News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on America is stuck at home, but food-delivery companies still struggle to profit. Parent comment

Re:America is stuck at home, but food-delivery companies sti... by ntsplnkv2 on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @02:12PM (#23169855)
It's a complete failure. People don't want to pay outrageous prices, so they don't buy in. Restaurants don't want to pay fees. The companies want to make money so they have to squeeze somewhere - squeeze customers, you lose customers. Squeeze drivers, people no longer drive. Squeeze restaurants, they don't buy in.

It's just a system where everyone loses.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:America is stuck at home, but food-delivery companies sti... by psychometry on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @02:15PM (#23169892)
Owners of commercial real estate in urban markets are the ones who have been winning, seeing their property values skyrocket even as they put the squeeze on their tenants.
[ Parent | on HN ]