Houseoflego Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 I noticed a sign on the entrance to an industrial yard on the corner of Melborn grove which said it had a licence to deliveroo. Might be because of this? How Deliveroo's 'dark kitchens' are catering from car parks https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/oct/28/deliveroo-dark-kitchens-pop-up-feeding-the-city-london?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 V bad. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Been there for a few months I believe. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxjen Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 There is also one in Camberwell, neither have planning permission. See article in Southwark News https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/council-issues-notice-deliveroos-pop-kitchens-camberwell/ Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabag Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Deleted postIn that it's hearsay and that's not good enough here.Apologies X Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DovertheRoad Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 They're far from offering ethical business. But that doesn't sound quite right Seabag. As it kills the UVP that made their model successful "your favourite local restaurants food, brought to your door". And have you experienced how their "dark kitchens" mangle and destroy concept after concept? Just try comparing Busaba Eathai from their se22 menu with...Busaba Eathai in Soho. Like polystyrene by comparison. You of all people know what it takes in skill,craft and proper kit in building a local name over time. Sure there will be some who can't tell Franklin's wood fired chicken from something knocked up in a portacabin. But no different to now. VC funded businesses don't have talk some shit to show how they might scale to appease investors. Can't see "taking over" local businesses as one of them. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Easy answer, dont use deliveroo. It's a convenience and convenience always leads to lower standards - get off your fat arse if you want great food or stop whining if you don't. Simps. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_F Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Has been there for ages (maybe even a year now) - lots of "Deliveroos" scooting in and out. I think it is more for their "own brand" restaurants that they have listed on there - they effectively create different restaurant concepts themselves to pad out the listings before they have local restaurants signed up. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigello Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 I wonder just how big the intersection is of regular gig economy service uses (Uber, Deliveroo etc.) and those who rail against rampant capitalism/zero hour contracts/abuse of workers, especially those who are young/lacking qualifications/foreign. (I don't use Uber, Deliveroo etc.) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelina Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 ..as in - "I rally for fair employment rights but also like the cheap cabs/ food...."?quite large, most probably. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Eva Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 boss of Deliveroo tells MPs that giving workforce minimum wage, holiday and sick pay will add ?1 to each mealhttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/oct/10/deliveroo-workers-rights-uber Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Poste's Child Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 No risk of it meaning ?1 off the Deliveroo boss's profits, then. That's why I can't use them or buy clothes from Primark for that matter - at those prices you know someone's being exploited.Why didn't I know about wood-fired chicken at Franklin's? Can you buy a whole one to take home? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelina Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 but it might be cooked in a portacabin, instead Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Robert Poste's Child Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> No risk of it meaning ?1 off the Deliveroo boss's> profits, then. That's why I can't use them or buy> clothes from Primark for that matter - at those> prices you know someone's being exploited.> > Why didn't I know about wood-fired chicken at> Franklin's? Can you buy a whole one to take home?That would be the little portable thing outside Franklin's Farm Shop, would it not. ?DulwichFox Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Poste's Child Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Thought that was another pizza thing; must be cycling past too quickly. Will have a look. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pecksniff Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 I live nearby and they only have a couple of prefabs on site. They've been in this location for over a year and initially listed their incorrect address which meant I was disturbed frequently by deliveries and potential job applicants which they only rectified once threatened with social media publicity. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally3188 Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Relax it's not a dark kitchen, it's where they sign up and train their new recruits Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bels123 Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 ally3188 Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Relax it's not a dark kitchen, it's where they> sign up and train their new recruitsIt's both. I live nearby and have a photo from back in June last year of 3 portacabin kitchens - they had the 'restaurant' name on each one but I can't remember them now.No consultation with nearby residents and I'm unclear as to whether they have the correct planning permissions, have been asking James Barber but haven't heard back. The recent news articles suggest not. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Well no doubt someone somewhere will compare and contrast food from #'real' kitchens and dark kitchens - an obvious test.Dulwich mentioned belowhttps://london.eater.com/2017/9/19/16333746/six-new-deliveroo-editions-dark-kitchens-opening-london-bermondsey-islington-wimbledon Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189673 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 I don?t think Franklin?s do their wood-fired chickens any more and haven't for a little while. Maybe that is the aspect of Deliveroo?s model to which Seabag was referring?On further inspection, there are rotisserie chickens available from ?Deliveroo Editions? which, when you look up the details of the ?restaurant? turns out to be based on Valmar Road in Camberwell (see SNews article linked to above). They are also priced way above what Franklin?s Farm Shop used to charge. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 "Dark Kitchen" - always helps to give things a sinister name eh? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 ruffers Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> "Dark Kitchen" - always helps to give things a> sinister name eh?and doesn't have to be sinister if it's the same (or better) standards than restaurants. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbiscuits Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 I only order from ones I know come from the actual restaurants.If you order Busaba Eathai, Yoobi Sushi, or Tommi's Burgers... it's very mediocre food (prepared/reheated in Melbourne Grove or Valmar Road) and very, very expensive. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 fishbiscuits Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I only order from ones I know come from the actual> restaurants.> > If you order Busaba Eathai, Yoobi Sushi, or> Tommi's Burgers... it's very mediocre food> (prepared/reheated in Melbourne Grove or Valmar> Road) and very, very expensive.If that is the case people will lose confidence in the whole concept.I'd think they'd make a huge effort to maintain quality. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelBel65 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 I ordered from Yoobi without realising it didn't come from the restaurant, thought quality was excellent. fishbiscuits Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I only order from ones I know come from the actual> restaurants.> > If you order Busaba Eathai, Yoobi Sushi, or> Tommi's Burgers... it's very mediocre food> (prepared/reheated in Melbourne Grove or Valmar> Road) and very, very expensive. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/172063-deliveroo-dark-kitchen-on-melborn-grove/#findComment-1189781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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