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$10 In-N-Out delivery to anywhere in SF
- brennenHN 14y agoThis is an incredibly clever little tool to promote TaskRabbit for a specific task.
- Aloisius 14y agoInteresting how TaskRabbit decided to go head to head against PostMates. I think PostMates has the cheaper deal, but more people have used TaskRabbit.
- samstr 14y agoThat is only because TaskRabbit have been around longer. I think this space will get seriously interesting - but Postmates will take the crown.
- sixQuarks 14y agoWhat happens if someone tampers with the food? Is TaskRabbit responsible for damages?
- drivebyacct2 14y agoHey TaskRabbit, you might make that logo clickable.
- richardking 14y agoPretty cool marketing tool, but probably not all that practical- no guarantee delivery time (at least not on the front page), and hour-old in-n-out burger/fries/shakes pretty much ruin the in-n-out experience.
- dave1619 14y agoAgree. There needs to be more info on how long delivery will take.
- CamperBob2 14y agoThe next logical step: you order from burgerexpress.com and they send what amounts to a taco truck to your house. Someone in back cooks the burger en route. Deliveries are scheduled such that each customer's burger is done just as the truck arrives at the customer's address. Oh, and when some enterprising HN'er gets that working, I also want a Web 2.0 site that will let me create virtual Mongolian BBQ entrees and have them delivered with ingredient choices and quantities as specified.
- spaghetti 14y agoTakes only about 3 minutes for the experience to be ruined imo. Fries animal style will rapidly form a gelatinous cheese skin that's very unappetizing.
- HaloZero 14y agoOne small improvement they could make is instead of asking me to click the login into taskrabbit on the top right, why not just popup a prompt to signup / login to task rabbit?
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- itsmikemags 14y agobring. this. to. palo. alto.
- rabidsnail 14y agoYou don't have to wade through fisherman's wharf to get in-and-out. You have no right to complain.
- MBlume 14y agoThis page is basically a pass-through to taskrabbit -- nothing stopping you from contracting someone on taskrabbit to get you some In'n'Out in PA.
- citricsquid 14y agoThere's a company in Brighton (England) called "dinner2go" (http://dinner2go.co.uk http://dinner2go.co.uk) that offer this sort of service (a "food taxi") and it's absolutely fantastic. They've been around for a few years now but they don't seem to have expanded beyond Brighton which would indicate to me that it's not a particularly lucrative business. They charge pretty ridiculous delivery prices, on a $15 meal I pay $15 delivery, and I assume the time that it takes to place the order, collect the order and deliver the order mean they're not making great amounts of money on that $15. They do deliver well though, when my food arrives it's been <15 minutes from McDonalds to me so it's always delicious. Something I've been wondering for a while is why don't places like McDonalds, Burger King and In-N-Out do delivery? The only conclusions I can come to are that either they make money by upselling extras in the restaurant and someone ordering from home exercises greater constraint (eg: just ordering 1 burger and fries) OR that delivery isn't as profitable. Does anyone here have any experience in fast-food and know why?
- mikhaill 14y agoFYI. It works in some localities. Many of the New York City McDonalds have delivery offered by the restaurant itself.
- dkrich 14y agoI live in the outskirts of DC and the other day at a light at a shopping center in the burbs I saw a Burger King delivery car. It was branded and everything. I have to say I didn't understand the economics of it.
- eps 14y agoThere is an urban legend that the only two profitable items in McDonalds are fries and soda. The rest is just there to sell these two.
- Evbn 14y agoIt's not really meaningful to try to say whether a single item is profitable, since they are so interrelated, but the fries and soda are certainly very high margin.
- alpine 14y agoThis is a null business. Kill it now.
- hammersend 14y agoMenu Express was doing this in Nashville 15 years ago and they would pick up practically anything you wanted and deliver it to your door. Drivers had CB radios and everything.
- spaghetti 14y agoHow did it work out? Are they still doing business in Nashville?
- mehulkar 14y agoThis had to be on the front page today when both of the following were true: 1. I both really wanted an burger and 2. it's a weekend so they're not delivering. Perfect
- keyle 14y agoI came to the US last year for a California trip. In-N-Out burgers' double double has been one of the highlights. We road' tripped it all the way north, south and east. It was quite common to slam on the brakes and hit the exit at the first sight of a In-n-Out. This just brings some great memories back. Well done USA.
