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by hinkley 582 days ago
Delivery should be done as a coop between local businesses. Always should have been that way.
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Sometimes I miss when delivery meant either Chinese or pizza, and the businesses were specialized in that kind of work. Which meant it didn't cost an arm and a leg, and the whole system was vertically integrated in a way that gave your food a fighting chance of still being hot by the time it arrived.

Also the restaurants got a chance to teach their delivery staff how to properly handle the food. Which meant that the Chinese restaurants, for example, could get away with using oyster pails instead of having to resort to the "maximum packaging waste" option.

Restaurant business is so risky anyhow, managing a co-op too sounds like a big extra load to take on.