Game of patience, or gang busters

[luckyhjabba]

I recently started a food delivery service. I was tired of only being able to get a sandwich or pizza when I should be able to get anything. A couple individuals and I got together and are doing this on a limited basis(nights and weekends only). However my normal day job is also delivering food(sandwiches) so I get to see what daytime lunch is like and how much money is being left on the table.

I am looking for advice on if I should be going after some business partners and go gang busters on this, or should I play the game of patience and keep on trucking until we make enough money to expand on our own.

In order to do lunch time we would need to hire three people at 7.25/hr. I calculated that it would cost about 25K to pay the employees for one full year. That takes into account that we dont have a single delivery. We have next to no overhead and have the ability to advertise via our website. The website will also feature online ordering for all local restaurants.

I have experience as a delivery driver and have been the person in charge of marketing for a local shop for the past year and can certainly bring some people to the table. Unfortunately they all work for businesses during the day and cant come until we expand.

What do you think? What more information should I provide?

[jake_russell]

this is a tough business as people are trying to save money, at least in my area, and as so people are less willing to pay delivery fees. be creative. try to offer something besides just the basic delivery. how are you different than the pizza delivery guy. make it an experience. if you ever get to where people are using you just for the experience as much as the food you know you are on to something. as to whether to expand or keep going as is that is a tough call.

if you have the cash to expand and you have a track record that says this idea really works then i would possibly go for it. in the very least do it for a month and see if the new people are able to add value. if all they add is more headache or there is not enough demand then you can back off a little bit.

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best of luck