Note: the Verge article links to this blog post, describing the situation in more detail: https://www.readmargins.com/p/doordash-and-pizza-arbitrage

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sprinkly-dust 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Thank you, this was a fun rabbit hole to dive down. That blog also has a well-argued article about Zero Interest Rate Policy which relates to the doordash story: https://www.readmargins.com/p/zirp-explains-the-world

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ryanjshaw 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They could have made another $5 per 10 pizzas after order #1 by just delivering the pizza to themselves and sending the same boxes back out in the next delivery, and so on.

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mattmaroon 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

An actual DoorDash driver had to do the delivery though. So you risk being reported and also, if they take awhile, pizza gets cold.

But they also could have just raised prices on everything but the cheap one DoorDash was using for pricing.

	▲	bruce511 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		No, he means recycling the boxes not the pizza inside the box. The pizza itself can be literally given away (although if not on the premises, then presumably a box would be required.)

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akoboldfrying 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Junkfoodconomists term this "the velocity of pizza".