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How often do other HN users get takeout and delivery in an average week? For myself I usually grab one takeout meal a week. I haven't had food delivered in yea

by oramit 6y ago

How often do other HN users get takeout and delivery in an average week? For myself I usually grab one takeout meal a week. I haven't had food delivered in years. The proliferation and mainstreaming of food delivery with all the food apps is one of those big trends that totally passed me by. I'm not really happy about the whole thing since it seems to only be working because of squeezed independent restaurants, low paid gig-workers, and lots of VC cash injections. In it's current incarnation, it's not really sustainable but with Covid killing off a huge swath of restaurants that calculus has totally changed. I expect that to only last for a while though. Restaurant people are an independent and cantankerous group. Ghost kitchens might be a good place to start - like food trucks - but most will want to move on to their own place eventually.

tmpz22 6y ago
Even before COVID there were a lot of trends supporting food ordering among the working class: depression, anxiety, car-lessness, weed legalization, etc. I'm not happy about the volume I've been hitting ranging from maybe 2-5 times a week.
- oramit 6y ago
  Yeah, if you don't have the space to cook in, or are shuffling between multiple jobs and don't have time to shop/cook then takeout is the only real option. I'm not knocking takeout and delivery at all. The huge proliferation of it is just alien to how I operate so it's interesting to hear what other people are up to.
  - tmpz22 6y ago
    I knock the monopolistic-capture by organizations like Ubereats who have to take a huge chunk to justify their VC investment. Restaurants need every ounce of margin they can get if they're ever going to have a hope of adequately compensating waiters, linecooks, and other staff, who are extremely exposed to covid and poorly treated in general - not to mention drivers.
raiyu 6y ago
Pre-covid 90% of my meals were delivery. Though to be fair I typically only did one order per day. Post-covid certainly have been doing most of the cooking at home. Now it's probably 50/50 depending on the week.
askafriend 6y ago
I've been getting it once a day for a couple weeks now.

by oramit 6y ago

tmpz22 6y ago

Even before COVID there were a lot of trends supporting food ordering among the working class: depression, anxiety, car-lessness, weed legalization, etc. I'm not happy about the volume I've been hitting ranging from maybe 2-5 times a week.

oramit 6y ago
Yeah, if you don't have the space to cook in, or are shuffling between multiple jobs and don't have time to shop/cook then takeout is the only real option. I'm not knocking takeout and delivery at all. The huge proliferation of it is just alien to how I operate so it's interesting to hear what other people are up to.
- tmpz22 6y ago
  I knock the monopolistic-capture by organizations like Ubereats who have to take a huge chunk to justify their VC investment. Restaurants need every ounce of margin they can get if they're ever going to have a hope of adequately compensating waiters, linecooks, and other staff, who are extremely exposed to covid and poorly treated in general - not to mention drivers.

raiyu 6y ago

Pre-covid 90% of my meals were delivery. Though to be fair I typically only did one order per day. Post-covid certainly have been doing most of the cooking at home. Now it's probably 50/50 depending on the week.

askafriend 6y ago

I've been getting it once a day for a couple weeks now.