Netherlands and Lieferando in Germany and Austria

Answered, with sources

Questions people ask

Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.

Is Just Eat the same company as Grubhub?

It was; Just Eat Takeaway.com bought Grubhub in 2021 but sold it to Wonder Group in 2024 after large write-downs.

Why does the app have a different name in some countries?

Just Eat Takeaway.com operates local brands such as Lieferando in Germany and Austria and Thuisbezorgd in the Netherlands, all on shared underlying technology.

Is Just Eat still a publicly listed company?

No. Prosus took Just Eat Takeaway.com private in a 2025 acquisition.

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