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Deliveroo: Michelin-starred dining at home
Yasmin Razavi
Posted on December 8, 2015 at 9:46 pm
Netflix and chills just got better with Deliveroo; bringing food that you love to your door

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On December 14, 2015, Yasmin Razavi commented on PANDORA WINNING MODEL :

Thanks so much — great post and enjoyed reading about this! I was thinking about how the “Charm” bracelets provide an avenue for recurring purchases from customers at Tiffany’s. Do you have a view on whether this is the case at Pandora as well? It’s a great product to receive as a gift or buy for one’s self, but also very enjoyable to plan to purchase further charms.

That being said, I wonder if the brand will be challenged since “Charmed” bracelets may have lost their popularity in the past years and the Pandora brand is so tightly affiliated with this particular look.

Yasmin

On December 14, 2015, Yasmin Razavi commented on Deliveroo: Michelin-starred dining at home :

Definitely agree Lia — even for the mid ranged restaurants I still think its a big financial commitment to eating at home. A bill for two people could easily come to 50-60 GBP when ordered on Deliveroo.

I do think they are benefiting from two major trends: people are valuing at-home experiences, dining and hosting perhaps as much as going out to restaurants and secondly the health or ingredient conscious consumers will have a tough time picking food from Deliveroo’s main competitor which is Just-Eat.

I definitely do agree that the bulk of the business comes from fast casual (like Nandos, Busaba) as well as the mid priced options on the platform.

Yasmin

On December 14, 2015, Yasmin Razavi commented on Blue Apron: Fixing the Food Delivery Supply Chain :

Really enjoyed reading about this — I must admit that when Blue Apron first came out I wasn’t very bullish on the idea and thought it appealed to a small portion of the market who wishes to have meal plans at home. However, with the growing interest of millennia’s in food, recipes and making their own dishes or entertaining others at home, the Blue Apron model seems to benefit from a very important trend.

Given the shipping costs involved, I do wonder about the margins in the business. Does Blue Apron have that much more bargaining power with farmers than restaurant chains to be able to offer you a meal at home that is shipped to you? You may argue that they save margin by not cooking the meals vs. restaurants, and I would think that even then there seems to be a lot of overhead that already goes into making these packages and recipes customer ready.

Would love to have a think/chat about the margins of the business and how it can become sustainable after its growth phase

Yasmin

On December 14, 2015, Yasmin Razavi commented on Chipotle: It’s not the burrito – it’s the operating model :

Hi Sam

Great post — enjoyed learning about the operating decisions that Chipotle has made to truly fulfill its ambition of being a fast casual restaurant. While certainly these decisions have enabled the brand to grow over the past years, they are also very replicable decisions that any to-be fast casual entrepreneur can incorporate as part of launching a new brand. I am curious to see how Chipotle views the future and what it needs to do to remain competitive given most of the IP that is discussed in your piece is very replicable and not defensible. Perhaps their locations and access to prime real estate is a great barrier to entry and sustaining customers.

Thanks again
Yasmin

On December 14, 2015, Yasmin Razavi commented on Handy Mandy: Your cleaner is here :

I agree — you could use some GPS technology to see if the cleaners are going to addresses that were once customers of the platform and create penalties around that. It is by no means an elegant solution — but I do see it as the biggest threat to their model.

On December 13, 2015, Yasmin Razavi commented on Loolia.com : providing authentic advice to Arab women :

I would love to understand how you can leverage “live” streaming services like Meerkat, Snapchat, or Periscope to create a more real-time experience with Loolia and perhaps also drive down production costs for these videos.

On December 13, 2015, Yasmin Razavi commented on Handy Mandy: Your cleaner is here :

I would love to understand how Handy leverages technology and other tactics to block the issue of cleaners going offline and becoming recurring cleaners for the customer outside of the platform. In my opinion this is the biggest threat to these businesses as the habit of us using cleaners has mostly involved using the same person to build trust, know-how etc.,

On December 13, 2015, Yasmin Razavi commented on Le Tote – “Netflix for clothing” :

Is there any views on how the business is actually doing? Any publicly shared figures around the size of customer base and the ability of the company to retain them?

On December 13, 2015, Yasmin Razavi commented on DryBar: No cuts! No color! Just Blowouts! :

I am wondering if the same concept would work with Nail Salons? What are learnings from Drybar that can be applied to the nail industry?