Sidecar CEO: Why our new same-day deliveries can beat Uber’s | Gigaom: "How do you manage supply and demand for a company with as big a network of restaurants as Eat24? What if there aren’t drivers available to deliver food when customers order it?
We have a large network of drivers to start with. We have a large pool of resources. We are able to mix demand for rides with demand for packages or, in this case, hot food.
There are times when a driver might first give a ride to a rider and the next request might be a delivery and the next request might be for another delivery and that same trip combines with a rider. All three scenarios are possible; that’s how we’re able to get more capacity, magnify the efficiency of the network.
What about when things are really busy, like during rush hour? Who gets priority: Packages or people?"
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