On: America is stuck at home, but food-delivery companies still struggle to profit

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Here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, we've had these food delivery services competing for the last few years, with their own apps, exclusive agreements with restaurants, and so on:

- Uber Eats

- DoorDash

- SkipTheDishes

- Foodora

- Fantuan

- HungryEats

Foodora just shut down two days ago: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/04/27/202270...

And there were at least two more that were previously available but seem to have been acquired: Just Eat (by SkipTheDishes), and Nomme (by DoorDash).

It's ridiculous how many companies are fighting over a market that doesn't even seem to be close to profitable for anyone.

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In Germany consolidation already happened and the only player left worth mentioning is Lieferando, operated by Takeaway.com, a Dutch company focused on food delivery. Lieferando is only profitable since 2019 after acquiring literally all serious competitors and creating a de-facto monopoly.