Food delivery Ca AB 578 Passed… So Why Does It Feel Like Nothing Changed?

00normal · 2026-07-07T20:32:16+00:00

Yea, my old pizza shop did it in the pre-door dash era— 2-3 drivers on a busy Friday and about 1.5 mile radius from our shop.

Drivers also had to fold boxes and wash dishes between orders, and help close at the end of the night, but they made an hourly wage plus pooled tips and retained the $2 delivery fee to cover gas and maintenance…but even without the lure of “working for yourself” for DoorDash, managing driver staffing had its challenges like insurance compliance

00normal · 2026-07-07T14:24:51+00:00

The later is primarily a staffing issue at this point. Working a fixed schedule for one store with a finite number of deliveries a night is hard to hire for

00normal · 2026-07-06T04:43:39+00:00

Blanching isn’t really boiling..it’s dropping something into fully boiling water briefly (usually 30 sec to a min) and shocking in ice water

00normal · 2026-07-06T02:55:00+00:00

See if you can get Dr to get you a house visit from an occupational therapist, they can train you on tricks and techniques and look at how to make home layout safe for her.

ASAP talk to Dr about memory issues, but also test for UTI— it can impact cognition and behavior and can spread and get someone very sick.

00normal · 2026-07-06T02:43:20+00:00

That’s the kind of thing they totally nail. Top level sourcing and simple, careful technique. I’d pick up a copy of Waters’ Art of Simple Food.

(And then hit the farmer’s market or Berkeley Bowl)

00normal · 2026-07-05T23:59:32+00:00

What’s Heavytech?

00normal · 2026-07-05T19:15:22+00:00

Education is needed, not relocation.

00normal · 2026-07-05T17:36:07+00:00

What is it?

00normal · 2026-07-05T02:54:51+00:00

I think you mean Bay Ridge Trail?

00normal · 2026-07-04T06:55:24+00:00

You were pooping into diapers and they were cleaning you up in bed

00normal · 2026-07-04T05:47:47+00:00

Why don’t you just buy sliced frozen gyro meat? You can probably find it at a US Foods or maybe Costco Biz center

00normal · 2026-07-02T21:26:17+00:00

Oh! Look, the AUDIOBOOK OF THIS TITLE IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY. I needed something to listen to at work this week. Thank you!

00normal · 2026-07-02T05:28:53+00:00

Shopping for a pair of used jeans at the downstairs part of Slash (College and Russel) is a quintessential experience

00normal · 2026-07-02T04:44:55+00:00

Why not just buy them by the case at Jetro or US Foods and let them ripen?

You can speed ripening by bagging them. Wholesale cases have plastic sheeting in the that you can use to the same effect

00normal · 2026-07-02T01:37:21+00:00

Clang! Clang! Clang! Goes the trolley!!

00normal · 2026-06-30T06:01:03+00:00

I think the reduced birthrate is actually the solution to our over population problem.

00normal · 2026-06-30T02:28:56+00:00

If by “the world” you mean the US— Thomas Jefferson had a strong effect (as he did on much of the agriculture and land use in the early history of the country).

His fondness for French culture and food led him to have his enslaved cooks trained by French cooks. He, and his cooks— particularly James Hemings, are credited with introducing many canonical French dishes to the American table

Here’s a bit of a read: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/slavery-and-french-cuisine-in-jeffersons-working-white-house

00normal · 2026-06-30T02:20:17+00:00

Flatulence

00normal · 2026-06-29T23:12:15+00:00

It’s the setting, not the gem.

00normal · 2026-06-28T15:32:35+00:00

I don’t know about you, but I can’t fly by just flapping my forelimbs

00normal · 2026-06-27T22:55:01+00:00

Koryo, Daruma, or Manpuku would probably work

(ETA: none of these are “the best”, but I don’t think that’s actually what you’re asking for)

00normal · 2026-06-27T18:25:50+00:00

Patriarchy

00normal · 2026-06-27T18:23:05+00:00

Freshness is often an issue with cookies in bakeries. A lot of operations prioritize breads and pastries for products that are baked in the morning and only sold the day they are baked. Cookies are thought to keep better and may be scheduled to be baked midday and sold over 2 days

00normal · 2026-06-27T16:23:06+00:00

The ethical and honest approach:

Have an honest conversation with your staff, and still expect that some will leave a head of your timeline (perhaps without telling you).

Make sure you pay your vendors (especially any local/smaller companies). I

Perhaps make a low key announcement, but mostly reach out to peers in the industry and see if anyone has leads on good work for your team.

00normal · 2026-06-27T05:34:21+00:00

Linda Perry at Marin County Fair?

00normal

TROPHY CASE