Just Eat has announced a €1million package to help struggling restaurants amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
The initiative will see a range of measures available to businesses using the app over the next 30 days, including reduced commissions for independent restaurants already on the platform.
The app has also thrown-out sign up fees for new members, and has injected cash into other resources in operations and menu development.
And a team of people will be on hand to work with numerous new restaurants seeking to set up a take-away service for the first time.
Amanda Roche-Kelly, Managing Director, Just Eat Ireland said: “We’re doing everything in our power to drive the necessary orders to keep all our restaurant partners busy during these difficult days.
"Most of our existing partners remain open for delivery and collection and all are taking the necessary precautions to ensure safe delivery of food.
“We are also really conscious that there are hundreds of local independent restaurants in towns, villages and suburbs throughout the country that have been forced to close their doors.
“Previously they haven’t offered a delivery option but for them, this is the only way that they can keep staff employed and stay open during the period ahead.
"We have been inundated with requests for support from this cohort of restaurants and are delighted to be in a position to invest to help them.
“There are thousands of people working in the takeaway restaurant sector and add to this the thousands more in the restaurants who haven’t previously offered delivery.
"This is a huge industry and a huge employer. It is essential that, as the market leader in the delivery space, that we do what we can to support the sector through this hugely challenging time.
“We are going to continue to do what we can to drive orders to our restaurant partners and help to keep as many people in work as possible while also providing what is a valued delivery service during the weeks and months ahead.”
