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I'm not surprised that as food delivery services gain popularity, restauranteurs are starting to realize that you can save a lot of money on rent and facilities

I'm not surprised that as food delivery services gain popularity, restauranteurs are starting to realize that you can save a lot of money on rent and facilities, if you focus on a delivery-only model. Here in the US it's still mostly traditional restaurants doing delivery through seamless, grubhub, uber eats etc. but I'm sure this model is right around the corner. Out of curiosity a while ago I tried looking into what it takes to be a seamless vendor and it seemed like they were mostly expecting established brick and mortar restaurants to sign up, rather than enterprising new ventures that exclusively sell through them.

mseebach 9y ago
Online delivery supermarkets have made the same realisation (so-called dark stores), but a few years earlier.
majormajor 9y ago
Feels like New York, where space has long been at an extreme premium, figured this out a long time ago with take out and delivery joints.
tdeck 9y ago
Counterpoint: all the delivery services around me that prepared their own food (spoonrocket, bento, spring) seem to have gone out of business. Munchery is still around but I hear it's gone way downhill, and they don't deliver hot food anyway.
the_mitsuhiko 9y ago
When I was living in Lindon I regularly ordered from hungryhouse. On my way home from work I always walked past a sleezy place which sells asian food, had never any people in and the house looked really badly maintained. Only after a few orders and walking past this place I realize I ordered from them a few times. After seeing the place and making the connection I never ordered again from there. It definitely made me realize that I pick food differently for delivery than I do eating out.
gaadd33 9y ago
There's a few places that specialize in that sort of thing: https://www.fastcompany.com/3064075/hold-the-storefront-how-delivery-only-ghost-restaurants-are-changing-take-out https://www.fastcompany.com/3064075/hold-the-storefront-how-...

mseebach 9y ago

Online delivery supermarkets have made the same realisation (so-called dark stores), but a few years earlier.

majormajor 9y ago

Feels like New York, where space has long been at an extreme premium, figured this out a long time ago with take out and delivery joints.

tdeck 9y ago

Counterpoint: all the delivery services around me that prepared their own food (spoonrocket, bento, spring) seem to have gone out of business. Munchery is still around but I hear it's gone way downhill, and they don't deliver hot food anyway.

the_mitsuhiko 9y ago

When I was living in Lindon I regularly ordered from hungryhouse. On my way home from work I always walked past a sleezy place which sells asian food, had never any people in and the house looked really badly maintained. Only after a few orders and walking past this place I realize I ordered from them a few times. After seeing the place and making the connection I never ordered again from there. It definitely made me realize that I pick food differently for delivery than I do eating out.

gaadd33 9y ago

There's a few places that specialize in that sort of thing: https://www.fastcompany.com/3064075/hold-the-storefront-how-delivery-only-ghost-restaurants-are-changing-take-out https://www.fastcompany.com/3064075/hold-the-storefront-how-...