BERLIN, 10 APRIL 2014 --- Takeaway.com, one of the world's largest food delivery websites announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire Lieferando, one of the largest food delivery websites in Germany. Takeaway.com is already active in Germany with Lieferservice.de and will merge the two brands to create a leading food delivery portal in Germany.


Takeaway.com acquires Lieferando in one of the largest deals ever in the history of food delivery websites globally. The company earlier today announced it sealed a 103M USD series B funding round with Macquarie Capital and Prime Ventures.


The combination of Lieferando and Lieferservice.de offers access to the largest restaurant network in Germany with over 10.000 delivery restaurants. With approximately 600.000 orders per month, the combined entity is one of the leading food delivery portals in Germany. It will be the second largest operation run by Takeaway.com, after its highly successful Dutch business Thuisbezorgd.nl. The combination will process around 1,7M orders on a monthly basis for approximately 27.000 delivery restaurants. With the acquisition, Takeaway.com becomes the largest food delivery website in continental Europe. Over 95% of its orders are processed in four markets: The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Austria. The acquisition of Lieferando also includes Lieferando's Polish subsidiary, Pyszne.pl, bringing the total number of markets Takeaway.com is active in to ten. Both Takeaway.com and Lieferando are profitable.


Lieferando's management team will be given senior positions in Takeaway.com. Lieferando founders Christoph Gerber, Jörg Gerbig and Kai Hansen are thrilled: "We are excited to join a founder-driven like-minded company. By merging two profitable and fast-growing companies we will expand our continental European market leadership to the benefit of customers and restaurants."


CEO Jitse Groen : "We are excited with the deal. Lieferando is a great company, with arguably the best product in the business. Together with the Lieferando team, it is our aim to build the largest food delivery website in Germany and Poland as well as to create the best food delivery website globally."


About Takeaway.com
Takeaway.com is one of the world's largest food delivery websites. Originally from Holland the company now operates websites in ten countries. The company is market leader in the Netherlands and Belgium and has sizeable positions in Germany, Poland and Austria.


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Andreas Engel (PR Officer)


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Jörg Gerbig (COO Takeaway.com)


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E-mail: gerbig@lieferando.de


Jitse Groen (CEO Takeaway.com)


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E-mail: jitse.groen@takeaway.com