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Re:Just Eat Takeaway to acquire Grubhub for $7.3B by ardy42 on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @09:33PM (#23484344)
>> The economics of food delivery can’t be solved with efficiency. There’s not enough pie to split.

> Have you tried pizza pie?

IIRC, proper pizza delivery requires a special warming bag. These generic delivery companies that employ gig-working randos don't equip their drivers with those bags, so they suck at delivering pizza at any distance, greater "efficiency" or no.

Re:Just Eat Takeaway to acquire Grubhub for $7.3B by cgriswald on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @11:47PM (#23485027)
These are or were available. I’ve seen several branded bags both as a diner watching the order come in and as a customer ordering food. Whether they are given away, given upon request, or available for purchase, I have no idea. And I haven’t seen one in awhile, but I’ve also greatly reduced ordering this way and exclusively use Uber when I do.
Re:Just Eat Takeaway to acquire Grubhub for $7.3B by waterfowl on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @11:52PM (#23485050)
I see doordash/grubhub/ubereats folks with big insulated bags(or backpacks in the case of bike/moto folks) pretty regularly. Not sure if they are required(or provided or sold) but they are definitely available.
Re:Just Eat Takeaway to acquire Grubhub for $7.3B by ardy42 on Thursday June 11, 2020 @11:09AM (#23489682)
> I see doordash/grubhub/ubereats folks with big insulated bags(or backpacks in the case of bike/moto folks) pretty regularly. Not sure if they are required(or provided or sold) but they are definitely available.

They're available, but I don't think they're universally used. I read one article where the a pizzeria was offering bags for the drivers to borrow (because of bad reviews for cold delivery pizza), but a lot of them refused because they'd have to leave a deposit and didn't want to return to the store to return the bag.