Food delivery is in trouble

[Mik]

Or so these guys say.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-food-delivery-bubble-is-bursting-and-maybe-that-s-not-a-bad-thing/ar-AA1odwI1?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=f2b8646550644ec489b7e25e412e6d31&ei=43

[Axtremus]

It seems to require an abundance of really cheap labor to work. Not sustainable in an advanced economy like ours.

I am still under the impression that food delivery (or any kind of local express delivery service) is still a big business in big cities in China, but it's popularly portrayed as work done by people who could not find better work. No glamour, just a lot of helplessness.

[Mik]

I see whole lot of Cadillacs, Lexus and otherwise nice cars doing the delivery. No beaters. I think for many if not most it's an additional income.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Axtremus said in Food delivery is in trouble:

It seems to require an abundance of really cheap labor to work. Not sustainable in an advanced economy like ours.

I am still under the impression that food delivery (or any kind of local express delivery service) is still a big business in big cities, but it's popularly portrayed as work done by people who could not find better work. No glamour, just a lot of helplessness.

Took me many years after leaving food delivery to make the equivalent cash in offices. So, fuck that.

The third-party model is a bit of a Ponzi scheme but there's always going to be a call for the service.