Dirty Takeaway Pictures Volume 3

Dirty Takeaway Pictures Volume 3

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giblet

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8,824 posts

176 months

Saturday 27th August 2016
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eskidavies

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158 months

Saturday 27th August 2016
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The chicken puri and garlic chicken was especially good ,when I picked it up the guy told me to ring it through in future ,I'll give you freebies ,it was 21.55 he said give me 20

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 28th August 2016
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Adenauer said:
I'm not falling for it again, and watch your language, Timothy!
Suck my kebab

Pferdestarke

7,179 posts

186 months

Sunday 28th August 2016
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eskidavies said:


The chicken puri and garlic chicken was especially good ,when I picked it up the guy told me to ring it through in future ,I'll give you freebies ,it was 21.55 he said give me 20
They lose around 15% to just eat. He wants your direct business.

I wonder how profitable a good Chinese or Indian takeaway is in a busy spot?

giblet

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8,824 posts

176 months

Sunday 28th August 2016
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Pferdestarke said:
They lose around 15% to just eat. He wants your direct business.

I wonder how profitable a good Chinese or Indian takeaway is in a busy spot?
JustEat take 20% off every single order. They also charge around £800 to a takeaway when they sign up for the hardware.

giblet

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176 months

Sunday 28th August 2016
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It is for some takeaways but I've spoken to a few owners who seemingly work on much smaller margins once all their costs are taken into account. One way around it was to charge a higher price for your food on JustEat and a low one on your paper menu for walk ins and phone orders. JustEat have clamped down on it recently. They've also stopped owners from running multiple shops from one machine.

Another issue a lot of takeaway owners are now having is that the tax man is now (rightfully) coming after them as all their transactions are on the books and they can no longer fiddle their accounts.

Vyse

1,224 posts

123 months

Sunday 28th August 2016
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Ive heard of a local Chinese that they rake in about £7000 a week, not sure how much of that would be profit though.

BrabusMog

20,082 posts

185 months

Sunday 28th August 2016
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Deliveroo really took a huge chunk out of JustEat, it's why JustEat are now fulfilling deliveries themselves/through third party delivery companies. They've literally got fleets of guys on electric mopeds positioned waiting for orders to come through and they are getting charged £5 a delivery.

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 28th August 2016
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Pferdestarke said:
They lose around 15% to just eat. He wants your direct business.

I wonder how profitable a good Chinese or Indian takeaway is in a busy spot?
Very high gross profit margins - many are run by families so as much cash as possible is kept within the family.

So really it comes down to how they pay for the property.
If they own the property it's a serious gold mine.
Long hours and unglamorous hard work though

Butter Face

30,191 posts

159 months

Sunday 28th August 2016
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Vyse said:
Ive heard of a local Chinese that they rake in about £7000 a week, not sure how much of that would be profit though.
I've heard of a couple local to me that rake in those kind of figures through the card machines, but strangely don't take much cash. Who'd have thought it? rofl

markcoznottz

7,155 posts

223 months

Sunday 28th August 2016
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BrabusMog said:
Deliveroo really took a huge chunk out of JustEat, it's why JustEat are now fulfilling deliveries themselves/through third party delivery companies. They've literally got fleets of guys on electric mopeds positioned waiting for orders to come through and they are getting charged £5 a delivery.
The moped wars coming to high street near you soon. 😂. Is there any overlap from just eat to Deliveroo? Ie takeaways doing both? I thought Deliveroo were higher end food?

markcoznottz

7,155 posts

223 months

Sunday 28th August 2016
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desolate said:
Pferdestarke said:
They lose around 15% to just eat. He wants your direct business.

I wonder how profitable a good Chinese or Indian takeaway is in a busy spot?
Very high gross profit margins - many are run by families so as much cash as possible is kept within the family.

So really it comes down to how they pay for the property.
If they own the property it's a serious gold mine.
Long hours and unglamorous hard work though
Really gruelling, long hours like you said, plus unsociable and out of hours stuff as well, organising leaflet drops, stock deliveries, and general prep.

easytiger123

2,591 posts

208 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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markcoznottz said:
The moped wars coming to high street near you soon. ??. Is there any overlap from just eat to Deliveroo? Ie takeaways doing both? I thought Deliveroo were higher end food?
There's some (but not much) overlap where I am in NW London. UberEATS is now also in the market so I'm guessing they'll have to reach out to restaurants that have yet to sign up to either JE or Deliveroo.

