Quincy Eats Offers Local Alternative To Food Delivery Apps

WBZ NewsRadio's Jim MacKay reports. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
When covid hit, I basically was just making a like
a directory app.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Mike Palmer is a lifelong Quinsy resident who's good with software,
passionate about local restaurants. He took his app, Quinsy Eats
on the road.

Speaker 1 (00:13):
I just started delivering. Let's just try it out and
see what happened.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Talking with Mike at one of his partner's Coffee Break
Cafe and Wallaston, he realized both customers and restaurants are
looking for a better delivery experience.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
When I first started, I was literally giving it for free.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
He had humble beginnings.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
Whatever they started to be happy with is what I settle.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
That national delivery apps are riddled with fees, extra charges
and ghost kitchens. Mike is all about buy local, tip local,
and share local.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
Everything we do is trying to give more tools to
the restaurant.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
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