{"id":30665,"date":"2013-01-28T09:41:33","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T07:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=30665"},"modified":"2013-01-28T10:12:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T08:12:34","slug":"takealot-acquires-60-percent-of-mr-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/30665\/takealot-acquires-60-percent-of-mr-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Takealot acquires 60 percent of Mr D"},"content":{"rendered":"

Takealot<\/a> announced today (28 January 2013) that it has acquired a 60% stake in Mr D<\/a> (formerly known as Mr Delivery).<\/p>\n

Mr D has a national infrastructure of branches and drivers delivering 7 days a week until 9pm, allowing for scheduled deliveries to customers.<\/p>\n

Mr D is currently transitioning from a food delivery business into a Business to Consumer (B2C) distribution business specialising in last mile deliveries to the consumer market.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very happy with the level of service provided to us by Mr D over the course of the last year, so happy in fact that we have decided to invest further and secure a meaningful stake in the business\u201d said CEO of Takealot, Kim Reid<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe specialize in providing Business to Consumer deliveries while allowing the customer to select their preferred time of day to have their goods delivered\u201d said Mr D Managing Director, David Chait<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cTakealot will help us scale our technology appropriately and assist in developing the tools and services required to take the business to a new level, we are very excited about this development.\u201d<\/p>\n

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