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I like the idea of doing back of the envelope calculations, but i feel like these are all off... starting with the populations... sf and ny are different by a m

I like the idea of doing back of the envelope calculations, but i feel like these are all off... starting with the populations... sf and ny are different by a magnitude of 10, but i suspect they have comparable populations in their delivery range... idk... just guessing. also... you spend $6/day on food? "yuppies" as you condescendingly call them... spend far more. i assume/hope you are buying groceries and not eating out on $6. i know homeless people that spend more on food than you. srsly.. this homeless guy that lives by my loft in a doorway... he eats at mcdonalds and family dollar, and he spends more than $6 on food per day if he has the money. otherwise he eats at a shelter. you are clearly not their target demographic.

MichaelBurge 11y ago
I wasn't sure if they served the entire metro area or just the city. It probably makes sense to deliver to the entire area, but I didn't punch in zip codes in their site to confirm the extent of their delivery area. It could also change the income levels too(people in the suburbs probably make less than people in the city, right?) I bought a $20 ham from the local grocery store a week ago and am still eating it - I think it's something like 500 calories per dollar. Rice is cheap and filling. Eggs are cheap. Pasta is cheap. Potatoes are cheap. Corn is cheap. Flour is cheap. Spices aren't cheap, but you only need a little. Cheese is expensive, but you only use a little so it doesn't matter. If I make a large pizza, I spend like $3/day over a couple days. Basically, if you eat anything that's tracked on the stock market as a commodity, you can be sure that people are working hard to compete out even the slightest profit on it. But when a slick-tongued CEO tries to sell you some 'added value', run for the hills: McDonalds can't buy the exact same commodities and then add operating expenses for thousands of stores and employees to make food for cheaper, not even if they do it at scale. I do admire them in other ways though: I once walked in, ordered, and walked out with more food than I could eat in 17 seconds(I timed it). That's a thing of beauty.

MichaelBurge 11y ago

I wasn't sure if they served the entire metro area or just the city. It probably makes sense to deliver to the entire area, but I didn't punch in zip codes in their site to confirm the extent of their delivery area. It could also change the income levels too(people in the suburbs probably make less than people in the city, right?) I bought a $20 ham from the local grocery store a week ago and am still eating it - I think it's something like 500 calories per dollar. Rice is cheap and filling. Eggs are cheap. Pasta is cheap. Potatoes are cheap. Corn is cheap. Flour is cheap. Spices aren't cheap, but you only need a little. Cheese is expensive, but you only use a little so it doesn't matter. If I make a large pizza, I spend like $3/day over a couple days. Basically, if you eat anything that's tracked on the stock market as a commodity, you can be sure that people are working hard to compete out even the slightest profit on it. But when a slick-tongued CEO tries to sell you some 'added value', run for the hills: McDonalds can't buy the exact same commodities and then add operating expenses for thousands of stores and employees to make food for cheaper, not even if they do it at scale. I do admire them in other ways though: I once walked in, ordered, and walked out with more food than I could eat in 17 seconds(I timed it). That's a thing of beauty.