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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

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.