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Ask HN: Feedback on text-based food delivery concept?

by jmzbond on 12/2/15, 4:20 PM with 5 comments

Here's how it would work:

1) Receive a text by 5pm each day with the day's 2 menu options (1 veg, 1 non-veg) 2) Text back if you want food (which option & quantity) by 6pm 3) Get it delivered by 7pm (first time you order, card + delivery info recorded)

Thoughts?

  • by sethwm on 12/2/15, 4:49 PM

    Sounds like Peach: https://www.peachd.com/

    Except peach serves lunch instead of dinner. They appear to have the restaurants deliver the food themselves. Your office needs to have 50 people who have signed up for the service before they'll start offering menu items in that location.

  • by byoung2 on 12/2/15, 4:35 PM

    I think for online-to-offline startups you have to look at both sides of the equation (maybe inequality is a better term). The interface is less important than the physical fulfillment of the product or service. Cragislist is a perfect example of this. In your example, I'd be more interested in how the food tastes, and how well delivery works.