Comment by wyattpeak
6 years ago
One reason I haven't seen mentioned, maybe because it's not the case in America, but in Australia before Uber Eats your options for takeaway were somewhat limited. You could have all the Italian/Chinese/Indian you wanted delivered, but if you wanted a burger, or Mexican, or French food it was probably 50/50 there'd be anyone around who delivered.
Uber Eats vastly expanded the range of cuisines available, if they simultaneously lowered the quality (since these restaurants had no experience preparing food for delivery, and the delivery was usually slower since they didn't have in-house drivers).
It’s why I do order on DoorDash too. My local Indian place doesn’t do delivery, neither does my local deli, and my favorite pizza place won’t deliver to my address.
I’m more than happy to cut out the middleman and order direct but they turned me down when I offered to pay more to deliver to my address. I’m literally 50 ft outside their posted delivery area.