Did everyone really become THAT lazy that driving 10 minutes to get your meal is that much trouble?
1. We had a child
2. We had multiple children
3. We realized getting children (who may be sleeping) into a car for even a 10minute drive becomes a big production
4. We got rid of our car
Also, other reasons:
A. It is 8:30pm, you're at the office, have another 3hrs of work to do and cant spare even 10min to get away. Very common in my Junior Analyst days. In fact, we had a company sponsored SeamlessWeb account that we could use anytime.
B. You are on a business trip at a random city/hotel w/o a car
C. Your car is in street parking and you dont want to lose the spot (wicked, i know...)
Depends on density, and traffic.
Getting to a nearby restaurant to pick up dinner, even a close by one, would easily take 30 minutes+ round trip. If I want food from someplace more than a couple miles away, make that 45 minutes or more round trip for dinner.
Or I can order from an app and have food delivered.
The question then becomes, is saving almost an hour of time worth $20?
1.) Skip doesn't allow the restaurant to jack up the price, so to the customer the total cost is the same 2.) These companies toss out tons of coupon codes and referral codes that bring the overall cost down (sometimes even cheaper than ordering directly from the restaurant) 3.) In dense urban centers, a ten minute "drive" is way more challenging/time consuming/effort than it would be somewhere else. In fact, these services use bicycle couriers in these areas.
Also the fact that they can afford the premiums in the first place implies that they're not lazy ;)