Skip the doughnuts: StarMetro Edmonton tested Tim Hortons’ delivery service — and it didn’t go well - what does skip the dishes charge restaurants

EDMONTON—Does a double-double travel?
Can donuts make cents for delivery?
On Monday, coffee shops in Canada joined the popular food delivery service Skip the Dishes to test delivery in three Canadian cities --
Vancouver, Ottawa and Edmonton.
Fans of cheap coffee and extreme convenience, the StarMetro Edmonton team tested Tim Houghton's system on Friday morning by placing an order to a place in downtown Edmonton, one of the 148 people who participated in the trial broadcast, it's only five blocks from the newsroom.
Place at 10: 50. m.
Ordered six cups of coffee, three cups of soaked Tea, a cream cheese baked bagels, a potato pancake and a dozen donuts.
Three minutes later, Tim Hortons, who is in charge of packaging and accuracy, confirmed the order.
Food is scheduled to arrive in 31 minutes.
In 20 minutes, Skip the mobile app announced the driver-
We call it the driver 1 Express with a history of 27 deliveries
Just 16 blocks away, on the way to the restaurant.
However, at 11: 26 A. M. m.
Two minutes before the expected arrival time, the driver No. 1 was not closer to the pick-up point than StarMetro, and soon after, he completely disappeared from the tracking map.
Orders seemed to be on hold until 11: 47 A. M. m.
When a new driver, Driver 2, a delivery veteran, was sent to pick up the pieces, he was credited to the app and more than 1,000 people skipped the delivery. At 12:15 p. m.
51 minutes after the order was originally scheduled to arrive, the driver No. 2 appeared three large paper bags packed neatly and sealed, containing different drinks from food, which was still very warm to touch.
Editor Alex Boyd said of bagels she should have been twice: "It's just bread . "toasted. “I’m so sad.
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The food' of food local pizzeria in Edmonton restaurant offers 420 StarMetro account manager revellersTaryn Moorehouse, who receives two cups of medium-soaked tea with milk and one sugar, if
"It tastes and texture consistent with Tim Holden," Moorehouse said . ".
"It doesn't taste like sitting. And I can tell.
According to StarMetro's infrared thermometer, the temperature of the small black coffee has risen at 55 degrees Celsius, and the office agrees that both coffees are cool enough to sip comfortably,
However, the lost donuts left a hole in the collective heart and stomach of the office, especially those who replaced the sweet promise with breakfast.
Skip-the-Dish customer service reps provided through the company's mobile app quickly apologized for the mistake
StarMetro is refunded for an order of $40, which includes $3.
45 delivery fee, tip and tax on goods and services.
However, more than a dozen replacements must be ordered separately and yes.
Arrive in 44 minutes.
At the end of the ordeal, StarMetro concluded that Tim Houghton's coffee could be bought for donuts in dollars.
But it was only a few minutes away from Timbits and the food left something that was needed.