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When I was a little closer to Philadelphia, there were ~150 restaurants taking online orders from my address, and I never had a delivery take over an hour. If s

When I was a little closer to Philadelphia, there were ~150 restaurants taking online orders from my address, and I never had a delivery take over an hour. If same-hour delivery of a small menu is the future of retail, then Wal-Mart must be deathly afraid of Dominos. They were guaranteeing fresh pizza in 30 minutes or less decades ago, nationwide. Same-day? Mumbai's been doing it for over a century, without any modern technology. Over 5,000 dabbawalas deliver over 200,000 hot lunches per day, from the recipients' own home kitchens to their places of work, then return the food containers back home the same afternoon.

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- misterjangles 13y ago
  It does because you were trying to insinuate that 1 hour delivery of food is a logistical nightmare. You probably are thinking more along the lines of Amazon.com and shut out of your mind that restaurants have been doing this for decades. Dominos can deliver fresh baked food almost anywhere in the country in 30 minutes. Sometimes it's good to get a little slap that wakes you up out of startup mode.
- eigenvector 13y ago
  GP is pointing that this challenges appears to have already been solved, quite successfully, by many small non-technological business in many cities. Was it snarky? Yes. But it was also insightful.
  - Pacabel 13y ago
    Pointing out that pizza (or other food) delivery is a very well-established practice that's been carried out successfully all across the globe for a very long time isn't being "snarky". He's merely stating the obvious facts that, for some reason, a lot of people here are totally overlooking when they think that this idea is somehow "innovative".
- mikeash 13y ago
  It may not add to the discussion, but at least it stops people from subtracting from it by talking about one-hour food delivery as something remarkable.
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misterjangles 13y ago
It does because you were trying to insinuate that 1 hour delivery of food is a logistical nightmare. You probably are thinking more along the lines of Amazon.com and shut out of your mind that restaurants have been doing this for decades. Dominos can deliver fresh baked food almost anywhere in the country in 30 minutes. Sometimes it's good to get a little slap that wakes you up out of startup mode.
eigenvector 13y ago
GP is pointing that this challenges appears to have already been solved, quite successfully, by many small non-technological business in many cities. Was it snarky? Yes. But it was also insightful.
- Pacabel 13y ago
  Pointing out that pizza (or other food) delivery is a very well-established practice that's been carried out successfully all across the globe for a very long time isn't being "snarky". He's merely stating the obvious facts that, for some reason, a lot of people here are totally overlooking when they think that this idea is somehow "innovative".
mikeash 13y ago
It may not add to the discussion, but at least it stops people from subtracting from it by talking about one-hour food delivery as something remarkable.
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