Deliveroo launches its own discount scheme

As the government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme end date looms on 31 August, Deliveroo has announced the launch of its own discount scheme – Eat In to Help Out – which will see customers receive £5 off delivery orders made from Monday to Wednesday throughout September.

More than 16,000 small, local restaurants across the UK are involved with the scheme, which has support from chancellor Rishi Sunak.

It is estimated 100,000 customers will be able to get the £5 discount each week in September.

Deliveroo is funding all the consumer discounts for the local participating restaurants, and national chains are being given the option to participate, if they fund the discount themselves.

“Deliveroo is passionate about supporting local restaurants, who are central to our business and to so many high streets across the UK,” says CEO and founder of Deliveroo, Will Shu.

“Our restaurant partners play a vital role in our economy, just as they do people’s everyday lives, bringing people the food they love. We know they have been hit hard recently, and we hope Our Eat IN to Help Out scheme can play a part in helping their businesses through this difficult period.”

“This has been an incredibly difficult time for the hospitality sector, both during the lockdown and emerging from it,” comments Sunak.

“Thousands of restaurants and cafes forced to close during lockdown were thankfully able to continue trading in some way using delivery services such as Deliveroo.

“For small, independent and local firms this has been a lifeline.

“Our Eat out to Help Out scheme was designed to help restaurants reopen and protect the 2m jobs in this sector, giving it the boost it needed.

“I hope that people will continue to show their support for this vitally important part of our economy and Deliveroo’s new Eat In to Help Out scheme is another way for them to do so.”

To claim their £5 discount, customers need to use the following codes on orders above £20:

• ‘EATIN1’ between 01/09/20 and 02/09/20
• ‘EATIN2’ between 07/09/20 and 09/09/20
• ‘EATIN3’ between 14/09/20 and 16/09/20
• ‘EATIN4’ between 21/09/20 and 23/09/20
• ‘EATIN5’ between 28/09/20 and 30/09/20

To encourage more people to use delivery and support their local restaurants, Deliveroo is also offering new customers to the platform 14 days’ free delivery for the months of September and October.