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> People who live in the suburbs without cars. I've ordered lots of Instacart in NYC and Chicago. I used to have it drop off a few things at the office for lun
by grandalf 10y ago
> People who live in the suburbs without cars.
I've ordered lots of Instacart in NYC and Chicago. I used to have it drop off a few things at the office for lunch, and a few to go in the fridge for lunches later in the week. Consider that Instacart will charge 10% to deliver a baguette and some cheese, which can make lunch for several people. This is a way better deal that Seamless.
Seamless charges what amounts to a 25% markup to deliver food which has often taken so long on the way to its destination and ends up relatively unappetizing.
In NYC the startup Maple has tried to solve the soggy Seamless problem by improving logistics. I haven't tried it, though, so I don't know if they were successful.
- brokenmasonjars 10y ago> People who live in the suburbs without cars. I live in the suburbs with multiple cars. That said I would love if a service (ideally for grocery and restaurant delivery) was in my area. I just don't feel like dealing with rush hour; or the time it takes to grocery shop. I have tried taskrabbit and hiring someone off craigslist. I had better luck with craigslist (for grocery shopping), yet then all sorts of legalities some up that I don't feel like dealing with either.
- grandalf 10y agoDownload the app, Instacart might be there. I know it's in a lot of the Chicago suburbs.
- brokenmasonjars 10y agoeh I've checked all the ones I know of; postmates, amazon, instacart, caviar for restaurants etc etc.