Online takeaway website hits 2,500 restaurant milestone

23rd September 2010, 8:38am

The online takeaway ordering website, that inspired Dragon's Den tycoons to shake hands on a £100,000 deal, is now celebrating once again, having welcomed the 2,500th restaurant to the site.

The achievement for hungryhouse.co.uk comes after a particularly successful year; having doubled its number of restaurant partnerships in just 14 months. 

The website has noticed a steady increase in restaurant partnerships from all areas of the UK; with restaurant owners becoming increasingly aware of the growing trend amongst consumers to find an online solution to everyday tasks. hungryhouse.co.uk now features 2,500 local restaurants from cities around the British Isles, including a huge variety of different cuisine choices such as Chinese, Indian, Thai, Italian and Japanese. 

The site allows users a quick and easy way to view menus, order and pay for takeaways online; with meals delivered straight to their door for convenience.
Facilitating more than £200,000 worth of takeaway orders every week, the site also gives users access to more than 125,000 customer ratings, amplifying natural word of mouth and helping them make an informed decision about which restaurants to place an order with. 

Launched in 2006, the website was projected into the limelight after a successful appearance on BBC's 'Dragon's Den.' Business tycoons James Caan and Duncan Bannatyne shook hands on a £100,000 deal with hungryhouse.co.uk, having been impressed with the pitch which demonstrated the benefits of ordering takeaway food via the internet. Investment was offered and accepted from another investor after the show initially aired. 

Mandeep Singh, National Sales Manager of hungryhouse.co.uk, said: "We were so happy to reach the milestone of 2,500 restaurant partnerships; especially given the extensive growth we have witnessed in the past 14 months. It seems that restaurant owners are growing increasingly savvy as to the powers of the internet, and as so many consumers now turn to it to order a delivery, it makes sense that restaurants are signing up in large numbers."

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an lusan

29 September 2010 at 8:38pm

Hungry house are doing well, but just-eat is nearly reaching 10,000. But the market has such growth potential that being second is still very lucrative. should get hungry house takeaways on this site http://www.uk-online-takeaway.com

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