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Not sure if this fits, but: the ability to have food delivered from any restaurant I want (say within 5 miles of me), when I want.

by stevenj 15y ago

amjith 15y ago
These guys are working on this exact idea. But the options seem limited. http://www.mealdrop.com/ http://www.mealdrop.com/
citricsquid 15y ago
I just (3 days ago) moved into a new city (Brighton, England) and this exists here[1]. It's amazing, seriously. I assume there's all manner of licensing crap associated with doing it as a big company (which is why the people that do it here are very low-key and haven't expanded beyond this city) but something like this globally would be so great, although there's little room for making money unless you do the aforementioned licensing. I've used them twice so far, there's an extra time associated with delivery because they first have to go to the restaurant and order, then wait and deliver to you, but it's worth it, although I've only used them for McDonalds and Burgerking so far, both were delivered in ~90 minutes. They support about 100 different places, fast food and real restaurant. [1] http://www.dinner2go.co.uk/ http://www.dinner2go.co.uk/
- peacemaker 15y ago
  It's not just dinner2go but you've also got JustEat and TakeAwayMenu who do the same thing in Brighton.
  - citricsquid 15y ago
    No they're different. Just-eat is a directory of restaurants that places an order with a restaurant and then that restaurant delivers, whereas dinner2go themselves handle the delivery. When I place an order for McDonalds the dinner2go driver goes to the restaurant, orders for me and then delivers it to me. I guess a good explanation is that they are a proxy.
- jameswyse 15y ago
  This looks like a good service. When I lived in the UK (Edinburgh) we had a service called in60 which was similar but they went out of business, then another who's name I forget tried and failed as well. Shame their website design is absolutely awful.
etrain 15y ago
foodler.com and mixmenu.com offer this service in my area for (often) a small delivery fee. but then they have deals, so you often end up saving money. I think that the delivery fee model beats the fixed subscription model in this case.
guptaneil 15y ago
One service that I love and used many times is GrubHub.com to find restaurants delivering late at night to order. Another competitor that I've seen ads for but have not tried is seamless.com
joering2 15y ago
wow, for crowded city like New York City, where there is thousands of amazing restaurants where they _dont_ deliver, this is a huge market and amazing idea coming together!
joncalhoun 15y ago
eat24hours.com does this well in some places.
garethsprice 15y ago
http://www.doorstepdelivery.com/ http://www.doorstepdelivery.com/ does it here in Florida, use them quite regularly. That this seems to exist in a number of areas suggests that it's hard to scale outside of a certain geographic area.
timjahn 15y ago
GrubHub.com my friend

Not sure if this fits, but: the ability to have food delivered from any restaurant I want (say within 5 miles of me), when I want.

by stevenj 15y ago

Not sure if this fits, but: the ability to have food delivered from any restaurant I want (say within 5 miles of me), when I want.

amjith 15y ago

These guys are working on this exact idea. But the options seem limited. http://www.mealdrop.com/ http://www.mealdrop.com/

citricsquid 15y ago

I just (3 days ago) moved into a new city (Brighton, England) and this exists here[1]. It's amazing, seriously. I assume there's all manner of licensing crap associated with doing it as a big company (which is why the people that do it here are very low-key and haven't expanded beyond this city) but something like this globally would be so great, although there's little room for making money unless you do the aforementioned licensing. I've used them twice so far, there's an extra time associated with delivery because they first have to go to the restaurant and order, then wait and deliver to you, but it's worth it, although I've only used them for McDonalds and Burgerking so far, both were delivered in ~90 minutes. They support about 100 different places, fast food and real restaurant. [1] http://www.dinner2go.co.uk/ http://www.dinner2go.co.uk/

peacemaker 15y ago
It's not just dinner2go but you've also got JustEat and TakeAwayMenu who do the same thing in Brighton.
- citricsquid 15y ago
  No they're different. Just-eat is a directory of restaurants that places an order with a restaurant and then that restaurant delivers, whereas dinner2go themselves handle the delivery. When I place an order for McDonalds the dinner2go driver goes to the restaurant, orders for me and then delivers it to me. I guess a good explanation is that they are a proxy.
jameswyse 15y ago
This looks like a good service. When I lived in the UK (Edinburgh) we had a service called in60 which was similar but they went out of business, then another who's name I forget tried and failed as well. Shame their website design is absolutely awful.

etrain 15y ago

foodler.com and mixmenu.com offer this service in my area for (often) a small delivery fee. but then they have deals, so you often end up saving money. I think that the delivery fee model beats the fixed subscription model in this case.

guptaneil 15y ago

One service that I love and used many times is GrubHub.com to find restaurants delivering late at night to order. Another competitor that I've seen ads for but have not tried is seamless.com

joering2 15y ago

wow, for crowded city like New York City, where there is thousands of amazing restaurants where they _dont_ deliver, this is a huge market and amazing idea coming together!

joncalhoun 15y ago

eat24hours.com does this well in some places.

garethsprice 15y ago

http://www.doorstepdelivery.com/ http://www.doorstepdelivery.com/ does it here in Florida, use them quite regularly. That this seems to exist in a number of areas suggests that it's hard to scale outside of a certain geographic area.

timjahn 15y ago

GrubHub.com my friend