Editing Take-out (section)

=== Food delivery ===
[[File:Deliveroo driver on a motorbike in Manchester.jpg|thumb|right|[[Deliveroo]] driver in [[Manchester]], UK]]
Some take-out businesses offer prepared food for delivery, which usually involves contacting a local restaurant by telephone or online. In countries including Australia, Canada, India, Brazil, Japan, much of the European Union and the United States, food can be ordered online from a menu, then picked up by the customer or delivered by the restaurant or a third party delivery service.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kretzmann |first=David |url=http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/12/10/why-dominos-digital-component-is-important/?source=edddlftxt0860001 |title=Why Domino's Digital Component Is Important |publisher=DailyFinance |access-date=28 December 2013}}</ref> The industry has kept pace with technological developments since the 1980s, beginning with the rise of the personal computer and continuing with the rise of mobile devices and [[Online food ordering|online delivery applications]]. Specialized computer software for food delivery helps determine the most efficient routes for carriers, track order and delivery times, manage calls and orders with [[Point of Sale|PoS]] software, and other functions. Since 2008 [[satellite navigation]] tracking technology has been used for real-time monitoring of delivery vehicles by customers over the Internet.<ref>Marianne Kolbasuk McGee. [http://www.informationweek.com/news/206102079 "GPS Comes To High-Tech Pizza-Delivery Tracking"] ''InformationWeek'' 1 February 2008</ref>

[[File:Pizza delivery moped HongKong.jpg|thumb|A branded [[Scooter (motorcycle)|scooter]] used for [[Pizza Hut]] pizza delivery in [[Hong Kong]].]]
A restaurant can either maintain its own delivery personnel or use third parties who contract with restaurants to not only deliver food orders but also assist in marketing and providing order-taking technology. The field has seen rapid growth since the late 2000s with the spread of the smart phones and apps enabling customers to order from their mobile devices.<ref name="Haddon & Jargon, WSJ 3/9/2019">{{cite news |last1=Haddon |first1=Heather |last2=Jargon |first2=Julie |title=The Delivery Wars: Your Food Is Almost Here |journal=WSJ|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/consumers-love-food-delivery-restaurants-and-grocers-hate-it-11552107610 |access-date=1 June 2019 |publisher=Dow Jones & Company |date=9 March 2019 |pages=B1}}</ref> In 2024 it was reported, that food delivery companies in the United States and Europe had amassed more than $20bn in combined operating losses. The [[Share (finance)|shares]] of [[Deliveroo]], [[Just Eat Takeaway]], [[Delivery Hero]], and [[DoorDash]] were therefore trading below the value that was delivered during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="FT Opinion Lex">{{cite news |publisher=Financial Times Opinion Lex Team |title=Food delivery apps rack up $20bn in losses in fierce battle for diners |author1=Camilla Hodgson |author2=Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu |url=https://www.ft.com/content/675f5c8b-6029-4393-8eba-d6f00327e090 |date=19 May 2024}}</ref>

Some businesses offer a guarantee to deliver within a predetermined period of time, with late deliveries not charged for.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.pizzapizza.ca/guarantee.htm|title= Pizza Pizza's Guarantee|format= Commercial website|publisher= pizzapizza.ca|access-date= 7 December 2007|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071224054617/http://www.pizzapizza.ca/guarantee.htm|archive-date= 24 December 2007}}</ref> For example, [[Domino's Pizza]] had a commercial campaign in the 1980s and early 1990s for its [[pizza delivery]] service which promised "30 minutes or it's free". This was discontinued in the United States in 1993 due to the number of lawsuits arising from accidents caused by hurried delivery drivers.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.gtla.org/public/news/dominos.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030113195338/http://www.gtla.org/public/news/dominos.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 13 January 2003|title= Jury award spurs Domino's to drop deadly policy|publisher= Georgia Trial Lawyers Association|access-date= 18 September 2007}}</ref>