As we approach this weekend’s X-Factor final, here at Just-Eat we commissioned food artist Prudence Staite to create the Marcrust Collins, Little Mixican Hot, Hamelia and Pineapple Lily and Frankie Capricozza pizzas.

Just-Eat’s X-Factor conducted a poll of over 1,500 people during November, 28% believed Marcus Collins would win, with 27% for Little Mix, 22% Amelia Lily, 12% Misha B, 11% Janet Devlin (Janet was still present in the series at the time of the poll).

In 2010, Just-Eat’s poll correctly predicted Matt Cardle as the winner, Rebecca Ferguson as runner-up, One Direction in third and Cher Lloyd in fourth. Staite created the One Dough-rection and Mozz-Cher-rella pizzas to mark the final.

The Little Mixican Hot

The Frankie Capricozza

The Hamelia and Pineapple Lily

The Marcrust Collins

Hello, we are in the mood of giving away 10 x €10 random Just-Eat.ie vouchers, here’s what you got to do to be in with a chance to win:

• Record a 20/30 second clip using your webcam or digital recorder
• You must be in it
• Include your name
• Where you are from
• Why you use Just-Eat.ie
• Upload to YouTube and send the link to emer@just-eat.ie

Best of luck!

What will we do with the material afterwards?

We will add it to our YouTube Channel for content and we might even feature you on our main site www.Just-Eat.ie.

Winners will be chosen at random before 6pm on Friday 11th of November 2011 so get cracking!

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Does what it says on the tin… or not…

Just-Eat Group CEO Klaus Nyengaard is interviewed in the Financial Times (19/10/2011) where Klaus discusses the importance of technology to Just-Eat.

You can also listen to Klaus discussing technology and Just-eat with Stephen Pritchard via the Financial Times ‘Connected Business’ podcast here.

Follow us on Twitter @JustEatNews for other important news and updates.

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“Feed me! Feed me! Feed me!
Feed me, Seymour
Feed me all night long
That’s right, boy
You can do it
Feed me, Seymour
Feed me all night long
‘Cause if you feed me, Seymour
I can grow up big and strong”
Audrey II sings – Feed me (Go get it) – Little Shop of Horrors

Feed me Seymore

The little shop of horrors is these days a classic musical. Seymour Krelborn is the lamentable no-hoper who makes good with the aid (or despite the aid) of an alien plant bent on world domination. The demand “feed me” though is something that a lot of people will be familiar with, whether it’s from a demanding other half or if you have your own monsters who seem bent on world domination, or at least domestic domination.
If you’re a domestic goddess (or god) and you have a demanding terror or terrors you feel you can’t say no to, you probably find it difficult to get anything done.
Eliminating some of the demands is one way to ease your way back to domestic Nirvana so while Judo, ballet, football and homework can’t be binned, dealing with the “Feed me” demand is something you can unburden yourself from at least now and again.
Obviously eating out all the time with your “Audrey II”s is too expensive for most people, not to mention a logistical and disciplinary nightmare that a Commando Colonel would be proud to pull off, but that doesn’t mean you are chained to the stove. Take out food might be your salvation.  These days the choice for online restaurants is growing enough to cater for almost any tastes and whether your delivery is in Dublin, Galway or Cork you can just pop onto JustEat.ie and sort it all out in one easy move. Might be worth doing before your little horrors start making demands for blood. 

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Our friends over at Xtra-Vision have just launched a NEW nationwide online DVD rental service called Xtra-Vision Direct, so now you can rent your movies online without being restricted to where you live! From Dublin to Donegal to Cork to Waterford… Xtra-Vision Direct have you covered.

To celebrate the launch of Xtra-Vision Direct they have given us one month’s FREE movie rental for all Just-Eat.ie customers. All you have to do obtain your FREE months trial is to register by clicking this secret link.

It’s like a marriage made in heaven where takeaways & movies combine.

