The founder of Grubhub said he twice attempted to buy back the food delivery business from Just Eat Takeaway for more than $1bn, making the revelation days after the Dutch group announced a deal to sell its US subsidiary at a huge loss for just $650mn.
Grubhub的创始人表示，他曾两次试图以超过10亿美元的价格从Just Eat Takeaway手中回购食品配送业务。几天前，这家荷兰集团宣布以6.5亿美元的巨额亏损出售其美国子公司。
Matt Maloney, who co-founded Chicago-based Grubhub in 2004, told the Financial Times that he led an effort to buy the US unit around the start of this year and in early 2022, with backing from “internationally known” private equity firms.
马特•马洛尼(Matt Maloney)于2004年与人共同创立了总部位于芝加哥的Grubhub，他告诉英国《金融时报》，在“国际知名”私募股权公司的支持下，他在今年年初和2022年初领导了一项收购美国子公司的计划。
The details of these previous approaches come after JET on Wednesday said it had struck a deal to sell Grubhub for an enterprise value of $650mn to US-based Wonder Group, years after buying it for $7.3bn at the height of the pandemic-driven food delivery boom.
在公布这些先前接触细节之前，JET周三表示，已达成协议，将Grubhub以6.5亿美元的企业价值出售给美国的Wonder Group。几年前，在疫情推动的食品配送热潮最高峰时期，该公司以73亿美元收购了Grubhub。