Does anyone else living outside of San Fran read this and go "San Fran blah blah blah". Seriously not trying to be rude, I just do not think any of the models presented in this article represent real life much outside of SF or maybe NYC.
They just need to get transaction/delivery volume up, so that density of orders shrinks the coverage area for any given "driver agent".
Scaling while trying to maintain balanced supply and demand key.
Moderate increase in delivery density can mean step changes in efficiency and almost all other aspects of these businesses.
Source: I work at Munchery mentioned in the article but I'm from Nebraska originally and delivery drove in collge.
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