Introducing Land of the Giants: Delivery Wars

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4.4 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Restaurant delivery apps have made it possible to order pretty much anything we want to eat with the click of a button. The latest season of the Land of the Giants podcast explores the cost of that convenience. Enjoyed this episode? Follow Land of the Giants anywhere you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Jettu Holidays and visit Malta.
0:04.4	Find your flavor in Malta.
0:06.5	Explore traditional Maltese cuisine, dine at Michelin-starred restaurants,
0:10.4	taste the freshest seafood and tour the local vineyards.
0:14.0	Choose a Jetu Holidays package that suits you, including your hotel, flights, return transfers,
0:19.7	and 22 kilograms of baggage.
0:21.8	Book Malta now with Jetu holidays. Package holidays you can trust.
0:26.2	Ab sat and at all protected, subject to availability and conditions.
0:30.1	Hi, I'm Amanda Koot and today we are sharing a special episode from Land of the Giants.
0:34.5	Land of the Giants is a podcast from Recode, Eater's sister site,
0:38.0	and it explores how tech giants like Amazon, Netflix, and Google have changed the world.
0:43.7	But we teamed up with them to do a special mini series
0:47.2	called Delivery Wars.
0:49.1	And it's all about the giants like DoorDash and Uber's and Grub Hub and how they came to be so powerful
0:56.8	in the world of food. It is hosted by the wonderful food journalist and culture writer
1:03.0	Emmud Ali Akbar with reporting from RICODS Jason Del Rey
1:07.3	and me Daniel.
1:09.6	What? What did you do?
1:10.9	I helped make this thing. That's what did you do? I helped make this thing. That's what did you do? Well I went to
1:15.8	meetings every week. Yeah. But I also you know, using all of Eaters, years and years and years of reporting on this subject,
1:29.6	I was able to provide my unique expertise and also connect them to sources, do some reporting.
1:35.4	Also the fourth episode, I co-host.
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