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Deliveroo, Pho and Sheffield Hallam University team to 'rethink delivery packaging' Deliveroo and Pho have joined forces with Sheffield Hallam University for the return of Deliveroo's Sustainable Packaging Challenge for the third year. This follows the successful collaboration between the delivery platform and university with GAIL's in last year's competition, and the launch of the challenge in 2024. The challenge will see Sheffield Hallam students attempt to redesign two pieces of Pho's packaging: a bag used by Pho for its signature fresh herbs and chillies, and a container that separates rice and curry. The students' designs will aim to ensure that food is delivered from Pho to the customer whilst remaining hot, fresh, without spilling, and considering sustainability as a main driver for innovation. The challenge will see students from the Higher Degree Apprenticeship Packaging Professional programme redesign two key pieces of Pho's packaging: a bag used for its signature fresh herbs and chillies, and a container designed to keep rice and curry separate during delivery. Their designs will focus on ensuring that food reaches customers hot, fresh and spill-free, while placing sustainability at the heart of the innovation process. Students will have just under five months to produce prototypes that meet these objectives, receiving guidance and support from experts at both Deliveroo and Pho. The winning design will then be selected at a final exhibition, with winners receiving a £1,500 cash prize and the potential to bring their design to life, in partnership with Pho. Pho's exclusive partnership with Deliveroo has seen consistent growth over the last decade. Joining the platform in 2014 with 25 sites, the fresh, healthy Vietnamese favourite has since doubled its footprint to over 50 locations nationwide. The competition presents an exciting opportunity for students to work with a national, well respected brand. The challenge reflects Deliveroo's aim to support local businesses and communities, experimenting and innovating to support its sustainability goals. The cross-sector collaboration, bringing together the drive and creativity of the students, and the expertise of one of the longest standing and most popular national partners on the platform, supports the development of new and practical solutions for reusable packaging. Eleanor Garnier, senior policy advisor, Deliveroo, said: "Deliveroo are really excited to launch our third Sustainable Packaging Challenge with Sheffield Hallam University, this year partnering with Pho. We want to prove that innovative, sustainable packaging can be affordable for businesses in the delivery sector. By bringing business and academia together, we're fast-tracking creative sustainable solutions into the market. We can't wait to see what the students come up with!" Libby Andrews, marketing director at Pho said: "This is a wonderful opportunity to work with a group of extremely passionate and talented students who will approach our packaging challenges with an innovative eye. We are looking forward to seeing what they come up with!" Azucena Gómez, course leader at Sheffield Hallam University said: "Smbcpackaging is excited to build on its successful partnership with Deliveroo and to collaborate with Pho on this new challenge. This fresh opportunity encourages apprentices to push their thinking in new directions, explore innovative solutions, and gain valuable insights from working with industry leaders. By bringing together industry expertise and emerging talent, Smbcpackaging create an environment that encourages creativity, experimentation, and mutual learning, ultimately delivering value for everyone while fostering innovation, growth, and success."

Deliveroo recreates the high street shopping experience with major app updates. London, 14th May 2026: Deliveroo, the on-demand delivery platform, is rolling out two new major product updates this week, as it continues to give customers even more choice from their favourite high street restaurants and shops. The first feature, called 'Bundles', allows customers to shop from up to three stores in one single basket for no extra delivery fee, covering the thousands of grocery and retail stores available on Deliveroo app. It is initially being tested with customers across the UK and Ireland who use Deliveroo for grocery shopping. The feature is an industry-first in the UK, with no other delivery platform currently offering the capability to order from three stores in one single order. It has been designed to help local supermarkets and retailers capture more orders, by removing a key pain point for customers. Currently some customers do not complete a grocery or retail order because they cannot find everything they need from one store, whether that's due to out of stock items, specific dietary requirements, or the desire to tick off a diverse shopping list in one go. In fact, a lack of selection at a single store was ranked as a top barrier for grocery and retail purchases on Deliveroo.* By trialling a multi-store ordering functionality, Deliveroo is seeking to increase order volume, frequency and basket size by creating a more flexible and dynamic customer experience that simulates a trip down a local high street. The move marks the latest step in Deliveroo's continued investment into its grocery and retail offering. Suzy McClintock, Vice President of Consumer & New Verticals at Deliveroo, said: "We want to emulate a trip to the shops on your local high street through the ability to order from multiple stores in a single order. Whether that be your local supermarket, butchers or bakers, through to your pharmacy, or florist, grocery customers can fulfill different needs in a single order, for no extra delivery cost." Expanding 'Top up' to restaurants Additionally, Deliveroo is enhancing its 'post-order top up' functionality. Previously, this feature gave customers a ten minute window after checkout to add items from a nearby retailer to their restaurant order, such as adding a bottle of wine or dessert from a supermarket. The 'top up' is then delivered by the same or an additional rider is dispatched. Deliveroo is now extending the same 'top up' capability to restaurants. This means that after placing an order, whether that be from a local restaurant, supermarket or retailer, customers can seamlessly add items from a restaurant nearby post check-out. The new feature is the perfect solution for those who want to order from two separate restaurants, or who want to order a meal alongside groceries. Both the 'Bundles' and 'Top-Up' features are in pilot phase and may be iterated over time depending on customer response. *Deliveroo market research of more than 1,500 consumers who use delivery apps for groceries (2025). Further information on how Bundles works Eligible customers will spot multiple prompts within the Deliveroo app to create a Bundled order across the menu pages. All customers must begin the user journey by adding items from one grocery or retail store, before they will see prompts to add additional products from one or two other nearby stores. To ensure multi-store orders are delivered quickly and efficiently, they will either be fulfilled by a single rider, or they will be delivered separately by multiple riders. Customers will be presented with GPS tracking information and an estimated window for delivery, as with any other order.

Tortilla reunites with Deliveroo after 2-year snub. The group has adopted a multi-aggregator strategy along with Just Eat and Uber Eats. Tortilla has renewed its partnership with delivery aggregator Deliveroo after the Mexican chain previously ended its relationship in February 2024, citing challenging margin profits. In 2024, Tortilla made a strategic decision to condense to a dual delivery platform to improve profit conversion and increase focus on in store revenue. The arrangement is expected to be rolled out across a significant proportion of the Group's UK company-owned restaurants, which is expected to enable the group to broaden customer reach, improve service availability and optimise delivery performance across multiple channels. "Delivery remains an important and complementary channel for Tortilla, and this new multi-aggregator arrangement reflects our disciplined approach to accessing incremental demand while retaining operational and commercial control," Brandon Stephens, CEO Tortilla Mexican Grill plc, said. Join QSR Media UK community The new delivery arrangement now sits alongside its existing relationships with Uber Eats and Just Eat. The agreement has been entered into on standard commercial terms. Tortilla's board believes that the new delivery arrangements will enhance Tortilla's ability to serve customers conveniently, whilst maintaining appropriate control over pricing, promotions and operational standards, and is expected to drive incremental delivery sales in the current and future financial years, where the channel remains strategically and economically attractive.