3 ms·

Storing, transporting, and selling food to customers is fairly regulated and requires inspection and permits. Does DoorDash have these? The question is, do the

by zzalpha 11y ago

Storing, transporting, and selling food to customers is fairly regulated and requires inspection and permits. Does DoorDash have these? The question is, do the folks who actually perform the deliveries? DD is using the same trick Uber uses: they hire drivers but classify them as "contractors", which conveniently abstracts all the risk away from DD. So, just like Uber, if there are issues with transport and so forth, it's the driver's problem. Of course, as with Uber, this is probably an illegal violation of federal labor regulations, as the employees are misclassified, and so they're likely to get nailed in a class action lawsuit, but... the places DoorDash is getting food from are themselves in the retail food trade but not generally in the wholesale trade See above. I'm not sure your characterization, here, actually represents how DD legally does business.

dragonwriter 11y ago
> DD is using the same trick Uber uses: they hire drivers but classify them as "contractors", which conveniently abstracts all the risk away from DD. If there are issues with transport and so forth, it's the driver's problem. Its worth noting that that trick hasn't been completely legally successful for Uber, and even if the employer/contractor distinction breaks in DD's favor, that doesn't necessarily mean that the contractor and not DD is on the hook for all the food sales and distribution rules. And, even if it does, that doesn't really solve the question of the legality of the operation, just whether it is DD or its deliverers whose actions would be prohibited by the non-trademark rules. But if DD deliverers were to start being targeted for enforcement actions, it would rapidly make it harder for DD to get deliverers.