The only successful version of this business I can imagine is, maybe, the ghost kitchen model that is basically App equivalent of a mall food court. So it's bas

The only successful version of this business I can imagine is, maybe, the ghost kitchen model that is basically App equivalent of a mall food court. So it's basically a handful of giant kitchens to serve an area that offers several styles of cuisine. You order and their delivery drivers go to the one place and bring it to you. At that point, though, you're not gigging out delivery people. You're just hiring short-term couriers to move stuff to people from the central kitchens. This is, basically, the model that big city Chinese restaurants and pizza places had anyway before the apps muscled in by swamping them with superior SEO. There's also a lot of cuisines that simply don't travel well and these Doordash/uber eats business are indifferent. Pizzas travel well, Chinese travels well. Sushi kind of does too assuming you can be quick. But ramen? French fries? Lots of stuff just isn't meant for it.