have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . march 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . march 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message the neutrality of this article is disputed . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met . april 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message hungryhouse industry online food ordering founded 2006 1 headquarters london uk website hungryhouse hungryhouse.co.uk is a uk based platform for the online ordering of takeaway food owned by german company delivery hero . it allows users to search for restaurants and browse local takeaway menus before placing an order online . as of mid 2016 hungryhouse claims over 10 000 restaurants partners on its platform and operates in most major cities across the uk . in january 2013 the company was bought by berlin based holding company delivery hero . 2 history edit co founders shane lake and tony charles founded hungryhouse in 2003 launching the online platform in 2006 . the co founders appeared on bbc1 s investment show dragons den 3 in 2007 with an offer of 100 000 investment coming from james caan and duncan bannatyne . the investment deal with the dragons later collapsed with a 150 000 investment coming from alternative business angels . 4 the initial round of funding was used to expand the business increasing hungryhouse s restaurant partners from 150 in 2007 to 2 500 in september 2010 . 5 in february 2013 it was announced that hungryhouse was to be bought by the berlin based food ordering giant delivery hero which operates in a total of 16 markets worldwide and has a total of 60 000 restaurant partners . 6 7 how it works edit the hungryhouse platform is available online including via the free iphone or android apps . 8 customers enter their postcode to locate restaurants that deliver to their address and can browse menus and read customer reviews to identify the best local restaurants . to place an order on the platform menu items can be placed in the order basket and online payment can be made via credit debit card . hungryhouse s main competitors are just eat grubhub and deliveroo . references edit about us . hungryhouse . retrieved 27 december 2013 . delivery hero gobbles up uk rivals hungryhouse and eatitnow . venturevillage.eu . 2013 01 29 . retrieved 2015 07 30 . dragons den entrepreneurs shane lake & tony charles . bbc . 1970 01 01 . retrieved 2015 07 30 . hungryhouse.co.uk dragon s den investment falls through . the best thing that could happen to them . archived from the original on august 28 2013 . retrieved may 21 2014 . non primary source needed about hungryhouse . hungryhouse . retrieved 2015 07 30 . matt brian 2013 01 29 . online food ordering startup delivery hero fully acquires hungryhouse . thenextweb.com . retrieved 2015 07 30 . the easiest way to your favourite food . delivery hero . retrieved 2015 07 30 . hungryhouse consumer app of the week money . the guardian . retrieved 2015 07 30 . v t e online food ordering services deliveroo delivery.com delivery hero eatoye eatstreet foodler foodora foodpanda hellofood grubhub hungryhouse just eat menulog munchery seamless orderahead takeaway.com ubereats yemeksepeti zomato software openrest category online food ordering food portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hungryhouse & oldid 743244188 categories online food orderingonline companiesfood and drink companies of englandcompanies based in londonhidden categories all pages needing factual verificationwikipedia articles needing factual verification from september 2016wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from march 2016articles lacking reliable references from march 2016all articles lacking reliable referencesnpov disputes from april 2013all npov disputesarticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 19 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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