Do These Online Restaurants Guarantee Freshness
Many people feel as if they order food from one of these online restaurants, that their food is going to spoil during shipping. It’s natural to think that.
But you really shouldn’t worry about it. After all have you ever wondered how restaurants and grocery stores get their food delivered to them. Its the same exact concept. The food gets delivered sometimes half way across the country. So it shouldn’t matter if its going to a small pizzeria or a family home. Just as long as you pick an online restaurant that you can trust, you should be fine.
I would say that a vast majority of these online restaurants like to use UPS. It’s mostly due to the flexible shipping options that they offer and also due to the fact, that of all the shipping carriers, they have the most experience with food.
Most of these online food sites have different ways of packaging different kind of food. It also really depends on the kind of restaurant they are as well. To give you an example, Home Bistro, which prepares gourmet meals, like to package their food in a lot of dry ice to lock in all the freshness. What’s great is that they usually have a low turn around time as well. (Only 2-5 days)
However, when it comes to the other online food stores, things may be done somewhat differently.
For example, look at The Crab Place. They specialize in fish and seafood. But instead of UPS, they prefer to use Federal Express. Their turn around time is even better. Because everything is fresh off the boat, they try to have the food delivered to the home of the buyer within 1-2 days. Instead of using dry ice, they use refrigerant.
On the other hand, there are gift baskets. The great thing about gift baskets is that the food doesn’t really have to stay refrigerator fresh, you have a little more flexibility. Sure, the turnaround time may be a little longer, but you more than make up for it with the low shipping costs.
The good news is that with the insane amount of online gift basket companies around, the competition really forces them to handle shipping really well.
