Why Hasn't Domino's Crossed Over To The Dark Side? (and a brief history of home delivery)
Since the pandemic hit over 2 years ago, the slow-to-adapt/adopt restaurant industry has been consumed by the latest internet of things -...
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Pacman
- Jun 13, 2021
- 3 min
Nobody Cares About Your Dollar Tip
Can we just be honest? Nobody cares about your problems. There. I said it. Can we move on now? Are your feelings hurt? Can you show me...
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Pacman
- Feb 16, 2021
- 4 min
Did DoorDash Really Abuse A Driver And His Family?
A column recently written about a carjacking - turned kidnapping of a Door Dash drivers car and children appeared in my browser window...
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Pacman
- May 19, 2020
- 4 min
What’s Wrong With People? Tipping In The COVID Age
The headlines couldn’t be any more clear…and at the same time, any vaguer. They can print what they will in bold sans serif, but it’s...
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Pacman
- May 19, 2020
- 5 min
Feeling Essential…And Expendable
The Plight Of The Gig Worker In The Shadow Of COVID-19 Updated: Apr 14, 2020 Are ya feelin “Essential”? How is it up there on that...
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Pacman
- May 19, 2020
- 2 min
Delivery Palooza 2020
Wall Street is dumping stock on Main Street like your hated neighbor’s unleashed Cane Corso unloads on your precious pansies. Kids are...
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Pacman
- May 17, 2020
- 3 min
2020 Corona VS The 2020 Gig Driver
Updated: Apr 18, 2020 This 1973 Corona Wouldn’t Hurt A Fly So here we are. It’s mid-March 2020 and yesterday the president of the United...
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Pacman
- May 17, 2020
- 3 min
POSTMATES SUCCUMBS TO CORONA VIRUS!
3 min Updated: Mar 15, 2020 Guess what just showed up in my email? Why the first capitulation from the gig companies doin it Wuhan style...
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Pacman
- May 17, 2020
- 3 min
BEST PRACTICES…Better Pay? Better Sue!
Updated: Sep 19, 2018 PAPA JOHNS Faces Its Next Trial (literally) By Fire Of A Laundry List Of Practices That Many Would Not Describe As...
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Pacman
- May 17, 2020
- 3 min
PAPA GETS DASHED
Updated: Oct 10, 2018 So It Begins. The First Major Player Of The Delivery Chains Succumbs To The Gig Players In A Race To The Bottom....
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Pacman
- May 17, 2020
- 4 min
Welcome To The Gig: Old School vs New School
Updated: Jun 14, 2018 New to the delivery segment? Old school pie delivery vet? Where’s the money? Should you make the move from pizza to...
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Pacman
- May 17, 2020
- 3 min
5 Essential Delivery Driver Tools
If you’re new to the delivery biz or you’re coming over from one of the old dinosaur pizza companies here are some tools you’re gonna...
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Pacman
- May 17, 2020
- 3 min
Drive For A Dollar
Nothing will lose you more money than not having a strategy when delivering. There’s an old saying; “It’s not how much you make, it’s how...
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Pacman
- May 17, 2020
- 4 min
Back To The Future?
I’ve heard it all – drones, self-driving cars, flying cars, droids, 3D printers, etc. What’s going to happen and when? Is there a place...
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Pacman
- May 16, 2020
- 3 min
Pain In The Gas
The cost of gas has continued it’s steady climb upward. The rideshare and food delivery contractors are obviously ignoring the issue and...
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Pacman
- May 16, 2020
- 4 min
The Delivery Biz
We’ve gone from “phone girls” to Web ordering, from phone booths and home phones to cell phones and apps, from just pizza and Chinese to...
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Pacman
- May 16, 2020
- 3 min
Do You Really Need To Track Mileage?
When it comes to the question of tracking mileage the short answer is yes. The long answer is yes. In fact there is not one thing that...
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