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I don't understand, are you saying the market was so small that it might as well not have existed? I don't have the impression that it's gotten magnitudes bigge

by morsch 1y ago

I don't understand, are you saying the market was so small that it might as well not have existed? I don't have the impression that it's gotten magnitudes bigger here in Germany, maybe in China it did (what hasn't), in the US...? People just use the web instead of using a phone. AT&T didn't charge a commission.

tpmoney 1y ago
Realistically in the US before the various online delivery companies figured out how to make it work, most places just didn't do delivery at all. Traditionally pizza places and Chinese food were something you could order delivered. Almost everything else was either drive through or take-out.
- asdff 1y ago
  What is sort of crazy is that these delivery services didn't even supplant pizza delivery. All the major chain pizza delivery places and most of the local spots all still run their own delivery service long into this app era. It kind of makes sense. App delivery is notorious for being pretty terrible service quality and having the food end up worse with more time spent between kitchen and you eating it. Pizza delivery on the other hand has been seen as quick with drivers interested in earning their tip, pizza places being conservative with delivery radius to not overextend their drivers, etc. Customers don't like getting an inferior product or service one day.
  - to11mtm 1y ago
    > App delivery is notorious for being pretty terrible service quality and having the food end up worse with more time spent between kitchen and you eating it. Pizza delivery on the other hand has been seen as quick with drivers interested in earning their tip, pizza places being conservative with delivery radius to not overextend their drivers, etc. Customers don't like getting an inferior product or service one day. Additionally, at least in my experience it's pretty easy to get to where just paying the delivery fee of a pizza place is cheaper than paying for inflated per-item rates.
TeaBrain 1y ago
>are you saying the market was so small that it might as well not have existed? They're saying that the space these companies are competing in literally did not exist. It didn't in the US, maybe not 15 years ago, but 20 years ago it was nonexistent.
- toast0 1y ago
  Waiters on Wheels was founded in 1987 and had cornered the market. But they really only did large orders as far as I'm aware; used more for a corporate lunch than a dinner for two at home.
  - zoky 1y ago
    B2B and B2C are so different from each other they are essentially entirely different market segments, even if they are providing roughly equivalent services.

by morsch 1y ago

tpmoney 1y ago

Realistically in the US before the various online delivery companies figured out how to make it work, most places just didn't do delivery at all. Traditionally pizza places and Chinese food were something you could order delivered. Almost everything else was either drive through or take-out.

asdff 1y ago
What is sort of crazy is that these delivery services didn't even supplant pizza delivery. All the major chain pizza delivery places and most of the local spots all still run their own delivery service long into this app era. It kind of makes sense. App delivery is notorious for being pretty terrible service quality and having the food end up worse with more time spent between kitchen and you eating it. Pizza delivery on the other hand has been seen as quick with drivers interested in earning their tip, pizza places being conservative with delivery radius to not overextend their drivers, etc. Customers don't like getting an inferior product or service one day.
- to11mtm 1y ago
  > App delivery is notorious for being pretty terrible service quality and having the food end up worse with more time spent between kitchen and you eating it. Pizza delivery on the other hand has been seen as quick with drivers interested in earning their tip, pizza places being conservative with delivery radius to not overextend their drivers, etc. Customers don't like getting an inferior product or service one day. Additionally, at least in my experience it's pretty easy to get to where just paying the delivery fee of a pizza place is cheaper than paying for inflated per-item rates.

TeaBrain 1y ago

>are you saying the market was so small that it might as well not have existed? They're saying that the space these companies are competing in literally did not exist. It didn't in the US, maybe not 15 years ago, but 20 years ago it was nonexistent.

toast0 1y ago
Waiters on Wheels was founded in 1987 and had cornered the market. But they really only did large orders as far as I'm aware; used more for a corporate lunch than a dinner for two at home.
- zoky 1y ago
  B2B and B2C are so different from each other they are essentially entirely different market segments, even if they are providing roughly equivalent services.