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Re:A pizzeria owner made money buying his own $24 pizzas fro... by sascha_sl on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @03:29PM (#32487626)
It's a thankless job, most of the value is extracted by the middle men (who realistically should be getting the least since they can scale to thousands of transactions like it per hour).

I'd happily pay a premium if it went to the people doing the actual ground work, but that doesn't exist.

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Re:A pizzeria owner made money buying his own $24 pizzas fro... by jlund-molfese on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @03:51PM (#32487934)
0 restaurants delivering to downtown Chicago, the second largest central business district in the world after midtown Manhattan.

I’d be happy to pay extra for delivery and try out places outside of walking distance if I knew the money was going to restaurants and drivers. But for all their complaints about DoorDash, the restaurants aren’t making themselves accessible elsewhere. The delivery companies put in work that restaurants weren't, and aren't able or willing to do, and that's part of the reason they have such high revenue (all concerns about quality and sustainability aside).

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Re:A pizzeria owner made money buying his own $24 pizzas fro... by rightbyte on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @04:16PM (#32488261)
> But for all their complaints about DoorDash, the restaurants aren’t making themselves accessible elsewhere.

Isn't DoorDash's "growth hack" to fake cooperation with restaurants and have their drivers just pickup food and pay for it like an ordinary customer?

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Re:A pizzeria owner made money buying his own $24 pizzas fro... by bee_rider on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @04:02PM (#32488083)
If I understand correctly, the delivery.coop site only seems to cover Lexington, Kentucky? It is a cool idea.

Unfortunately it seems that only the predatory delivery apps have spread nationwide.

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