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There are enough players in this area: Sprig, Munchery, Grubhub, Seamless, Caviar, etc. etc. What is Uber bringing to the table?
There are enough players in this area: Sprig, Munchery, Grubhub, Seamless, Caviar, etc. etc. What is Uber bringing to the table?
1.) The ability to deliver from any restaurant, not just those participating or offering their own delivery service. 2.) Drivers in a large number of locations, likely closer to the intended restaurant than any "pick it up for you and deliver" service could ever be.
There are enough players in this area: Sprig, Munchery, Grubhub, Seamless, Caviar, etc. etc. What is Uber bringing to the table?
1.) The ability to deliver from any restaurant, not just those participating or offering their own delivery service. 2.) Drivers in a large number of locations, likely closer to the intended restaurant than any "pick it up for you and deliver" service could ever be.
How useful is this for customers if it's just a small period of time (and likely vendors not to mention limited area)? I know it's a big jump to add a whole new competency (delivery vs. cabs), but I'm not sure I'd even try it out given other options (DoorDash) exist and don't operate on a trial basis.
I think someone in Uber has some dream of creating a system where drivers are constantly kept busy and completing jobs (small deliveries, driving people, food deliveries) in an efficient, algorithmic flow that keeps downtime at a minimum, while drivers earn money and Uber earns even more money.
They will either have to dedicate people to strictly or mostly food delivery, or offer an annoying service where your driver has to make a detour so he or she can pick up a hamburger for someone else.
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I think someone in Uber has some dream of creating a system where drivers are constantly kept busy and completing jobs (small deliveries, driving people, food deliveries) in an efficient, algorithmic flow that keeps downtime at a minimum, while drivers earn money and Uber earns even more money.
Sounds like it'll only ever be a dream. Assuming they can keep sabotaging their way towards market dominance, eventually they'll reach a point where they have to deal with humans directly - and with humans you get problems you can't solve technically. They will either have to dedicate people to strictly or mostly food delivery, or offer an annoying service where your driver has to make a detour so he or she can pick…
(In all seriousness, I think there could be a market for almost all of their ideas. The problem is the need for seamless integration and management of human assets that have little allegiance, combined with small, test markets, makes it hard to predict what services will take off and what will flounder)
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1.) The ability to deliver from any restaurant, not just those participating or offering their own delivery service. 2.) Drivers in a large number of locations, likely closer to the intended restaurant than any "pick it up for you and deliver" service could ever be.
This is basically Postmates.
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This is basically Postmates.
I agree, but I guess the argument is they are more efficient because unlike Postmates their drivers can work as both taxis and delivery vehicles so will have less down time.
There are enough players in this area: Sprig, Munchery, Grubhub, Seamless, Caviar, etc. etc. What is Uber bringing to the table?
1.) The ability to deliver from any restaurant, not just those participating or offering their own delivery service. 2.) Drivers in a large number of locations, likely closer to the intended restaurant than any "pick it up for you and deliver" service could ever be.