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I think who's going to make money in this space in the long run is a company that provides a single app to get delivery from many places, like DoorDash, but onl
by anderspitman 4y ago
I think who's going to make money in this space in the long run is a company that provides a single app to get delivery from many places, like DoorDash, but only works with companies that already offer their own delivery service like pizza joints, Jimmy Johns, etc. Such a company can charge a very small fee and simply handle the transaction and some logistics, while fulfillment is handled by the companies that have been doing a good job at it for decades. It's a win-win-win. Maybe such a thing already exists?
- toss1 4y agoExactly Another key quote from the article: >>"the only viable endgame is a promise of monopoly concentration and increased prices. But is that even viable?" No, it is not viable, because as soon as Uber/Grubhub/Doordash/whatever start thinking they have enough of a monopoly to raise prices, ppl will get sick of it, and your scenario of the locals, perhaps with an app, will overtake them because they don't have the global overhead. I don't see this as a business with advantages of scale, but disadvantages of scale - it's all about getting the local market right?
- decko 4y agoThat’s more or less what just eat did/does. Though it combines both delivery and pickup
- hk__2 4y agoWasn’t the whole point of this "space" to offer delivery for restaurants that didn’t have it? Outside of pizzas, I’m struggling to find another kind of restaurant that offered home delivery before UberEats/etc.