Skip the Dishes
Acquired4 known investors
Skip is a food delivery platform that connects consumers with over 50,000 restaurants and retailers across Canada, offering meal delivery, grocery services, and workplace food benefits through Skip For Business.
Also known as Skip · SkipTheDishes · SkipTheDishes Restaurant Services Inc
Founders & leadership
Investors · 4
Company profile
researched Aug 2026SkipTheDishes Restaurant Services Inc., branded as Skip, is a Canadian online food ordering and delivery service headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and a division of Dutch-based Just Eat Takeaway.com. Customers order from participating restaurants through its iOS or Android apps or a web browser, track orders, and leave reviews of restaurants after delivery; a pickup option is also offered for customers who prefer not to pay delivery charges. Each restaurant listing carries a "Skip score" derived from factors such as delivery time, popularity, reviews and customer experience.
The platform operates across Canada and, as described in secondary coverage, is available in over 100 cities across all ten provinces. Beyond restaurant meals, it has expanded into adjacent categories: alcohol delivery was piloted in Winnipeg in 2017, and Skip Express Lane, a household goods and grocery delivery offering, began testing in Winnipeg and London, Ontario in late 2021. In October 2024 the company shortened its brand name from SkipTheDishes to Skip to reflect expanded offerings across groceries, convenience items and retail goods.
The business is a three-sided marketplace serving consumers, restaurant partners and delivery couriers. Restaurants apply through the company website and are onboarded by the company; couriers sign up online by supplying contact details and the city in which they wish to work.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 7
by search overlap
Companies competing with Skip the Dishes for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Timeline · 11
launches, deals, and filingsThe company shortened its name to Skip during a brand refresh intended to reflect offerings beyond food delivery, including groceries, convenience items and retail goods.
CEO Paul Burns announced on LinkedIn the layoff of 800 employees: 100 Canada-based Skip The Dishes employees and 700 Canada-based operations employees of parent Just Eat Takeaway.com, as part of restructuring.
Following a review aimed at fostering sustainable growth, SkipTheDishes cut 350 jobs, primarily remote contact centre roles.
In summer 2021, ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games, SkipTheDishes was named the "Official Food Delivery App" of the Canadian Olympic Committee.
In late 2021 SkipTheDishes began testing Skip Express Lane, delivering household goods and groceries directly to customers, in Winnipeg and London, Ontario.
In line with Just Eat's other markets, SkipTheDishes adopted Takeaway.com's branding and orange colour scheme while keeping the SkipTheDishes name.
SkipTheDishes entered a multiyear marketing relationship with the Toronto Defiant, an esports team in the Overwatch League.
Just Eat merged with Netherlands-based Takeaway.com to form Just Eat Takeaway.com, making it SkipTheDishes' parent company.
SkipTheDishes withdrew from the US market; its business and drivers were transferred to Grubhub under an agreement with the rival company.
SkipTheDishes announced it was experimenting with alcohol delivery in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with plans to expand nationwide.
Just Eat plc agreed to acquire SkipTheDishes for an initial consideration of CAD 110 million (GBP 66.1 million), split CAD 100 million cash on completion and CAD 10 million payable in 12 months as 1,046,601 new Just Eat ordinary shares, with up to a further CAD 90 million (GBP 54.1 million) contingent on strict financial targets. Wikipedia and other secondary sources describe the deal value as $200 million. SkipTheDishes remained a subsidiary and separate brand with headquarters in Winnipeg; co-founders Chris Simair and Andrew Chau departed.
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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- SkipTheDishes - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Skip the Dishes do?
- Canadian online food delivery platform, founded 2012 in Saskatoon, now a Winnipeg-based subsidiary of Just Eat Takeaway.com.
- Who founded Skip the Dishes?
- Skip the Dishes was founded by Chris Simair.
- Who are Skip the Dishes's investors?
- Skip the Dishes's investors include Felicis Ventures, Golden Venture Partners, Golden Ventures, Two Small Fish Ventures.