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Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by yazan94 »

ShabbosGoy wrote: post #64
adamqureshi wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I spoke to the my local pizza shop in NYC. He said between grubhub, uberRush, yelp and now slice, they are eating his pizza profit margins. He said he has to deal with 3-4 software / hardware POS products for EACH service. They are sucking him dry. He can't make money BUT needs them to bring the business. Slice takes a 20% "slice" per order / of his business. Flour costs going up, he makes his own mozzerella. UberRus…

Which will inevitably lead him to use poorer quality ingredients in order to survive. 3-4 POS is ridiculous for a small business. Why hasn’t this been solved yet?

> 3-4 POS is ridiculous for a small business. Why hasn’t this been solved yet?

My guess is that the companies would otherwise have trouble enforcing their cuts if the customer chooses to pay when they pick up

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by yazan94 »

CPLX wrote: post #128
ebikelaw wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Albania and Italy are only as far apart as New York and Philadelphia, and Albania and Greece are adjacent. Americans are not inclined to draw a distinction between regions separated by so little distance. It would be like you saying that you have a favorite Mission-style taqueria in Tirana, and I countered that it's actually run by people from Sacramento. There is no difference!

By this same logic there is little difference between food from southern England and northern France.

It seems you forgot about the little obstacle called the English Channel

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by lucasverra »

jonknee wrote: post #125
ahi wrote: post #118

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Their HQ is actually in Ann Arbor which is nice so long as you don't want big city accoutrements. Pay isn't terrible especially considering cost of living. As far as I can tell their recruiting problem is how many people want to work for pizza corp?

To be honest, making APIs for selling pizza doesn't seem so bad compared to working for a monstrous company like Facebook or Uber. That said, I'd never want to be anywhere near Ann Arbor.

> I'd never want to be anywhere near Ann Arbor. Only personal appreciation or something else ? Lovely town if you are in for the university ecosystem

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by joezydeco »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #149
greenleafjacob wrote: post #100

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Delivery is a cost.

And you think the firm charging 33% has a 65% percent higher cost than the one charging 20%?

If it's Uber, probably yeah. Gotta pay the drivers comparable to what they would be making hauling people instead of pizzas.

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by jonknee »

lucasverra wrote: post #183
jonknee wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be honest, making APIs for selling pizza doesn't seem so bad compared to working for a monstrous company like Facebook or Uber. That said, I'd never want to be anywhere near Ann Arbor.

> I'd never want to be anywhere near Ann Arbor. Only personal appreciation or something else ? Lovely town if you are in for the university ecosystem

Well if you're working for Dominos that rules out the university ecosystem... Regardless, I dislike the Midwest and choose to not live there.

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by CPLX »

yazan94 wrote: post #182
CPLX wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

By this same logic there is little difference between food from southern England and northern France.

It seems you forgot about the little obstacle called the English Channel

A mere inconvenience when compared to the obstacle that is the English kitchen.

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by khedoros1 »

mprev wrote: post #30
scrooched_moose wrote: post #19

> Yet Sela believes consumers have been abandoning local shops--even those with fresher ingredients, better flavors and ties to their communities--mostly because they lack the ability to take mobile orders. That may be part of it, but among people I know the majority of it is cost. A 16" pizza at most of our favorite spots ends up around $25. I can get a 14" 3 topping pizza at Dominos for $7.99. The local pizza is gr…

Interesting. Dominos in the uk is horribly expensive in comparison.

About 5 years ago, my wife and I were in London on vacation. We'd just gotten to our hotel from the airport, the rain was really coming down, and we opted to stay in. We ordered pizza from...well, I don't remember where, but the quality of the product was certainly chain-like. And the price was several times what I would've paid at home, even for something of a better quality.

I think expensive food was just one of the defining traits of London, though.

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by khedoros1 »

JackCh wrote: post #63

Maybe I'm just out of touch, but the appeal of online pizza ordering is something I can't wrap my mind around. Calling and placing an order using the traditional telephone method seems far easier to me. I do it often, more often than I should. Furthermore it seems better for the business since presumably the phone company takes a much smaller cut of the sale than whatever web platform they may be using. Is it because…

I often order at work, just before going to the pizza place (and then home). Ordering online means that I can spend some time thinking about what to order, whether I want more than just pizza, poking around to see if there are special offers that day (even check on more than one restaurant without bothering their employees), and so on.

I can avoid the person at the register punching the wrong thing in, get a receipt on my phone, and not have to call several times in a row to get the teen working the register to pick up.

The phone call's easier if I know which restaurant I'm going to order from, which coupon I'll use, and everything I plan on ordering, but often those 3 things don't apply at the same time...and I still have to go online to find the place's phone number.

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by khedoros1 »

JackCh wrote: post #160
gnahckire wrote: post #154

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> reading my credit card number over the phone I find this interesting because most places I call for carry out just take my order and name. I then pay at the counter with my credit card when I pick it up.

In my experience it's standard to pay in person when you pick it up, whether you're using cash or credit. But if you're getting delivery they ask for your credit card number when you place the order (and obviously cash is handed over when it's delivered.)

Odd. If I'm paying in cash for a delivery, I'd question them asking for a credit card number.

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by eropple »

Regardsyjc wrote: post #169
analogmemory wrote: post #77

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> He said he has to deal with 3-4 software / hardware POS products for EACH service I see this in some small shops. Their order counter is crammed with an iPads for each delivery service usually (4-6). Just to run ONE APP. It's ridiculous with what they have to put up with.

Is there no service that provides one platform to manage all of them?

They want a cut, too.
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