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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markcoznottz said:
Really gruelling, long hours like you said, plus unsociable and out of hours stuff as well, organising leaflet drops, stock deliveries, and general prep.
Yup this and more, I worked with a Consultant who was fairly senior at one of the Big four, yet evenings and weekends he was was expected to do his bit in his parents takeaway.

BrabusMog

20,082 posts

185 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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easytiger123 said:
markcoznottz said:
The moped wars coming to high street near you soon. ??. Is there any overlap from just eat to Deliveroo? Ie takeaways doing both? I thought Deliveroo were higher end food?
There's some (but not much) overlap where I am in NW London. UberEATS is now also in the market so I'm guessing they'll have to reach out to restaurants that have yet to sign up to either JE or Deliveroo.
My understanding of it is that people who had previously used Just Eat to order and collect had started to move to using Deliveroo. As such, Just Eat have started to offer delivery from restaurants where people would have had to collect in the past. It wasn’t an in depth conversation as I had actually been discussing the Euro Car Parts business model with one of their suppliers at the time.

markcoznottz

7,155 posts

223 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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BrabusMog said:
easytiger123 said:
markcoznottz said:
The moped wars coming to high street near you soon. ??. Is there any overlap from just eat to Deliveroo? Ie takeaways doing both? I thought Deliveroo were higher end food?
There's some (but not much) overlap where I am in NW London. UberEATS is now also in the market so I'm guessing they'll have to reach out to restaurants that have yet to sign up to either JE or Deliveroo.
My understanding of it is that people who had previously used Just Eat to order and collect had started to move to using Deliveroo. As such, Just Eat have started to offer delivery from restaurants where people would have had to collect in the past. It wasn’t an in depth conversation as I had actually been discussing the Euro Car Parts business model with one of their suppliers at the time.
Sounds like it could get messy, some takeaways already baulk at just eats charges. Deliveroo seems to have a limited range at the moment.

vladcjelli

2,962 posts

157 months

Wednesday 31st August 2016
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Tried a couple of blind internet takeaway orders last weekend.

Couple of busy days in the capital, couldn't face dragging the kids along to eat out, so skimmed just eat first night, and hungry house the second.

Should have stuck to the first one (pizza, kebab) as although portions weren't huge, the pizzas were good. The second night pizzas all mysteriously developed jalapeños when not required. But I fancied SFC, so we had to try the second one.

Collecting takeaway at the hotel entrance always feels shady, but that may be part of the appeal?

kiethton

13,883 posts

179 months

Wednesday 31st August 2016
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vladcjelli said:
Tried a couple of blind internet takeaway orders last weekend.

Couple of busy days in the capital, couldn't face dragging the kids along to eat out, so skimmed just eat first night, and hungry house the second.

Should have stuck to the first one (pizza, kebab) as although portions weren't huge, the pizzas were good. The second night pizzas all mysteriously developed jalapeños when not required. But I fancied SFC, so we had to try the second one.

Collecting takeaway at the hotel entrance always feels shady, but that may be part of the appeal?
Beats getting it delivered to the office!

Got me an UberEats code to use today, should be good for a free lunch! - hopefully something disgustingly unhealthy to really appease my colleagues


ETA it was ok!



if anybody in London wants £10 off a lunch/a free lunch/dinner feel free to use the code:




Edited by kiethton on Wednesday 31st August 13:09


Edited by kiethton on Wednesday 31st August 13:12

SuperFurryTom

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91 months

Wednesday 31st August 2016
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I can't consider myself a pistonhead; I don't even drive (the shame) but I LOVE these threads and have been following them for some time, getting hungry each time I check-in, lurking from the shadows, rubbing my belly and salivating.

Well, tonight, I decided I'd register and share some of the monstrosities I consume.

I have an XL Chicken Parmo on route. I've told them to leave the chips because eating chips means less room for delicious, greasy, cheesy parmo. I am, of course, getting salad, but only lettuce and onion. And then there's the mandatory 1 x tub of garlic and 1 x tub of chilli.

I'll be honest, I feel a bit ashamed 'cos I'm meant to be on a diet but the missus is at work, also meant to be dieting, and she is chomping down on a large Dominos pizza so this just evens things up.

Pictures to follow....

ambuletz

10,689 posts

180 months

Wednesday 31st August 2016
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Welcome!wavey

we look forward to your picks and many more. as a londoner I've never even tried a parmo, but the DT thread has always made me want to try it... and I've always been envious of the kebab boxes that other places have too.
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