DoorDash enters Pittsburgh market
than a billion dollars, Recode reported last month.
During a March tech conference There’s a new food delivery with Recode in Las service in town that will Vegas, DoorDash CEO Tony allow Primanti sandwiches Xu said the business would to be dropped off at the door: expand from 600 cities to DoorDash launches in Pittsburgh more than 1,600 cities in the this week, boasting U.S. and Canada as a result service for 1,500 local restaurants of the investment. between 11 a.m. and 10 Here in Pittsburgh, p.m. DoorDash will charge firsttime
“Delivery is something we users $1.99 for the next seeas the future of restaurant two weeks, and they can get dining, and we are excited to $5 off an order of $15 or more be a part of it,” said Jim Prezioso, with promo code DASHPITT regional marketing manager — valid through April 30, according at Primanti Brothers, in to a blog post by the a press release. “Bringing company announcing its Primanti to people’s homes Pittsburgh launch. through DoorDash is something Log onto the site — we are excited for as a www.doordash.com — and a business.” range of restaurants are
DoorDash joins thirdparty listed, including Korea delivery options in Garden in Oakland, Espresso Pittsburgh such as a Mano coffee shop in UberEATS, which rolled out Lawrenceville and Angkor in May, following GrubHub, Cambodian restaurant in Postmates and OrderUp, as Green Tree. well as the Lawrencevillebased Customers may end up Happy Bellies. paying more for each menu
For the latest venture, item through the service. If a Japan-based SoftBank, person orders a Starbucks along with GIC fund and Sequoia tall latte, for example, it’s Capital, invested $535 $3.16 for a tall one in the shop million, which, in conjunction but $4.70 for the same drink with other investments, delivered. A grande is $3.91 have made Palo Alto, Calif.in the store and $5.40 based DoorDash the rare through DoorDash. And it’s Silicon Valley startup “unicorn” $4.55 for a venti and $5.90 delivered. that’s worth more This does not include Pittsburgh Post-Gazette tips.
DoorDash was the subject of a Bloomberg article last year in “The Hidden Cost of Convenience With Food Delivery App DoorDash,” in which a restaurant menu price was cited as about $3 less at the restaurant than it was listed on the DoorDash website, a price hike that did not include a delivery fee that can be about $5.99.
DoorDash is somewhat like Uber in that “dashers” — employees who drive, pedal or scooter for the company — can clock in when they’d like to pick up food and deliver to customers.
Under the employee infomation for “dashers” it confirms that each driver gets all tips, paid by customers in advance, in addition to “at least $1” from DoorDash plus what the company reports as “a pay boost.”
A longtime Californiabased “dasher,” The Rideshare Guy, reported he made between $18 and $24 an hour with tips in 2015, and with a change in pay structure in 2017, his hourly wage dropped to between $15 and $17 an hour.