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Solutions Mode

Dish City by WAMU 88.5

Jun 17, 202140:35Arts

There are problems with food delivery. There's the reliance on gig laborers who say they are underpaid. Restaurants have to pay high commission fees on top of most orders. And delivery companies wind up operating on thre...

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Solutions Mode is an episode from Dish City by WAMU 88.5. There are problems with food delivery. There's the reliance on gig laborers who say they are underpaid. Restaurants have to pay high commission fees on top of most orders. And delive...

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Published Jun 17, 2021, 40:35 long, audio available.

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What is Solutions Mode about?

There are problems with food delivery. There's the reliance on gig laborers who say they are underpaid. Restaurants have to pay high commission fees on top of most orders. And delivery companies wind up operating on threadbare margins and still haven't turned an annual profit. Oh, and soggy fries. We haven't quite solved for that yet. There's plenty to vent about. But, food delivery's not going anywhere. So, on our season finale: Can food delivery be better? Read a transcript of this episode at dishcity.org .

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Published Jun 17, 2021 and 40:35 long