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by stickfigure 3316 days ago
The cost of the delivery driver is amortized across the total number of deliveries the driver makes. If you can double the number of deliveries, you've halved the cost of delivery.

Having to return to a fixed point every 3rd or 4th delivery seems like it would add up.
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beokop 3315 days ago
You're assuming the delivery driver can be kept busy throughout the entire shift. I doubt there's many places where a driver could do a single pickup and then be kept busy for 6-8 hours straight.
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emodendroket 3315 days ago
Can you actually double it? I am not so sure. Even if you could, what percentage of cost does that actually represent?
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