{"id":43513,"date":"2023-10-20T15:29:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/is-that-a-pizza-in-your-uber-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:29:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:29:07","slug":"is-that-a-pizza-in-your-uber-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/is-that-a-pizza-in-your-uber-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Is that a pizza in your Uber? – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
Uber is now not just delivering passengers, but also pizza.<\/p>\n
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One of Melbourne\u2019s newest pizza places, MELT Pizza, is using UberX to offer free pizza delivery within three kilometres of its Chapel Street store for orders over $35.<\/p>\n
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The restaurant is owned by husband and wife team Dan and Elise Gold, who initially planned to just focus on the dine-in and carry-out trade but were inundated with delivery requests.<\/p>\n
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When they opened two weeks ago and weren\u2019t able to deliver because they didn\u2019t have drivers, the Golds had a great idea.<\/p>\n
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Order a driver using UberX to deliver the pizza to their customers.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019d never really thought of using it for a commercial purpose, but with all the demand for delivery, we just ended up connecting the dots and thought we could use it to help our customers,\u2019\u2019 Dan Gold says.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAll the customer has to do is order the delivery via the telephone as they normally would, then we use the UberX app to get a driver down to the restaurant and they\u2019re here within a few minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n
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