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Old 10-30-13 | 03:53 PM
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Didn't really know what section to put this in. So I decided to put it here. Does anybody know any restaurants that higher cyclists for delivery? I know jimmy johns does sometimes. I live in a suburb of Chicago and I'm looking to get a job like that for the summer. So do you guys know any restaurants?
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Old 10-30-13 | 04:36 PM
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Didn't really know what section to put this in. So I decided to put it here. Does anybody know any restaurants that higher cyclists for delivery? I know jimmy johns does sometimes. I live in a suburb of Chicago and I'm looking to get a job like that for the summer. So do you guys know any restaurants?
I don't know any. However I wonder if any would be willing to start if you called them? I'm sure many places have customers that are withing a short distance and it would be just as fast (or close) to deliver by bike as anything else.
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Old 10-31-13 | 12:14 AM
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PORTLAND of course..

Heard about, there's the Hot Soup bike Cart.

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Old 10-31-13 | 12:22 AM
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Jimmy Johns do in a lot of cities, should be plenty of other places in Chicago that do too.
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Old 10-31-13 | 05:44 AM
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Start a business where you offer to pick up people's food and deliver it to them ... kinda like a food (bike) messenger.
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Subway could benefit from such deliveries. I know for certain that some Chinese restaurants deliver by bicycle.
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Old 10-31-13 | 07:17 AM
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Pita Pit in our downtown does.
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Old 10-31-13 | 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by acidfast7
Start a business where you offer to pick up people's food and deliver it to them ... kinda like a food (bike) messenger.
You can imagine having a deal with several different restaurants where you make yourself available for exactly this...
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Old 10-31-13 | 08:52 AM
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You can imagine having a deal with several different restaurants where you make yourself available for exactly this...
Yup!
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Old 10-31-13 | 09:14 AM
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What about the drinks...

Probably need one of these...

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Old 10-31-13 | 09:15 AM
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This is workable in higher density urban areas where there is a larger customer base within a reasonable cycling distance (time=$).
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Old 10-31-13 | 09:30 AM
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Jimmy Johns is the only one I've seen.
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Old 10-31-13 | 12:18 PM
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There is a company in San Antonio that delivers by bikes. I ordered from them when I stayed there for a week and it was awesome. He and his crew ran a business that would do pick up and delivery for restaurants. Great idea.
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Old 10-31-13 | 04:37 PM
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Something like Bike Waiter in San Antonio and St. Louis
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