"From her roughly $50,000 annual salary as a data processor in San Diego, Ms. Reedy, 34, spends at least $200 to $300 a week on food delivery." If you're spending at least 20 percent of your salary on *delivered* food, maybe affordability isn't the main issue. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/d...[image or embed] — Tom Nichols (@radiofreetom.bsky.social) February 1, 2026 at 6:20 PMThis article about DoorDash and co food deliveries has led to quite the drama on several platformsThe NYT talks to people who are spending a lot of their money on Door DashA data processor in San Diego spends at least $200 to $300 a week on food deliveries:A family of four oders in for $700 per week:Yash Babar, a professor at the Wisconsin School of Business says people are increasingly disconnected from food preparationsDoorDash driver Mitch Drabenstott:Uber Eats driver Austin Layne makes $2 to $4 per delivery in LA, tips (if they happen) are only a few dollarsCustomer Will Parks is cutting back after spending 1/3 of his money on ordering food:

Source: New York Times February 06, 2026 04:44 UTC