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Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour (www.thestar.com)
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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

The solution did not exist at all. There was a huge market gap. Lots of restaurants didn't have the population density or resources to support a built in delivery service. I had two restaurants that delivered to my location prior to ride share delivery. It instantly jumped to dozens as soon as door dash came to town.