Why does Northern Virginia get coverage, but not D.C.? I don't really understand the logic there.
I assume it isn't a logic issue, more likely a logistical issue.
Amazon Restaurants
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#22Amazon restaurants is hardly new. My first order was over a year ago. Is there something else new that I'm missing?
Sorry, I had never heard of it before. From the news[1] I saw it was new in a city dear to me. Mods can delete the post, my bad!
[1]: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2016/12/15/...
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#23One differentiation with amazon restaurants is at least in my market they don't mark up food prices (like door dash and kindof postmates) and they don't charge for delivery. Uber eats is the best of these I've found, but it's a pain meeting at the curb. Amazon restaurants has by far the worst drivers though, I think compounded by tipping before they deliver, and no ratings system
> One differentiation with amazon restaurants is at least in my market they don't mark up food prices (like door dash and kindof postmates) and they don't charge for delivery.
That can't possibly be sustainable over the long run.
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#24One differentiation with amazon restaurants is at least in my market they don't mark up food prices (like door dash and kindof postmates) and they don't charge for delivery. Uber eats is the best of these I've found, but it's a pain meeting at the curb. Amazon restaurants has by far the worst drivers though, I think compounded by tipping before they deliver, and no ratings system
> One differentiation with amazon restaurants is at least in my market they don't mark up food prices (like door dash and kindof postmates) and they don't charge for delivery. That can't possibly be sustainable over the long run.
I'm sure they still get a cut of the price from the restaurant. No delivery and no markup just means the restaurant keeps less of the revenue to themselves.
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#25When I first saw amazon restaurants (almost a year ago) I thought... meh! Why would I use this... order via phone and then wait an hour. I could order by phone call and go pick it up faster. Turns out now we use it so much and I've found that the value is that I can order by phone when I leave work and by the time I get home the food will be arriving at my door. The real value to me is that I can order dinner! They'v…
> Turns out now we use it so much and I've found that the value is that I can order by phone when I leave work and by the time I get home the food will be arriving at my door. Does "order by phone" mean mobile app or calling in an order? I would guess app but with Alexa and the other speech recognition tech they have, voice orders doesn't sound that far off either.
Order by phone with amazon restaurants means using the amazon prime now app or the amazon app.
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#26So how much longer till they combine this with drone delivery? The thrill of having a pizza arrive by drone could justify a hefty premium for a kids birthday party.
Realistically, pizzas are a pretty poorly shaped thing for a drone to carry since it would block all of the propellers and it would definitely be way more effort to keep warm. Self driving cars are probably perfect for this, though. In California, self driving cars are classified as neighborhood vehicles which can't go over 25 which is probably fine for restaurant delivery.
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#27Interesting that I'm seeing this for the first time on the same day that local food delivery company SkipTheDishes was sold to Just Eat for $110M ( http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/skip-the-dishes-sold... ). Skip is very popular here in Winnipeg since this is where they're headquartered, but always seemed like the underdog in the overall market. Wondering what will become of Skip, and how Just Eat and the othe…
Skip was so much better than Just Eat, too. Skip has Uber-style live GPS tracking, Just Eat seemed to be stuck in the dark ages.
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#28So how much longer till they combine this with drone delivery? The thrill of having a pizza arrive by drone could justify a hefty premium for a kids birthday party.
Realistically, pizzas are a pretty poorly shaped thing for a drone to carry since it would block all of the propellers and it would definitely be way more effort to keep warm. Self driving cars are probably perfect for this, though. In California, self driving cars are classified as neighborhood vehicles which can't go over 25 which is probably fine for restaurant delivery.
Land vehicles do have a size advantage that can be used for en route baking: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-24/inside-si...
I would really like to see the air delivery though. Maybe a calzone or stromboli would be more viable.
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#29One differentiation with amazon restaurants is at least in my market they don't mark up food prices (like door dash and kindof postmates) and they don't charge for delivery. Uber eats is the best of these I've found, but it's a pain meeting at the curb. Amazon restaurants has by far the worst drivers though, I think compounded by tipping before they deliver, and no ratings system
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#30Amazon restaurants is hardly new. My first order was over a year ago. Is there something else new that I'm missing?
Sorry, I had never heard of it before. From the news[1] I saw it was new in a city dear to me. Mods can delete the post, my bad! [1]: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2016/12/15/...
Your post is currently #2 on the front page... apparently a lot of people had no idea this existed.
Amazons marketing people have some explaining to do :)