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We’re at a point with this pandemic that those who will purchase with delivery platform have likely developed some form of affinity towards a preferred vendor o
by propogandist 6y ago
We’re at a point with this pandemic that those who will purchase with delivery platform have likely developed some form of affinity towards a preferred vendor or two.
A bigger issue is that few restaurants will survive through the extended statewide shutdowns. Delivery is meant to be a small route of generating revenue, rather than the sole revenue stream. The overhead costs of a retail storefront and operations will destroy most restaurants, if it hasn’t already.
Separately, these delivery apps and services are terrible, unprofitable businesses. None of the platforms have turned a profit despite the once in a lifetime opportunity with all customers being locked inside... all these platforms are optimized to run on VC money as they are garbage ventures that cannot make money. The IPOs are rushed to give VC money a way out of the ticking timebomb.
- ghaff 6y agoUnless you think the pandemic has created a significant shift in consumer behavior with respect to takeout--like it probably has with grocery delivery--it's hard to see how delivery companies unable to make money over the past year will do so in the future. And I'm not sure why people would change. The overall take one hears is nice to have (even essential in some views) during pandemic, but expensive and unreliable. The fact is that mainstream, even upper middle class, consumers won't en masse pay enough for some sorts of services to work when extended beyond the niches when it already does work.