Just Eat

[Bacon Is Proof]

okgo said:

Keep menus in my house? Nah you’re alright. I’m not 19.

Worst "I was a homeowner at age 19" post, evah.

[craigjm]

I don’t see the issue with Just Eats fees. If you don’t pay them then continue as you are. If you do pay them then take the benefit from people who travel for work etc using you because they can find you. This can only increase trade. For those people that are regulars but lazy try to switch the channel they order through. One take away I use puts a flyer in every just eat and similar orders to show people how to order direct and you get an item or items free if you use that route.

I can see why people demonise Just Eat etc but the fact is they can get you access to customers you just wouldn’t otherwise. Make a business decision if that’s worth it. Of course if the whole area is on the platform then you have to do it but that’s what competition is about.

[LeadFarmer]

I generally always use the same three Chinese, Indian & pizza takeaways so having access to menus on Just Eat isn't necessary for me. I know what they sell and I know what I want to order.

I usually phone and collect, but if I choose delivery id rather the takeaways own delivery lad do the delivery, they are normally very quick. There's a better chance of him bringing it straight to me, rather than a Just Eat lad travelling to pick up at various takeaways during his deliveries.

[okgo]

I think the main point is that often I don't know what I want, or where I want it from - that is the joy of having 1400 places that will deliver. The pizza place round the corner I will phone and put the order in, easy, walk there, pick up, but often I fancy a change. Sometimes I shop due to the offers that are on. Sometimes I want to just order booze as I've run out and got people over and the places that sell booze obviously do not have their 'own delivery' guys.

I ordered some beers the other night from BP in Wandsworth (about 2 miles from my house I guess), why? Because still open v late and don't take the piss on pricing, should I have got BP's delivery guys to do it instead? I have just had a scan and I can get pic n mix delivered on Deliveroo, the scope is huge.

[devnull]

Before the pandemic, Just Eat would would show 1 place on Just Eat

Now, a year on, it shows 3 places. The usual, one place which more often than not shows as closed and the other one is in the next town, and they wont deliver to where i live *shrug*

Drive 10 miles into Bristol and its like a whole new world - 400 places of all cuisines.

[LukeBrown66]

As we see on here

there are those that don't care about the small losses restaurants make for their own convenience and/or laziness, and lots who will never use apps like this, a few who know about it, but won't use it and prefer to deal directly.

I think the split is fairly even. I would love to do some research on those that use it and find out if there are any common denominators as I can bet there are!

[Red9zero]

devnull said:

Before the pandemic, Just Eat would would show 1 place on Just Eat

Now, a year on, it shows 3 places. The usual, one place which more often than not shows as closed and the other one is in the next town, and they wont deliver to where i live *shrug*

Drive 10 miles into Bristol and its like a whole new world - 400 places of all cuisines.

We live just outside Bristol and get a few places on Just Eat. Nothing at all on Deliveroo though, which is particularly annoying as one of their delivery chaps lives in our village.

[mw88]

LukeBrown66 said:

As we see on here

there are those that don't care about the small losses restaurants make for their own convenience and/or laziness, and lots who will never use apps like this, a few who know about it, but won't use it and prefer to deal directly.

I think the split is fairly even. I would love to do some research on those that use it and find out if there are any common denominators as I can bet there are!

.* Insert Futurama Not sure if serious meme here *

[Dr Jekyll]

The whole point of a takeaway, or any inexpensive cafe, is to cater for 'convenience and laziness', or what anyone else would call 'people having other priorities'.

[number2]

We should all stop being lazy and cook meals at home.


That would be great for the takeaway business that Luke doesn't even use.

There's a thought Luke - support your local takeaways by using them...

[okgo]

mw88 said:

.* Insert Futurama Not sure if serious meme here *

He's on WelshBeef levels of brain activity I reckon.

And as said by the bloke above, all this from a bloke who buys the odd packet of chips hahahahaha, you couldn't make it up.

[RobbieTheTruth]

LukeBrown66 said:

As we see on here

there are those that don't care about the small losses restaurants make for their own convenience and/or laziness, and lots who will never use apps like this, a few who know about it, but won't use it and prefer to deal directly.

I think the split is fairly even. I would love to do some research on those that use it and find out if there are any common denominators as I can bet there are!

I get it but life moves on and expectations around service evolve.


Remember when you'd phone a taxi and just wait indefinitely for a beep outside your house, and have to pay cash?

Now you can click the app, see the price in advance, pay by card and see exactly where the car is and when it's pulling into the road.

Or is that too mean to the local taxi firms who are getting squeezed?


Remember when if you wanted something relatively obscure, you'd go into town at the weekend (because everything closed at 5pm during weekdays) and browse an number of busy shops looking for it , eventually finding it if you're lucky and paying their asking price.

Now you can click onto Amazon Prime and get several versions, cheap or expensive, with free same day/next day delivery.

Or is that too mean on the shops?


Remember if you wanted to watch a film, so you'd wait until you had some spare time travel down to Blockbuster (during their opening hours) and pay to rent a video (if they had it in stock), and return it in the time frame they would allow.

Now you watch at your convenience whenever/wherever you want, and go straight into the sequel if you enjoyed it.

Or is that too mean on Blockbusters who went out of business?


