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elzie5000
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 Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject: independent multi-restaurant food delivery service question |
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Inspired by http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=405709 , and conversations I've had with more than one of you all...
Do you think it would be possible for someone to have a viable business, or worthwhile part-time job even, delivering food on a bike as an independent contractor servicing multiple restaurants in the downtown/campus area?
Pros and cons:
-People are lazy, they'd like food brought to them.
-People are cheap, they'd balk at paying extra for delivery when some places do it for free.
-All the work would be from 11am to 1pm, then 5:30 to 7.
-At least one similar car-based delivery service failed here in the past.
-It'd be easy to get dispatched by text message. (omg! smmichez!)
-Tax deductible tight pants and bike parts.
Note: No way in hell am I considering doing this. |
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jkizzle
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heh, didnt know that was you i was talking to.
oh, and maybe delivering for nicer restaurants would work? a la lucies or natashas? i have no experience at all with this idea though haha
i still think your best bet would be jimmy johns or pita pit though. |
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jdbaum3
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It could work I think if you started to get some good word of mouth on campus. Especially with "freaky fast" delivery places  taking an hour, if your service is faster than the stores I think there'd be a market for it. |
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elzie5000
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:45 am Post subject: |
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| jkizzle wrote: | | heh, didnt know that was you i was talking to. |
That wasn't me, just reminded me of things I'd talked to people about before.
I still don't think it'd work here. |
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politicalhero
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:19 am Post subject: |
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| Bryant worked something out with PitaPit to do bike delivery, I am not sure if it ever worked out or not! |
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jkizzle
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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| elzie5000 wrote: |
That wasn't me, just reminded me of things I'd talked to people about before.
I still don't think it'd work here. |
oh well. bike delivery would be way better though. |
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brokebike
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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Two-wheeled Tamales.
Someone run with that... I wanna see it happen. |
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elzie5000
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| brokebike wrote: | | Two-wheeled Tamales. |
Would that involve you and Alex in short shorts? |
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bryant
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:10 am Post subject: |
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| it didnt work out. the manager didnt really have his shit together. other than that, it seemed like it would have. |
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catamount
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:46 am Post subject: |
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Several years back there was CafeExpress which did deliveries for a variety of places that did not have their own drivers. Though the concept seems logical I am not sure that they lasted too long though. They were the typical car delivery not bikes.
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elzie5000
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:04 am Post subject: |
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| catamount wrote: | | Several years back there was CafeExpress which did deliveries for a variety of places that did not have their own drivers. |
That's the one I was thinking of. Couldn't remember the name. I don't think they lasted six months.
Their business model was more complicated than it needed to be. As I understood it they reprinted menus from the places they delivered for with marked up prices, you'd call your order in to them and they'd relay it to the restaurant, then pick up and deliver.
If a similar service was going to work, I think they'd have to contract with several restaurants to be on-call for deliveries and charge a flat fee to the customer. |
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luckywarriorpig
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:39 pm Post subject: a bit late, but better than never |
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jkizzle
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| i mean, i wouldnt mind delivering for 5 bucks a trip+tip. especially during lunch during downtown, that would be a lot of money fast. |
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elzie5000
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:27 pm Post subject: Re: a bit late, but better than never |
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| luckywarriorpig wrote: | | then they sold to another company that fucked it all up. |
I must not have heard about them until after the sale. |
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roller
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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| court yard deli as model? |
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