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Re:A pizzeria owner made money buying his own $24 pizzas fro... by the_gipsy on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @04:16PM (#32488251)
How come that many chains are able to employ (moped) delivery drivers above minimum wage, without surcharging the customer as much? Speaking of Europe.
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Re:A pizzeria owner made money buying his own $24 pizzas fro... by grumple on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @04:20PM (#32488309)
They aren't paying thousands of software engineers for the work of a few dozen software engineers.
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Re:A pizzeria owner made money buying his own $24 pizzas fro... by chipgap98 on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @04:21PM (#32488332)
Isn't that because there is a significant fee going to the delivery service in the DoorDash/UberEats/etc model? The chain doesn't need to pay for as much additional marketing/sales/support costs for their delivery service, its baked into their operating costs. Also there is a centralized hub for the drivers where they are going back and forth between a single chain location rather than driving around to many different restaurants. I would assume there are efficiencies in having a tighter loop like that.
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