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Perhaps, but I see a similar pattern in the UK where there have been many competing options for a long time. ~20 years ago it was common to have Indian, Chinese
by danpalmer 2y ago
Perhaps, but I see a similar pattern in the UK where there have been many competing options for a long time. ~20 years ago it was common to have Indian, Chinese, Fish & Chips, Kebabs, and Pizza available for delivery in most areas, often multiple of each. I'm not familiar with the US market but it sounds like Pizza was more common?
Based on this my guess is that it's less about the competition and more about the middleman taking a cut.
- trog 2y agoI'm in Australia and the only thing I ever remember being able to get delivered, prior to VC funded delivery companies, was pizza. I guess in the UK (at least in cities) they were big and dense enough to support it but it's never really seemed feasible, at least in my city.
- danpalmer 2y agoI wonder if it's a cultural thing too. Immigration in the UK happened in a particular way, and it does seem limited to Indian/Chinese/Turkish takeaways in particular. Pizza takeaways are a thing but they're mostly US chains like Dominos.