Re:A 125-year-old delivery network that feeds Mumbai
by werber on Sunday May 17, 2020 @10:19PM
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I looked at ordering some white castle for pick up today. There 5 dollar combination i normally Get was 7.50 plus convenience charges. Similarly, i looked at ordering delivery sushi and it was close to 50% more not including charges Friday. There’s not a lot of options here in Detroit, but, it seems like the platform charges are getting transferred to the customer.
They could, but they do everything to give the perception that food delivery is cheap. UberEats takes a 30% cut of the restaurant price. Most of them don't increase their prices in response. They really should consider it (and fortunately, some do), it devalues their offering (and restaurants already work with razor thin margins).
Same thing for their drivers salaries. Better to drive it into the ground than paying them a living wage and see a slower adoption as a result.
Not sure the quotes around engineers are needed. I have zero sympathy for most of these companies but it is still an engineering challenge to do food delivery at scale.