Deliveroo makes annual profit for first time

The 3m 2024 figure compares with 32m loss in 2023 and comes despite uncertain consumer environment'

Deliveroo has made an annual profit for the first time, after a bumpy few years since a disastrous stock market listing that earned the takeaway delivery company the nickname flopperoo".

The 12-year-old company, a member of the FTSE 250 index of mid-sized companies, made a profit of 3m in 2024, compared with a loss of 32m in 2023, it said in a statement on Thursday.