{"id":11742,"date":"2020-02-10T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T08:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madridfoodtour.com\/?p=11742"},"modified":"2020-02-10T09:48:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T08:48:00","slug":"food-delivery-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.devourtours.com\/blog\/food-delivery-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"A Local\u2019s Guide to (Ethical) Food Delivery and Takeout in Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
You\u2019re arriving home late from work and the idea of cooking dinner is about as appetizing as hitting the gym. Or maybe you partied too hard last night and plan on spending the day shamefully in your pajamas, vowing sobriety once again. Or maybe you\u2019re finally conquering the task at hand, swapping procrastination for productivity, and you can\u2019t be bothered to make food. Thankfully, it\u2019s hard to go hungry in Madrid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the local delivery business\u2014thousands of men and women zipping around the capital on bike\u2014is rather precarious. Competition between the four key enterprises creates far dirtier working conditions than their eco-friendly transport would have you believe. Pass by any fast food joint and you\u2019ll see a friendly gang of these guys lingering outside, chatting, sporting flashy backpacks, listening to reggaeton music, and waiting for the orders to roll in.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But their hidden reality is low wages, job insecurity, non-unionized conditions or \u201cfalse freelancing,\u201d not to mention the lack of viability of the sector as a whole. As these companies compete to offer consumers the lowest possible delivery price\u2014something to which we have all grown accustomed\u2014it\u2019s the delivery men and women who pay. The management of their work is outsourced by the leading companies to third parties: classifying \u201cdistribution\u201d and its \u201cdistributors\u201d as \u201ccollaborators\u201d in business. But I think we can all agree that there\u2019s little actual collaboration going on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what are the alternatives? Here are our top picks for sustainable delivery and takeout food in Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n