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It seems silly to say that delivery food must be prepared in the back of a restaurant, on prime real estate, in the midst of sit-down diners. People talked abo
by noddy1 9y ago
It seems silly to say that delivery food must be prepared in the back of a restaurant, on prime real estate, in the midst of sit-down diners.
People talked about the possibility of uber-for-food or "food-sharing", where the lady next door cooks a bunch of food and then all the neighbors get some.. I think this delivery-only kitchen model will be the reality of uber for food - hyper-local low cost kitchens which may be boxes in car parks, or may be operating out of cafes that don't normally open for dinner, or even out of suburban garages (with signoff from local health authorities).
Every suburb has a fairly standard, reasonable quality thai, chinese, pizza, indian and burger places. Lower price delivery incentivized users to go local, but if ratings are not great for the local option then they will get a more distant option for a slightly increased delivery price, pushing the local option to maintain quality.
Retail/hospitality real estate doesn't seem to have great prospects at this point. When you no longer need street frontage but rather just a back alley spot to sell food, and when amazon has dominated all street facing retail, it will be interested to see what happens to urban retail hubs.