California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaurant without an agreement

Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by lostcolony on Friday January 01, 2021 @12:24PM (#25604813)

I think it IS a matter of expectation, yes.

If I go and pick up something that doesn't sit around at room temperature well (let's say a milkshake), and drive 20 minutes home before eating it, I'm not going to ding the restaurant for the fact it's melted.

If, however, milkshakes are offered for takeout (reasonable), but then a third delivery party gets involved and starts offering them for delivery, anyone ordering it will have the impression of "I ordered a milkshake. It arrived to my hand melted! 1-star, bad!" Since they clearly aren't thinking enough to -not order the milkshake in the first place-.

Milkshake is an extreme example to demonstrate the point, but applies to anything that doesn't sit well (previously mentioned burger included), with the added trouble that customers are less likely to know what will sit well.

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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by ashtonkem on Friday January 01, 2021 @12:43PM (#25604973)

Funny fact, one of the best deliveries I’ve gotten this year was ice cream. The local creamery[0] has an option to sign up for weekly deliveries. They obviously bring the equipment to keep it properly frozen (easier than a milkshake I know), and check IDs for their alcoholic ice creams. I suspect that if they wanted to, they could have pulled off milkshake deliveries, although the logistics wouldn’t scale.

0 - https://ilovethestil.com/

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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by lostcolony on Friday January 01, 2021 @10:02PM (#25609945)

I've had Jeni's delivered before, yeah. Packed in dry ice it shipped fine. But, yeah, it's packed to travel. Not just placed in someone's passenger seat for 30 minutes.

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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by saagarjha on Saturday January 02, 2021 @11:26PM (#25619438)

TIL alcoholic ice cream is a thing.

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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by ashtonkem on Sunday January 03, 2021 @07:04PM (#25626533)

And it is awesome.

There’s not really enough alcohol in there to affect you; probably because it would eventually hamper the formation of ice. But having ice cream that actually tastes like coffee and bailey’s is the best.

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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by AareyBaba on Friday January 01, 2021 @04:09PM (#25607161)

local = Boise Idaho. If you were wondering

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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by cforrester on Friday January 01, 2021 @12:40PM (#25604939)

The quality of the food really isn't a binary state, though. I think most people get the idea that delivery food isn't going to be as good as having it at a restaurant, but they're expecting a middle ground if the item is offered for delivery.

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