$10 per meal? $30 bucks a day for two?
Seems a bit pricey to me.
On the other hand . . .
Back in the day, Gristedes, in NYC and some surrounding up-scale neighborhoods, had a home delivery service. Bringing deliveries to the service entrance, typically the same person all the time, known personally by the daytime household staff.
You might catch a glimpse of it in some older black & white movies on TCM.
On the other hand, there is “Deathwish”.
No home delivery for me, thank you.
It wasn’t unusual years ago to have dairy products delivered to your doorstep.
Of course that was back when you could leave your doors unlocked. Someone at Wallyworld had a New Coke moment.
I can see your major was not in math! $10 x 2 = $20
Not a bad price for a restaurant quality meal for two. Even if it was $30 instead of $20. Either way, a fraction of my hourly income. I usually spend more than that on lunch in the city.
I'm very familiar with Gristedes. They are one of my clients.
Home delivery of food has gone mainstream. It's not just NYC. People are now getting meal kits delivered in Little Rock, AK and Butte, ID.
For me, it's a lifestyle choice. I'm up at 4:30am to make my morning train to Manhattan. I'm home between 7 and 7:30pm. Wife has Blue Apron meal waiting for me and it's restaurant quality. I make it up for her on weekends when I'm home. Today, I have NY strip and vegetables from the local farm markets - corn on cob, summer squash, hot peppers, some broccoli and some Kerrygold butter. This morning, I made my "homemade Egg McMuffins" which is Swiss cheese, sizzling bacon, slices of fresh tomato and fried eggs over easy on some English muffins.