It's surprising to me that the post doesn't discuss Grubhub, which I used in early 2012, while that quote is from the middle of 2013. I think Seamless was around in my area too, then. Was it just not widely available?

My getting on in years parents pretty much feel the same way. They live just outside the delivery range of every restaurant because their house is right on the border of the city. When these delivery companies started popping up it was the first time in years they got to have someone else cook for them since they have a hard time walking.