[Shivetya]

Has there been a delivery service that didn't have these issues? Raising the prices is effectively the only means, people don't seem to be put off by how much Instacart can jack prices; Costco even warns you the prices are much higher if you choose this as delivery.

Pizza chains and others who own their delivery process can at least set where they will deliver and tend to encourage bigger purchases to avoid delivery charges and hopes of fresher food.

I am going to assume the only type of agreement would be tighter integration with restaurants to the point the service name is hidden, as in contracting out drivers to particular restaurants but the difficulty there is guaranteeing a driver is always available. Basically an outsourcing for drivers. Restaurants get some filtering of drivers and drivers have a set number of stores with instant familiarity.