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DoorDash raises $535M, now valued at $1.4B
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Re: DoorDash raises $535M, now valued at $1.4B
#132One of the big players should launch a giant warehouse - serving as a giant kitchen. Capable of cooking all kinds of different varieties of cuisine and tons of automation. And a huge staff of well-trained chefs cooking, and delivering to a ~50 mile radius. I'd imagine they'd open this in - say Fremont - and deliver to the entire bay area. It would be great, because I could order Mexican food for me, Indian food for t…
Honestly? Sounds awful. Industrialized, lowest common denominator fast food. Plus pretty much any time I've eaten at a big restaurant offering options from a bunch of different cuisines, the experience has been somewhere between mediocre and awful. ADDED: As others have pointed out, you can put together something that's effectively managed like a high-end food court. But it seems as if the economics are tough.
My experience has been that the more things on the menu the worse the lower quality the food is, however it can be executed successfully. Wegmans, one of the grocers in the area has a huge variety of prepared food options. Despite the number of dishes, the quality is consistently high. They put a substantial effort into developing an entre before it goes into stores, and also own a few restaurants that probably help with this. Just one example of how it can be executed successfully.
Re: DoorDash raises $535M, now valued at $1.4B
#133If you are "Per order profitable", why do you need 535M USD? I dont get valley valuations/Metrics..
It could be Softbank forcing it -- they're known to overfund a round as a take-it-or-we'll-go-to-your-competitor tactic.
Re: DoorDash raises $535M, now valued at $1.4B
#134Doordash has frequent system-wide outages. https://twitter.com/DoorDash_Help During their outages your items will never arrive, your order may still appear as active and customer support may handle your case in 48 hours. Plus, their outage messages are misleading. On the other hand, Amazon almost never has outages, you can live chat with support at any moment, and if they're slightly late they will even give you mone…
>On the other hand, Amazon Amazon does restaurant delivery?
as a part of Amazon prime now