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This YouTuber tried selling Microwave meals on Deliveroo (spoiler: Deliveroo let them without inspection, and someone bought it!): https://www.youtube.com/watch

This YouTuber tried selling Microwave meals on Deliveroo (spoiler: Deliveroo let them without inspection, and someone bought it!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k47u9tduwb8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k47u9tduwb8

dpflan 7y ago
This is great. From the video, a Deliveroo representative states that the "hygiene inspection" is not a blocker for the "Italian Stallion" to begin accepting orders. That is flabbergasting. > https://youtu.be/k47u9tduwb8?t=128 https://youtu.be/k47u9tduwb8?t=128
- quaquaqua1 7y ago
  Every day of your life, you come into contact with potentially dangerous situations. Starbucks doesn't vet their customers before they walk in to do heroin in the bathroom. Rental car companies don't meticulously check every piece of equipment on that car before you drive it 70mph down mountain roads. I wish it were different. But right now the responsibility is with the user.
  - exikyut 7y ago
    Clicks through EULAs without reading
  - deleted 7y ago
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yellowapple 7y ago
Less morbidly/cynically, I wonder if this business model could extend to, say, the little old lady who likes baking pies and wouldn't mind some extra dough for her dough? There's already this sort of market popping up on e.g. Facebook, but it revolves around pickup instead of delivery; combine it with a delivery network like those provided by these food delivery apps and you've got a killer recipe (pun intended) for one hell of a business model. I'd imagine the big hurdle would be health code compliance, though.
- throwaway2048 7y ago
  Its not going to be little old ladies selling pies doing the vast majority of business on a platform like that.
  - yellowapple 7y ago
    Well yeah, obviously. But they don't need to be the vast majority of business on the platform. They just need to be on the platform in the first place.
- erichurkman 7y ago
  There was a big push in California over the past few years to build out regulatory structure for this. They even passed a bill [0] (NPR article) to enable it -- though they explicitly carved out third party delivery services. [0] https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/01/17/685626391/selling-food-from-your-kitchen-is-legal-in-california-but-theres-a-catch https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/01/17/685626391/se...
  - anfilt 7y ago
    Honestly, more states need cottage food laws. I know Washington and Idaho, and minosotta for instance have what are called cottage food laws to allow such food. Certainly, other states I am missing, but I think that more states should have them. Less Strict (Paper work not required but recommended) https://cdhd.idaho.gov/pdfs/food/CottageFoodsFAQ.pdf https://cdhd.idaho.gov/pdfs/food/CottageFoodsFAQ.pdf Paper Work Still Required https://agr.wa.gov/departments/food-safety/food-safety/cottage-food https://agr.wa.gov/departments/food-safety/food-safety/cotta... -Edit- I do find it funny that the NPR article calls the bill "the first of its kind in the country". Washington (although much stricter than other states), and Idaho have allowed it for quite some time. Idaho even longer before being formally codified.
    - erichurkman 7y ago
      I think the distinction in California was that they are trying to broaden the definition of cottage foods. The Idaho link you gave is similar to what California had before -- generally non-perishable, temperature-safe foods (bread, jam, nut mixes, etc). California has allowed those for years. The new law was an attempt to broaden what home cooks could prepare and sell.

dpflan 7y ago

This is great. From the video, a Deliveroo representative states that the "hygiene inspection" is not a blocker for the "Italian Stallion" to begin accepting orders. That is flabbergasting. > https://youtu.be/k47u9tduwb8?t=128 https://youtu.be/k47u9tduwb8?t=128

quaquaqua1 7y ago
Every day of your life, you come into contact with potentially dangerous situations. Starbucks doesn't vet their customers before they walk in to do heroin in the bathroom. Rental car companies don't meticulously check every piece of equipment on that car before you drive it 70mph down mountain roads. I wish it were different. But right now the responsibility is with the user.
- exikyut 7y ago
  Clicks through EULAs without reading
- deleted 7y ago
  [deleted]

yellowapple 7y ago

Less morbidly/cynically, I wonder if this business model could extend to, say, the little old lady who likes baking pies and wouldn't mind some extra dough for her dough? There's already this sort of market popping up on e.g. Facebook, but it revolves around pickup instead of delivery; combine it with a delivery network like those provided by these food delivery apps and you've got a killer recipe (pun intended) for one hell of a business model. I'd imagine the big hurdle would be health code compliance, though.

throwaway2048 7y ago
Its not going to be little old ladies selling pies doing the vast majority of business on a platform like that.
- yellowapple 7y ago
  Well yeah, obviously. But they don't need to be the vast majority of business on the platform. They just need to be on the platform in the first place.
erichurkman 7y ago
There was a big push in California over the past few years to build out regulatory structure for this. They even passed a bill [0] (NPR article) to enable it -- though they explicitly carved out third party delivery services. [0] https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/01/17/685626391/selling-food-from-your-kitchen-is-legal-in-california-but-theres-a-catch https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/01/17/685626391/se...
- anfilt 7y ago
  Honestly, more states need cottage food laws. I know Washington and Idaho, and minosotta for instance have what are called cottage food laws to allow such food. Certainly, other states I am missing, but I think that more states should have them. Less Strict (Paper work not required but recommended) https://cdhd.idaho.gov/pdfs/food/CottageFoodsFAQ.pdf https://cdhd.idaho.gov/pdfs/food/CottageFoodsFAQ.pdf Paper Work Still Required https://agr.wa.gov/departments/food-safety/food-safety/cottage-food https://agr.wa.gov/departments/food-safety/food-safety/cotta... -Edit- I do find it funny that the NPR article calls the bill "the first of its kind in the country". Washington (although much stricter than other states), and Idaho have allowed it for quite some time. Idaho even longer before being formally codified.
  - erichurkman 7y ago
    I think the distinction in California was that they are trying to broaden the definition of cottage foods. The Idaho link you gave is similar to what California had before -- generally non-perishable, temperature-safe foods (bread, jam, nut mixes, etc). California has allowed those for years. The new law was an attempt to broaden what home cooks could prepare and sell.