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by mytailorisrich 1902 days ago
It's a very appealing service to the public, and it is quite popular, indeed.

But as a business it's tough because consumers are not willing to pay much for delivery, which is a very low productivity activity (a delivery 'rider' cannot do many deliveries per hour in most cases).

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As is any business that sells 1 dollar bills for 80 cents. Not a good business to own, though. "Making it up by volume" seems doubtful.
If you're ordering for 2, you're often paying ~10% on delivery with them. On top of that they're taking large commission from the restaurant on all sales.