According to a recent Bloomberg report, European food delivery giant Delivery Hero has denied rumors that negotiations for its foodpanda business in Southeast Asia have broken down. Delivery Hero said potential ** talks for the business are still ongoing.
As a backdrop, last Friday, a Southeast Asian company quoted sources familiar with the matter as saying that negotiations on foodpanda's Southeast Asian business ** to Grab had collapsed. At the time, Grab did not comment on the rumors.
On the other hand, in September last year, Delivery Hero confirmed that it would launch its foodpanda brand in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos. As the direction of this ** intention, a person familiar with the matter pointed out at the time that Grab may pay more than 1 billion euros to acquire the above-mentioned ** business.
In addition, Bloomberg also later (in November last year), citing sources familiar with the matter, said that Meituan was considering acquiring the business in order to explore diversification outside the domestic market. However, this news was denied by Meituan shortly after, and it was revealed that Meituan's management said at an investor conference that it had no intention of acquiring the foodpanda business.
It is worth mentioning that while Grab is still considered the most likely potential acquirer of the foodpanda business, some analysts believe that antitrust approvals from these market regions will also be the number one challenge for Grab to acquire the business.
For reference, according to a report recently released by Murten Ventures, as of the end of '23, Grab was the largest food delivery brand in Southeast Asia that year, and is expected to account for 55% of the total value of food delivery goods in the region ($9.4 billion), an increase of 6 percent from the previous year8%。Meanwhile, foodpanda is expected to occupy 15 percent of it8% ($2.7 billion), while the size of this amount decreased by 12 percent year-on-year9%。