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I was wondering why Youtube pushed a Zume pizza video to me the other day. It probably got popular due to the bankruptcy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkhWon

by fma 3y ago

I was wondering why Youtube pushed a Zume pizza video to me the other day. It probably got popular due to the bankruptcy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkhWonFm-Lw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkhWonFm-Lw). As cool as the concept looked I wasn't sure how viable it would be to try to mass deliver all those pizzas. I imagine the bottle neck is # of delivery drivers during peak hours...and you simply would want more drivers, not 1 person delivering 50 pizzas. I guess I found my answer. Dominos did partner with General Motors for a fleet of Bolt EVs for their delivery vehicles. It would be cool if Dominos built into the hatchback warmer ovens. Now that would be a more viable business model than a UPS truck size driving around.

flakyfilibuster 3y ago
is the co-founder/-ceo actually buying the shit, that she regurgitates? how is this a real person?
- qingcharles 3y ago
  Absolutely not. The idea sounded good in the founders' heads, and now a tech blog is here to interview you, so you better "believe" what you are selling.
qingcharles 3y ago
So many cool technologies in that cringey video, but none of them add up to a whole new pizza delivery brand.
0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
For comparison, a How It’s Made of industrial scale frozen pizzas https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EW6UCWDQfj0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EW6UCWDQfj0
wildzzz 3y ago
So they still have humans loading up the dough flattener, applying cheese and toppings, taking the pizza out of the oven, putting it in the automatic cutter, and then handling the pizza until it gets to your door? Other than the dough flattener, I don't really see this as a major improvement. Applying sauce takes about two seconds and can be done by the toppings guy. Automatic cutters already exist but are a little faster and more consistent than a human. Getting a dried out pizza that has been driven all over town doesn't seem that appetizing either. I worked in a Sbarro's location in college and we did the same thing with pizzas before the lunch/dinner rush and it just dried them out. Being in a box doesn't help much either but I'd rather have more direct deliveries than my food sitting in a warmer for who knows how long. Paying half a billion for a sauce machine, robot arm for loading the oven, and what is essentially a food truck with a big oven has got to be the biggest waste of money. This has to be some form of money laundering. If this really was such an obvious innovation, why haven't any of the big chains done the same? The fast food industry is always trying new ideas to help speed up food and make it more consistent so I don't see them missing the idea of something like using a robot arm. A pizza food truck is probably one of the best ways to enjoy a pizza, outside of an actual restaurant, if you want fresh without the degradation during the trip.
- Ekaros 3y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvCZFsyFTV4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvCZFsyFTV4 Seems like reasonable solution. And even there I hate the dough prep step... But I think in one other video that was automated. So I suppose you could throw in boxing robot at the end and get pretty decent full solution already.

by fma 3y ago

flakyfilibuster 3y ago

is the co-founder/-ceo actually buying the shit, that she regurgitates? how is this a real person?

qingcharles 3y ago
Absolutely not. The idea sounded good in the founders' heads, and now a tech blog is here to interview you, so you better "believe" what you are selling.

qingcharles 3y ago

So many cool technologies in that cringey video, but none of them add up to a whole new pizza delivery brand.

0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago

For comparison, a How It’s Made of industrial scale frozen pizzas https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EW6UCWDQfj0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EW6UCWDQfj0

wildzzz 3y ago

So they still have humans loading up the dough flattener, applying cheese and toppings, taking the pizza out of the oven, putting it in the automatic cutter, and then handling the pizza until it gets to your door? Other than the dough flattener, I don't really see this as a major improvement. Applying sauce takes about two seconds and can be done by the toppings guy. Automatic cutters already exist but are a little faster and more consistent than a human. Getting a dried out pizza that has been driven all over town doesn't seem that appetizing either. I worked in a Sbarro's location in college and we did the same thing with pizzas before the lunch/dinner rush and it just dried them out. Being in a box doesn't help much either but I'd rather have more direct deliveries than my food sitting in a warmer for who knows how long. Paying half a billion for a sauce machine, robot arm for loading the oven, and what is essentially a food truck with a big oven has got to be the biggest waste of money. This has to be some form of money laundering. If this really was such an obvious innovation, why haven't any of the big chains done the same? The fast food industry is always trying new ideas to help speed up food and make it more consistent so I don't see them missing the idea of something like using a robot arm. A pizza food truck is probably one of the best ways to enjoy a pizza, outside of an actual restaurant, if you want fresh without the degradation during the trip.

Ekaros 3y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvCZFsyFTV4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvCZFsyFTV4 Seems like reasonable solution. And even there I hate the dough prep step... But I think in one other video that was automated. So I suppose you could throw in boxing robot at the end and get pretty decent full solution already.