AMSTERDAM/LONDON : Just Eat Takeaway said on Thursday its proposed $6 billion takeover of Grubhub to create a trans-Atlantic giant would give it the upper hand in the online food delivery market, where competitors are scrambling for share.Buying Grubhub would see Jitse Groen, Takeaway's 42-year-old CEO, become head of the world's biggest food delivery business outside China, ahead of Uber Eats, which yesterday walked away from buying the U.S.
firm.Groen has only just received antitrust approval for Takeaway's all-share acquisition of larger British rival Just Eat, which beat a rival cash bid from tech giant Prosus.Takeaway competes with Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Delivery Hero in Europe, while in the U.S., Grubhub faces Doordash, Uber and.