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Adrian Cutts
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Operator of:
@veritasonkw.bsky.social and @onequeensland.bsky.social, and Kuttsywood's Couch blog.

For those asking: Bluesky user #1,080,404.
Yes, it's going to end up a duopoly between Uber and Doordash.

But I just hope the biggest asset Menulog has... is ultimately sold to someone else: that is, their user data they've collected over two decades.

A leak of that data would make Optus's data breach look like a raceday picnic.
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
A Menulog sale was never attempted, so it's being shuttered.

Openly expecting SkipTheDishes will end up sold, much like SkipTheDishes US arm, that ultimately ended up part of Grubhub, so Just Eat-Takeaway can focus entirely on the EU/UK market.
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The real reason 2, is simple. Just Eat-Takeaway sold Grubhub late last year, to pull out of the US.

Menulog already shut down it's NZ operation twelve months ago.

Menulog Australia and SkipTheDishes in Canada are the only significant markets outside the EU/UK JE-T has local presences in.
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
As well as Grubhub in the US once they were acquired by Just Eat-Takeaway.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS6L...
Grubhub and Snoop Dogg Debut “Did Somebody Say” Platform in U.S.
YouTube video by MultiVu
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Just Eat got a version of the campaign with Snoop...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFPE...
Did Somebody Say - Just Eat ft. Snoop Dogg (Official Video w/ subtitles)
YouTube video by Just Eat
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Reason 2... is not the advertising spend. Remember the Snoop Dogg commercials for Menulog five years ago?

They were part of a wider buy for Menulog's then parent: Just Eat (who were awaiting a merger with Dutch firm Takeaway at the time)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA8t...
Menulog | Snoop Dogg Commercial - (25.11.2020)
YouTube video by South Coast TV | 3
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Reason 1: As someone said elsewhere: "Menulog could not adapt like Doordash and UberEats to do more than just takeaway.
Grocery essentials delivery is in big demand."

This is 100% correct: Menulog needed to get into grocery delivery: and with a partner who'd jump at the chance: IGA.
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Just wait until eSafety figures out that Messenger can't work without a Facebook account.

Roblox may not be long for this world however, if the #freeschlep fight continues.
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The big question now lies: whether the momentum builds toward holiday season: something Legends Arceus didn't have (instead drowned out by Scarlet/Violet hype a month post-release in 2022)

What happens this holiday season re. Switch 2 sales, will shape the Pokemon Presents on 27/2/26. Guaranteed.
October 24, 2025 at 5:27 AM