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I think you might be partially on to something here; generally the idea being that food delivery is essentially commoditized and Amazon is uniquely suited to th
by hbosch 7y ago
I think you might be partially on to something here; generally the idea being that food delivery is essentially commoditized and Amazon is uniquely suited to thrive in commoditized industries with their vast infrastructural advantages.
They do have Whole Foods and Amazon Go, which both supply ready-to-eat foods along with meal kits. It would be a minor logistical challenge to simply start preparing their own meal kits on-demand and delivering them via Prime Now (which operates inside the exact same markets as Amazon Restaurants?) with the bonus benefit of owning quality control in the kitchens.
- bobthepanda 7y agoThe main problem is that kitchens operate with dirt cheap labor costs. In a market like New York, all those cheap hole in the walls are paying their workers cash under the table and running with razor thin margins. It’s one thing to target a cushy market like bookstores, but restaurants are cutthroat, and on top of that meal kit customers are fickle.
- chrisseaton 7y ago> a cushy market like bookstores Haven’t book stores been in a perilous position for decades?
- ezzaf 7y agoYes, and Amazon started selling books in 1995. Ie when it was still a cushy market.
- bobthepanda 7y agoBookstores used to not be a cushy market, and bookstores generally pay sales taxes and minimum wages, practices that anecdotally are less followed with restaurants.