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by ams6110 3831 days ago
If you could solve the problem of needing to directly interact with the customer to collect payment, I'd think food delivery would love the idea of drones. The biggest cost of a pizza delivery shop is paying the drivers. They normally get an hourly wage, plus mileage if they are using their own cars.

They'd need to solve payment collection; a lot of people still pay cash for things like food delivery.
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ghaff 3831 days ago
I don't use any of them because I don't live in an urban area, but my understanding is that apps like GrubHub can handle the payment process.
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jchoong 3831 days ago
This "They'd need to solve payment collection;" is an intriguing problem if it is still present. The spate of startups (doordash/postmates/et.al) solves the problem (and more) but I certainly wonder if there's a more focused solution to the specific problem. Would there happen to be more specific details/datapoints?
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