335 / The gig economy’s soggy delivery
Yet, despite this new source of e-commerce demand, restaurants have struggled to keep up. The dominant reason is that restaurant demand is inherently “peaky.” It’s even more peaky now that delivery and pick up are turning restaurants into omni-channel retailers. Restaurants have fixed labor costs that do not scale up or down with volatile demand th... See more
Alex Taussig • Firehose #195: 🍲 The kitchen is open. 🍲
Based on the pricing model data, BuzzFeed determined that gas, insurance, and other costs of doing business amounted to about 22% of full-time drivers’ gross pay in Denver, 24% in Houston, and 31% in Detroit.