{"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":"
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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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Uber recently made headlines<\/a> after the New South Wales government clarified the law and declared UberX illegal because the Passenger Transport Act requires drivers to be appropriately accredited.<\/p>\n

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The speed of the service suits MELT Pizza well, it serves pizza Napoli-style; cooked for under two minutes in a 400 degree oven.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe prefer our customer eating the pizza while it\u2019s piping hot and that\u2019s why we thought it could work so perfectly, because we can get it out of here fast,\u2019\u2019 Dan Gold says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs opposed to having our own suite of drivers that might be caught up, we\u2019ve got a bigger pool of drivers to draw from.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou often visit a pizza place and see the delivery guy just sitting around waiting for the next order. Someone is paying for that. This won\u2019t happen at Melt Pizza, and by using Uber the savings and better taste are being passed on to our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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