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We actually just did something like this, but on a much smaller scale than "a giant warehouse". We've (https://myaccio.com/ https://myaccio.com/) been running
by manifest23 9y ago
We actually just did something like this, but on a much smaller scale than "a giant warehouse".
We've (https://myaccio.com/ https://myaccio.com/) been running as a premium delivery service in Victoria, BC for a few years. Instead of taking a 25-30% discount from restaurants we were marking items up by 20%. We deliver mostly from the "good" restaurants who can't afford to take a 25-30% hit just to provide delivery. While this was turning into a good lifestyle business, delivering food when you don't control all the variables is extremely hard (and not exactly profitable at a small scale).
What we ended up making was "The Kitchen by Accio". It's high end delivery food made by extremely talented chefs. There are four concepts to choose from each with its own head chef. We launched just over 3 weeks ago and things are going pretty well so far. We still deliver from other restaurants but we've noticed that a growing population of our "regulars" are starting to just order from The Kitchen.
- wuliwong 9y agoThat's really cool. I hadn't considered that model before. Seems other's have, my gut tells me there's a successful business to be had just have to keep the financials inline.
- ghaff 9y agoThere are probably a lot of businesses that work as premium small-scale businesses that explicitly are about convenience for people who don’t mind spending money on them. The problem with almost all of these VC-funded startups is they have to grow, grow, grow which means that they have to also appeal to people who count their pennies or at least dollars. And it’s hard to sell a luxury service without a surcharge.