[bootlooped]

Individual restaurants don't do many of the things delivery app companies do: offer an multiplatform app, have a sales team, 401k matching, expensive MBAs, software engineers, and lawyers, etc... A lot of overhead, and how can they really save money? Compare that stuff to just hiring a delivery person for near minimum wage.

[ryan_lane]

Often the person doing deliveries also does other work in the restaurant when there's no deliveries to do. They clean, fold napkins/silverware, etc. The delivery person probably makes more money than an uber eats driver, and it almost certainly costs the restaurant less.

Yeah, it's less convenient for consumers, but at least it won't drive your favorite restaurant out of business.

[iso1631]

And my local Chineese has a phone number, prints a new menu delivered round the estate every year or so.

Maybe throwing billions of dollars of AWS scale microservices isn't always the solution