Ua ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi o ka lawe ʻana ma mua o ka wā ma mua?

He palekana ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19, nui ka poʻe i hōʻemi i ka manawa hana ʻole i ka lumi kuke a kōkua i nā hale ʻaina ma ke kauoha ʻana i ka meaʻai. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kauoha ʻo ia ke hele mai me nā uku like ʻole a me nā kumukūʻai papa kiʻekiʻe, a hoʻohui kēia mau uku iā ʻoe.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole e hoʻopunipuni kāu waihona panakō iā ʻoe. ʻOi aku ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻouna ʻana ma mua o ka wā ma mua, a ua loaʻa i kāu ʻeke kālā i kahi kī nui i ka makahiki i hala a i ʻole. ʻO ka hōʻike hou a ka Wall Street Journal e pili ana i kēia mea i hōʻike ʻia ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā ke kumu e ʻike ai nā kahua hoʻopuka e like me DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub a me Postmates ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana o nā kauoha ma ka home i 2020. no nā kauoha ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi.
Ua ho'āʻo ka Wall Street Journal i ke kumumanaʻo o nā kumukūʻai hoʻouna ma ke kau ʻana i ʻekolu mau kauoha like mai ʻekolu mau hale kūʻai ma Philadelphia, DogDash, Grubhub a me Postmates hale ʻaina ma 2019 a me 2021. I kēia makahiki, ua hoʻonui ʻia nā kumukūʻai meaʻai a me nā uku lawelawe no kēia mau kauoha ʻekolu. ʻO ka mea wale nō i loli ʻole ʻo ke kumukūʻai o ka uku hoʻouna. Hoʻomau like ke kumukūʻai holoʻokoʻa-malia paha no ka mea he pāpale ko Philadelphia i ka nui o ka hoʻouna ʻana i hiki ke uku i nā hale ʻaina.
No laila, he aha ke kumu e piʻi ai ke kumukūʻai o ke kauoha hoʻouna, inā ʻaʻole piʻi ka noi a ʻaʻole piʻi ka uku hoʻouna? Wahi a ka hōʻike, i kekahi mau hihia, ʻo ia ka hopena o nā hale ʻaina e hoʻonui wale ana i nā kumukūʻai. No ka laʻana, ma Chipotle, ua hoʻonui ʻia ke kumukūʻai o ka lawe ʻana i ka meaʻai ma kahi o 17% i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā kauoha i loko o ka hale kūʻai. Ua ʻōlelo pū ka pepa ʻo ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe paha kāu hale ʻaina punahele, i mea e hoʻopau ai i ka uku komisina no ka lawe ʻana i ka noi.
Inā makemake ʻoe, ʻo ka uku o kēia mau mea a pau e hiki mai ana ka waiwai ma ke kumu kūʻai. Inā makemake ʻoe i kekahi e kuke a hāʻawi iā ʻoe ma ka lima, pono ʻoe e uku i ke kālā. Inā makemake ʻoe e mālama i ke kālā a pale i nā lilo pono ʻole, makemake paha ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e hōʻemi i kāu mau hana hoʻouna. ʻAʻole kēia manaʻo ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai i waho. ʻO ke ʻano o kēia, makemake paha ʻoe e kauoha pololei ma ka hale ʻaina (e hōʻole i ka uku ʻana i nā uku o ka paepae), e ʻohi i ka meaʻai a i ʻole e ʻai i ka hale ʻaina ma mua o ka lawe ʻana i kāu mau meaʻai ponoʻī.