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by samtp 2225 days ago
> For #1: When you consolidate two (or more) local delivery operations that do the same thing, you can increase the efficiency of your operation as a whole.

The problem with that is delivery services have a fixed cost per order that does not significantly decrease just because you are fulfilling more orders, especially across multiple regions. You can group multiple orders per delivery, but the amount you pay the driver can only go so low before it is not viable for them to work for you.

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> You can group multiple orders per delivery

Isn't this the reason that cost per order isn't fixed? The more orders a single delivery can fulfill, the lower the cost-per-order becomes.