Just Eat Pauses for Pride this Saturday June 29th
As official Partners of Dublin Pride, Just Eat is pausing its Dublin delivery service from 11am – 12pm before the Dublin Pride Parade to encourage as many people as possible to come out and celebrate
As part of its sponsorship, Just Eat is partnering with Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre, and from 12pm this Saturday until midnight on Sunday 30th June, 50c from every Just Eat order will be donated to the charity
- New research from Just Eat reveals that 62% of LGBTQ+ community members polled (188 people) will come out to celebrate Dublin Pride this Saturday
- While 14% have attended the Dublin Pride celebrations for over ten years, 29% will join for the first time this weekend
- Just Eat announces it is sponsoring Dublin Pride and to encourage people to celebrate and ‘pause for Pride’, it is pausing its Dublin delivery service from 11am-12pm this Saturday for the first time
- On Saturday, the Just Eat team will also be walking in the festival’s annual parade as well as featuring at the Dublin Pride Food Village, with restaurant partners Chimac and Urban Health serving delicious dishes to visitors from 12:00pm-6:00pm in Merrion Square
This weekend, as the Dublin Pride Festival prepares to stage its historic 50th annual parade, Just Eat has conducted new research into how the LGBTQ+ community feel about coming out to celebrate. While 14% of members of the community polled for the study (188 people) have attended Dublin Pride celebrations for over ten years now, 29% more plan to join in for the first time on Saturday.
Just Eat is proud to announce that it is also coming out to celebrate Dublin Pride for the very first time this weekend, sponsoring the festival and bringing two of its restaurant partners, one of Dublin’s most popular Korean Fried Chicken spots, Chimac and the delicious foodie hotspot, Urban Health, to the Dublin Pride Food Village, taking place from 12-6pm in Merrion Square. On Saturday, to encourage everyone not to stay in, but to come out and celebrate Dublin Pride, Just Eat is announcing that for the first time ever, it will be pausing its Dublin delivery service for one hour, from 11am to when the parade begins at 12pm.
The Dublin Pride sponsorship is just one of a series of initiatives that Just Eat is introducing to further show support for the LGBTQ+ community. Understanding the importance of showing solidarity for the community at occasions like Dublin Pride and all year round, Just Eat is today also announcing a brand-new partnership with Irish charity, Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre. The charity is dedicated to supporting the people, spaces, and issues important to the LGBTQ+ community and improving their quality of life. It is on a mission to empower LGBTQIA+ individuals to express themselves and find fulfillment in all aspects of their lives.
On Saturday, 50c from all Just Eat orders made after the Dublin delivery service reopens at 12pm, until midnight on Sunday, June 30th, will be donated to Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre. While visitors get the chance to enjoy delicious food, sit, and relax, there will also be an opportunity for visitors to the Just Eat area at the Dublin Pride Village to tap and make a donation of €1, €3 or €52 to Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre in pride.
Just Eat has enlisted the support of social media star Cassie Stokes, who will be visiting the Just Eat area at the Dublin Pride Food Village on Saturday 29th June and documenting her experience on @cassiestokes on Instagram.
Celebrating every flavour
When members of the LGBTQ+ community are dining out, ordering in or going to bars / cafés, an overwhelming number (89%) experience positive allyship / support for their community. In fact, 41% think the hospitality industry is paving the way ahead of other industries when it comes to making the community feel comfortable being themselves.
Just Eat is proud to operate in an industry that works together to celebrate every person’s flavour, championing inclusivity, diversity, and equality and encouraging people to feel free to be who they are. This weekend, in support of Just Eat’s Dublin Pride campaign, several of its partners including GBK, Chimac, Urban Health, Saba To Go, and Bao Bun in Dublin, along with a select number of partners nationwide.
Commenting on today’s announcements, Amanda Roche-Kelly, Managing Director of Just Eat Ireland said: ‘At Just Eat, we’re passionate about promoting a culture where every person feels they truly belong. That’s why we want to show up for the LGBTQ+ community meaningfully, by partnering with the festival and giving people the opportunity to pause for Pride and join the celebrations in a special way. We are also delighted to be working with Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre, a centre that does incredible work to support the community. In addition to the Dublin Pride initiatives, we will be working with Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre on several campaigns in the coming months and look forward to announcing more details of those very soon’.
Commenting on the partnership, Oisin O’Reilly, CEO of Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre said: ‘We are so proud to welcome Just Eat into our community. Having such a recognised brand help drive conversation around the importance of making Ireland an inclusive society is critical to achieving it. Dublin Pride is an incredibly important occasion, and Just Eat’s efforts to enable as many people to celebrate as possible by pausing its Dublin delivery service, is a leading example to follow.’
For more information on Just Eat’s sponsorship of Dublin Pride, and partnership with Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre, visit https://www.just-eat.ie/explore/sustainability/Pride or check out @justeatie on Instagram and TikTok to check out live events on the day.
1refers to research of 188 members of Ireland’s LGBTQ+ community conducted by Core Research in June 2024.
2€1, €3 and €5 donations will incur a 1.69% transaction fee.
