The trend in Japan is the same as here. Fewer people to do the same work due to the economy means time efficiency is important. Ordering lunch delivered saves time.
Restaurant Meal Delivery Saves Time
Restaurant meal delivery operators here in the US might like to contact fast food restaurants like McDonald’s and others and see if they can deliver for them with a large enough minimum order to make it work financially for all involved.
It works for McDonald’s to do it themselves in a highly concentrated metro area like Toyko, but, with the right financial arrangement, it might work here in the US as well. Why not save McDonald’s the investment and salaries of delivery drivers and vehicles when a RDS service is already set up to do it for them?
With a Dine-In Delivery license, your business makes 50% more money than a franchise so you can more easily make money delivering for a fast food location than a franchise with a 10% royalty/ad fund coming off the top.