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All the regulation around food and beverage sales stands to the contrary - Normal people can't resell liquor, nor resell takeout food from a licensed restaurant.

Relatedly, it's surprising that delivery times aren't monitored because of (totally appropriate!) food safety laws on holding food at proper temperature

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> Normal people can't resell liquor, nor resell takeout food from a licensed restaurant

That's actually good and a bit surprising. I find it quite disingenuous that DoorDash lists restaurants that haven't agreed to do take-out or delivery. Not only that by having a call center call into a restaurant it's just making the experience more expensive.

There is one restaurant in SF that was going to push for legal action. https://www.eater.com/2020/1/29/21113416/grubhub-seamless-ki...

Those prohibitions have nothing to do with the original seller asserting his copyright or trademarks or patents, which is what the first sale doctrine prevents. They're just requirements for anyone who is selling food to the public.

The safety angle is interesting.

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