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Is 3 euros such a high price to pay someone to bike over to the restaurant and bring you a still warm meal?

by PedroCandeias 5y ago

Hamuko 5y ago
My experiences with Wolt are that the food comes in a car and is not warm.
- NaughtyShiba 5y ago
  I once had twister ankle, so couldn't bother walking 3min to pizza place. It took 30mins to deliver it by car, and it arrived cold.
- Ekaros 5y ago
  Free delivery deals are nice, but it is not exactly fun looking at driver going around the town for 40 minutes. And then order missing stuff...
- weberer 5y ago
  I've seen a lot of Wolt carriers using public transit in Helsinki. The whole delivery system seems pretty Laissez-faire in a country that's usually pretty strict with regulations.
  - Hamuko 5y ago
    I imagine there's way less of that on the Espoo side.
illuminati1911 5y ago
Depends how you look at it. Here in China (major cities) delivery is often free and when buying from delivery apps there are additional discount available that you can't get when visiting the restaurant. So basically it's often cheaper to get food delivered to your home than going to the restaurant itself.
- mattcwilson 5y ago
  If you had to guess how the economics of that work out, how do you think the delivery person is getting paid, and by whom?
  - wccrawford 5y ago
    I'd guess that the restaurant is paying for all of it, and it offsets having to pay more money for more physical dining space.
NaughtyShiba 5y ago
Pretty much everything else is under 1.5 euro or free.
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deanclatworthy 5y ago
Depends on the economics. The food delivery companies take around 25-30% here in Finland (Wolt & Foodora). If the delivery fees were free, I'd order more food and Wolt would get more of the tax they charge restaurants. And maybe the restaurants can make up that loss by having more orders. Delivery prices are astronomical here. For something 5min away with car (assuming no traffic) I have to pay around 7.90e. For something 1 minute drive away I pay 1.90e. Then there's ranges inbetween from 3.90 to 5.90.
stavros 5y ago
In Greece, delivery in all stores is free (ie included in the price). To go from "free" to "3 EUR" when the average order is 5-7 EUR is unworkable and you'll never be able to compete.

Is 3 euros such a high price to pay someone to bike over to the restaurant and bring you a still warm meal?

Hamuko 5y ago

My experiences with Wolt are that the food comes in a car and is not warm.

NaughtyShiba 5y ago
I once had twister ankle, so couldn't bother walking 3min to pizza place. It took 30mins to deliver it by car, and it arrived cold.
Ekaros 5y ago
Free delivery deals are nice, but it is not exactly fun looking at driver going around the town for 40 minutes. And then order missing stuff...
weberer 5y ago
I've seen a lot of Wolt carriers using public transit in Helsinki. The whole delivery system seems pretty Laissez-faire in a country that's usually pretty strict with regulations.
- Hamuko 5y ago
  I imagine there's way less of that on the Espoo side.

illuminati1911 5y ago

Depends how you look at it. Here in China (major cities) delivery is often free and when buying from delivery apps there are additional discount available that you can't get when visiting the restaurant. So basically it's often cheaper to get food delivered to your home than going to the restaurant itself.

mattcwilson 5y ago
If you had to guess how the economics of that work out, how do you think the delivery person is getting paid, and by whom?
- wccrawford 5y ago
  I'd guess that the restaurant is paying for all of it, and it offsets having to pay more money for more physical dining space.

NaughtyShiba 5y ago

Pretty much everything else is under 1.5 euro or free.

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deanclatworthy 5y ago

Depends on the economics. The food delivery companies take around 25-30% here in Finland (Wolt & Foodora). If the delivery fees were free, I'd order more food and Wolt would get more of the tax they charge restaurants. And maybe the restaurants can make up that loss by having more orders. Delivery prices are astronomical here. For something 5min away with car (assuming no traffic) I have to pay around 7.90e. For something 1 minute drive away I pay 1.90e. Then there's ranges inbetween from 3.90 to 5.90.

stavros 5y ago

In Greece, delivery in all stores is free (ie included in the price). To go from "free" to "3 EUR" when the average order is 5-7 EUR is unworkable and you'll never be able to compete.