What a brilliant way to validate an idea. No online payment processing, no fancy dropdown modals asking me to make an account, just pay when you get the bread.
I hope it stays this simple.
Show HN: Fresh-baked rustic sourdough bread, delivered within 20 minutes
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#12Wouldn't it be a logistic nightmare when everybody wants their bread delivered at the exact same time (breakfast)?
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#13Strange business, if that's what it's going to be. I've never had a sudden craving for a loaf of bread and wished I could order just that online. Not that I can't already; the local grocery store has a delivery service, and they bake their own bread every morning. I'm sure there's at least one bakery that delivers in the city, and there's a half dozen restaurants on GrubHub in my area that offer some kind of bread de…
There's a high end bakery in the mission called Tartine where people queue up every day to buy $13 loaves of bread. I could never justify the expense but from the line outside I'd say there are definitely a lot of people in SF who can. You might have a hard time scaling this outside of really posh areas, but I'd bet that if you can make a profit delivering 5$ loaves in SF that you could do it for cheaper with the same margins in less wealthy areas. Good luck to the OP!
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#14Strange business, if that's what it's going to be. I've never had a sudden craving for a loaf of bread and wished I could order just that online. Not that I can't already; the local grocery store has a delivery service, and they bake their own bread every morning. I'm sure there's at least one bakery that delivers in the city, and there's a half dozen restaurants on GrubHub in my area that offer some kind of bread de…
There's a high end bakery in the mission called Tartine where people queue up every day to buy $13 loaves of bread. I could never justify the expense but from the line outside I'd say there are definitely a lot of people in SF who can. You might have a hard time scaling this outside of really posh areas, but I'd bet that if you can make a profit delivering 5$ loaves in SF that you could do it for cheaper with the sam…
I'm skeptical there's any profit selling $5 loaves in SF. How many can one driver really deliver per hour, 3-4 trips? $20 per hour in gross revenue is barely enough to employ the driver and his fuel, let alone the bread, bakers, managers, facilities, taxes, health licenses, marketing, customer service, payment processing, etc. unless people tip very generously.
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#15Wouldn't it be a logistic nightmare when everybody wants their bread delivered at the exact same time (breakfast)?
That is so true. At some hours they'll have no clients at all and at others they'll need tons of people delivering the bread to get on time.
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#16Wouldn't it be a logistic nightmare when everybody wants their bread delivered at the exact same time (breakfast)?
In an ideal world, they'd adjust the price according to demand. But, realistically, no one's gonna shift their schedule to get cheaper online bread.
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There's a high end bakery in the mission called Tartine where people queue up every day to buy $13 loaves of bread. I could never justify the expense but from the line outside I'd say there are definitely a lot of people in SF who can. You might have a hard time scaling this outside of really posh areas, but I'd bet that if you can make a profit delivering 5$ loaves in SF that you could do it for cheaper with the sam…
I'm skeptical there's any profit selling $5 loaves in SF. How many can one driver really deliver per hour, 3-4 trips? $20 per hour in gross revenue is barely enough to employ the driver and his fuel, let alone the bread, bakers, managers, facilities, taxes, health licenses, marketing, customer service, payment processing, etc. unless people tip very generously.
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#19I like the picture on the site, it's from one of my favorite wineries - Scribe
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#20Wouldn't it be a logistic nightmare when everybody wants their bread delivered at the exact same time (breakfast)?
In an ideal world, they'd adjust the price according to demand. But, realistically, no one's gonna shift their schedule to get cheaper online bread.
Then there will be complaints that surge pricing for bread is price gouging when people need bread the most.