Just Eat Takeaway.com and McDonald’s announce long-term global strategic partnership to drive delivery growth 

McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) and Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. (LSE: JET, AMS: TKWY) have agreed to a new, long-term global strategic partnership, evolving their existing local agreements to provide McDonald’s customers and franchisees with the convenience and value of McDelivery® in markets across the world. McDonald’s and Just Eat Takeaway.com’s partnership will support growth of the McDelivery business and will lead to increased operational benefits for Just Eat Takeaway.com.

Just Eat Takeaway.com’s global brand and extensive geographic coverage, best-in-class food-delivery marketplace and 500,000 couriers worldwide provide numerous strategic benefits to its delivery partners, such as McDonald’s. This partnership will elevate existing local partnerships between Just Eat Takeaway.com and McDonalds, which will reduce complexity and provide great opportunity to innovate at scale together on operational efficiency and a seamless customer experience. 

Delivery is a significant component of McDonald’s Accelerating the Arches growth strategy to drive the business forward while providing a fast, easy experience for customers. Since the launch of McDelivery five years ago, McDonald’s delivery footprint has grown from 3,000 restaurants to more than 33,000 restaurants across 100 countries through partnerships with both local and global platforms. 

As the world’s largest restaurant company, McDonald’s offers partners unique advantages, including an iconic brand, unmatched proximity to customers around the world, demand throughout the day, operational excellence, leading customer acquisition and world-class marketing expertise.

Forward-Looking Statements 

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, which reflect expectations regarding future events and operating performance. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Certain factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations are detailed in McDonald’s and Just Eat Takeaway.com’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and neither McDonald’s nor Just Eat Takeaway.com undertakes any obligation to update such forward-looking statements except as may otherwise be required by law.