Just Eat Takeaway.com will cease all delivery operations in Bulgaria on 15 September 2026, ending a business that has operated there since 2018 under the orange Takeaway.com brand. The takeaway for affected workers and couriers is concrete: the company says it will follow statutory processes as the exit is carried out.
220 staff and 480 couriers
Approximately 220 staff and 480 couriers are affected by the shutdown. For them, the practical change is not a theoretical shift in strategy but a timetable: delivery work in Bulgaria is set to stop, subject to any applicable statutory requirements, on 15 September 2026.
Just Eat Takeaway.com said the decision followed careful consideration and was intended to focus investment on accelerating growth and building strong, sustainably profitable market positions. It also said it would continue to deliver the best possible experience for customers, partners and couriers while the exit process runs.
Amsterdam and Bulgaria
The company is headquartered in Amsterdam and says it has a legacy spanning more than 20 years in Bulgaria. It also says it has 342,000 connected Partners across Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
That scale makes the Bulgaria exit a narrow retreat, not a broad pullback. The company is cutting one market while preserving its wider network, which means the operational burden is concentrated on the local staff and couriers rather than spread across the group.
Jitse Groen and Roberto Gandolfo
Jitse Groen is scheduled to step down as CEO on 1 January 2026, with Roberto Gandolfo set to succeed him. The announcement also sits alongside a planned delisting on 17 November 2025 and other company updates in the same source, giving the Bulgaria exit the feel of one move inside a larger restructuring.
The open question is why Bulgaria was chosen for the shutdown rather than another market. For the people affected, the useful detail is the one the company has already put on the table: the delivery network keeps running until 15 September 2026, and the exit will move through the statutory process before it closes.