- avree 14y agoOr, you can use http://postmates.com/getitnow http://postmates.com/getitnow for a cheaper delivery, at any time (while In-N-Out is open, of course.) This is a clever marketing wrapper for an inferior service.
- sdhull 14y ago"For a cheaper delivery" -- hah, not exactly. burgerto.me is $10, period. Get It Now may or may not be cheaper -- it depends on how far you are and how much you buy. This is not to say that Get It Now isn't a good service. I just don't think it's as simple as you're saying it is. I think I prefer the flat rate, but that's just me. (edited to be slightly less argumentative ;)
- avree 14y agoOn average, for most places in SOMA/Misson/Marina, Get It Now has been cheaper than TaskRabbit. (This is based on my own experience using both services and by the released average Get It Now has been using in their PR.) I think you prefer TaskRabbit because you work there. :)
- dave1619 14y agoIs Postmates really cheaper?
- chrischen 14y agoIt depends where you are, but the last time I checked it was about $8 to the Mission and the first delivery is free.
- samstr 14y agoYes and Postmates is available 16 hours a day, on weekends as well. TaskRabbit operates "business hours on week days" only.
- tlrobinson 14y agoUnfortunately there's a reason certain types of foods aren't usually delivered: they're much better fresh. If the delivery isn't extremely fast this isn't going to be very good. That said, I'm definitely going to try this next time I crave I-N-Out.
- benwerd 14y agoIn-N-Out is in Fisherman's Wharf or Daly City. Either way, delivery to (eg) SOMA or the Mission is going to lead to soggy, nasty food. Also, the first time I went to Shake Shack, it totally put In-N-Out in perspective. And there must be so many incredible burgers in San Francisco. But kudos to TaskRabbit for some neat PR!
- gergles 14y agoAlso one in Millbrae, which might be faster - just a zip up the 101.
- hnriot 14y agoIf you're in SOMA, try the 21st Ammendment, or The Brick House for burgers that put in-n-out to shame.
- mpd 14y agoWorking in, and having lived in SOMA, I'll take Burger Joint over either of those. I'd almost take McDonalds over Brick House. Little Skillet now has a burger as well that's not bad.
- flatline3 14y ago> Also, the first time I went to Shake Shack, it totally put In-N-Out in perspective. And there must be so many incredible burgers in San Francisco. Shake Shack (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake_Shack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake_Shack) is just the beginning. This place is my current favorite: http://eatdogmatic.com/ http://eatdogmatic.com/ In-N-Out is tasty, but it's cheap and low-quality, and doesn't stand up when compared to its better fast-food peers.
- samstave 14y agoThe modern Kozmo.com -- though with a specialty delivery niche... Will not survive - but, these types of attempts are interesting... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozmo.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozmo.com
- rrhoover 14y agoThis is the first "single use case marketing package" I've seen from Task Rabbit. Would be awesome if they opened an API for others to create a similar site across different verticals.
- evantahler 14y agohttp://taskrabbit.github.com/ http://taskrabbit.github.com/
- bane 14y agoI'm unfortunate enough to live on the East Coast and only get In-N-Out goodness rarely (I've had Shake Shack in NYC way more). I'd love it if they started spreading out this way!
- rprasad 14y agoThis will last about a month, maybe two, before In-N-Out serves them with a cease-and-desist. It's been tried before. There were several startups that did this at Cal in 2003/2004. In-N-Out shut them down as soon as it found out what they were doing. In-N-Out has a very strict policy about remote burgering: if you want burgers at your place, you either go through the drive through yourself or you hire a truck to visit your location.
- olalonde 14y agoIt's good to be reminded how fortunate I am here in Shenzhen (China). The vast majority of restaurants have a free delivery service and tipping is not expected.
- jwang815 14y agoThis is similar to another startup called Caviar which is $9.99 for deliveries from some really top notch restaurants in SF. http://www.trycaviar.com http://www.trycaviar.com
- greesil 14y agoSo is this like Ninjaburger?