Small print:

This offer is subject to Xtra-Vision Website T&C of use which can be found here.  You will be billed at the normal subscription rate after the first free month. You can cancel your account at any time provided you post all movies back to Xtra-vision Direct before the trail period ends.

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We all know the drill you get a menu through the letterbox. There’s about twenty of them, we gently sift through them and ultimately settle on trying out all the Chinese takeaways that deliver in the hope that we won’t be poisoned. When we hit one where it’s quite nice we often become creatures of habit with one number wired into the phone for our Saturday night feasting.
But lets be frank a simple change in personell or just a mistranslation by someone who has English as a second language can turn your Peking duck into a General Tsongs Chicken. A recent experience with a wrong order from my local Chinese take-away in Dublin had this exact problem. It could easily have been your local take-away in cork or the galway delivery of a pizzeria, the problems can be the same. So what to do about it?
I decided to check out ways of getting my order in without it being misinterpreted at all.

• Going into the take-away and having them read the order back to me.

This worked quite well as I could correct things on the spot but lets be honest it does take some of the convenience out of take out food.

Verdict – Reliable but self defeating.

• Carrier Pigeon

I tried this but none of the carrier pigeons ever came back and I never received my take-away. I’m presuming foul play or that the owner of a local sit-down restaurant has intercepted them with an air-gun. Also pigeons make a mess in your living room and may get you into trouble with your landlord.

Verdict – Unreliable and slightly messy.

• An Post

This method didn’t work although I think that may be because the take-away may have thought it was a wind-up. Problems here are registered post is expensive and also mailing the restaurant takes a little of the spontaneity out of the take away meal.

Verdict – Reliable but untimely and expensive

• Online Restaurants

Seemed like a good idea and not bad if an individual restaurant has a system and if everyone wants the same kind of food.

Verdict – Reliable but limited

• Just-Eat.ie

This seems really the answer to all my prayers. I type in the order myself, I pay the money they deliver. No delays, no mistakes and no pigeon droppings or feathers.

Verdict – Feed me
So there you have it folks Just-eat.ie it’s better than the post or carrier pigeons for getting you what you want when you want it.

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To celebrate 17,000 likes on our Facebook Page we are giving you 17% off takeaways today to mark this milestone.

Thank you very much for supporting us!

Please use the code: FBM28

Conditions:

* This offer is only available on card orders only
* JustEat Ireland Ltd reserves the right to withdraw the offer without prior notice
* Further T&C’s can be found here.

JustEat.ie is delighted to announce the official partnership between Four Star Pizza and JustEat.ie. Every Four Star Pizza outlet is listed on JustEat.ie throughout the country. The best thing about Four Star Pizza is that most of  the shops are open for deliveries at lunchtime so you don’t have to wait for home time to order some fresh pizza!

Four Star Pizza are the New York Pizza people that pride themselves in using only fresh ingredients to bring you that truly authentic NYC pizza experience. Search your location now on JustEat.ie for a Four Star Pizza outlet near you!

To mark JustEat’s partnership with Four Star Pizza we are giving you 10% off on Tuesday the 27th  September. Please use the code: FSP26.

Enjoy!

Hi. My name is Nicole and I’m the Office Administrator for Just-Eat.ie. I joined the company in December 2008 and have never looked back! My responsbilities include managing restaurant and customer queries, handling all of the online and offline administration, checking the online menus, preparing the Just-Eat boxes before they go into shops, assisting Customer Care and lots, lots more.

One of the main reasons why I enjoy working at Just-Eat is because when I joined we were still a little internet company with big ideas, and in a short space of time we have become the biggest online takeaway service in Ireland and growing fast! Its really exciting to be part of business that is constantly evolving and getting bigger.

I think within the next few years, people will be wondering why they ever used the phone to order their takeaways. I believe ordering via Just-Eat will just become the norm.

That’s all I can think to say right now, thanks for reading!

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