Remember if you wanted a takeaway, you had to keep the menu in your house, make sure you had enough cash, phone them, go through the order, painstakingly spell out the postcode and street name, ring them back after an hour if there was no sign...............

[LukeBrown66]

Lol

Let me answer a few.

I will NEVER EVER use Amazon, mainly due to reports and friends I know who (briefly) worked there and were treated like rot. And I loath the way they and the general publics laziness (sorry but its true) means the High street is being closed down to probably make way for even more flats to house the massive amount of people we know have to deal with housing, it might be nice in the future but right now I MISS going into town to do as much as i used to. Sorry

I have never ordered a taxi either!

And I miss Blockbuster, I miss searching for SOMETHING and knowing you had to find it or you would have wasted a trip, renting games, going round to mates to play them together, now its all online.

I never do takeaways either so this was merely all about the sums of money involved

Edited by LukeBrown66 on Wednesday 16th June 18:36

[Trophy Husband]

Simple test.
Order the same meal direct to collect and order via JE.
I'd be very surprised if they were the same and I'm not struggling to guess which would be better.
I could of course be wrong because JE has eroded the quality across the board.

[okgo]

What’s the common denominator of people who use these apps then?

I think the thread is loosely - if you’re in a city it’s fine. If you’re in a village with one takeaway, phone them. Makes good sense really.

[Cotty]

RobbieTheTruth said:

Remember if you wanted to watch a film, so you'd wait until you had some spare time travel down to Blockbuster (during their opening hours) and pay to rent a video (if they had it in stock), and return it in the time frame they would allow.

Now you watch at your convenience whenever/wherever you want, and go straight into the sequel if you enjoyed it.

Or is that too mean on Blockbusters who went out of business?

Towards the end Blockbusters had a nice set up. You could view the films on their website and set up a watch list. They would send out two DVDs, once you watched one you posted it back in a prepaid envelope and they set out another in your watch list. I used to get though quite a few films a month using that model. Now I just have Netflix and watch what I like the instant I want to watch it.

[number2]

Cotty said:

RobbieTheTruth said:

Remember if you wanted to watch a film, so you'd wait until you had some spare time travel down to Blockbuster (during their opening hours) and pay to rent a video (if they had it in stock), and return it in the time frame they would allow.

Now you watch at your convenience whenever/wherever you want, and go straight into the sequel if you enjoyed it.

Or is that too mean on Blockbusters who went out of business?

Towards the end Blockbusters had a nice set up. You could view the films on their website and set up a watch list. They would send out two DVDs, once you watched one you posted it back in a prepaid envelope and they set out another in your watch list. I used to get though quite a few films a month using that model. Now I just have Netflix and watch what I like the instant I want to watch it.

It's because of lazy people like you that Blockbuster isn't here any more.


Just kidding, but perpetuating the OPs message: he dictates what business should survive or not, what constitutes lazy and how much profit should be made .

And I'm pretty sure the food ordered through JE is the same as food ordered by the non lazy people who walk down to collect. The effort involved in differentiating between customers will outweigh the benefit .

[LeadFarmer]

Dr Jekyll said:

The whole point of a takeaway, or any inexpensive cafe, is to cater for 'convenience and laziness', or what anyone else would call 'people having other priorities'.

I certainly think they cater for those like me who might sometimes be a bit lazy, but now with Just Eat they also have to cater for the bone idle

[craigjm]

LukeBrown66 said:

Lol

Let me answer a few.

I will NEVER EVER use Amazon, mainly due to reports and friends I know who (briefly) worked there and were treated like rot. And I loath the way they and the general publics laziness (sorry but its true) means the High street is being closed down to probably make way for even more flats to house the massive amount of people we know have to deal with housing, it might be nice in the future but right now I MISS going into town to do as much as i used to. Sorry

I have never ordered a taxi either!

And I miss Blockbuster, I miss searching for SOMETHING and knowing you had to find it or you would have wasted a trip, renting games, going round to mates to play them together, now its all online.

I never do takeaways either so this was merely all about the sums of money involved

Edited by LukeBrown66 on Wednesday 16th June 18:36

To be fair, and don't take this the wrong way, you would just sound old and resistant to change to most of the population. Companies like Just Eat, Uber, booking.com and all the other e-commerce sites for various things have made most peoples lives much easier, much quicker and much more convenient. I understand what you're saying and yes it was nice back in the day to go down to the video shop etc but for most people all the negatives of JE and others are outweighed by the convenience. The world is just totally different to a vast swathe of the population these days. If they cant do it from their phone or they have to pay cash etc they wont do it. As a business owner you may not like having to be on a platform that takes a cut but what price exposure to your market?

As for the poster who wonders about the meal being the same if ordered direct or via the likes of JE that is an interesting one. It would be tempting as a business owner i guess to put a bit less meat in the curry or make the naan smaller etc if youre giving profit away but im not convinced it happens. Would be interesting to see though

[Venisonpie]

craigjm said:

It would be tempting as a business owner i guess to put a bit less meat in the curry or make the naan smaller etc if youre giving profit away but im not convinced it happens. Would be interesting to see though

My regular kebab is probably larger if anything than when I used to collect it. Maybe they prefer the rider to deliver it than have me smashed and wobbling about in the shop mumbling incoherently.