In times like these, delivery is king.
When you want to avoid curbside pickup or grocery shopping and support your local economy at the same time, refer to this list of delivery services that are available in Austin. This laundry list of local apps and services will deliver just about anything you could possibly need, even your laundry.
Good Apple: Eat More Veggies. Do More Good.
This Austin-based produce delivery service keeps it local while supplying you with all the veggies and fruit you could possibly consume. Plus, for every box Good Apple delivers, they also deliver a box to a family facing food insecurity in Austin. Since March, they've delivered over 500,000 meals to people in need of food assistance.
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Drizly: Beer, Wine and Liquor Delivered
Drizly delivers beer, wine and spirits right to your doorstep. The selections and prices come directly from stores in your neighborhood, with no price markups. Just download Drizly to your iPhone or Android, or log on to Drizly.com. From there, simply add your favorite beer, wine and liquor to your cart, and your alcohol will be delivered in less than one hour.
DoorDash: Eat Your Heart Out
Your city is open and ready for business. Whatever you feel like eating is just around the corner. Just search and sort by local flavors, nicest price, or speediest ETA. Then order up and kick back as you track your fresh meal racing straight for you.
If you're super into the idea of sustainable, local farming AND don't feel like leaving the tranquility of your domicile, Farmhouse Delivery is the service for you. Membership includes a weekly or bi-weekly delivery of fresh, local produce, along with any local dairy, meat, poultry and baked items you order. The food is sourced from Texas, primarily from farms within 150 miles of Austin. The offer all different types of grocery boxes and meal kit boxes.
Postmates offers on-demand delivery from just about any restaurant or store in Austin. Via the Postmates app, available for iOS and Android, users can browse an inventory of thousands of restaurants and stores and order items instantly. Then you can watch your “Postmate” (either a driver or bike messenger) moving around on the map and track your order status in real time. Delivery fees vary by restaurant, and users pay for everything within the app.
Favor: Your Personal Delivery Assistant
Favor's motto is Get Anything Delivered, and it's not just a marketing pitch. For example, a friend of ours once ordered cookies and milk to Stay Gold, which is a bar. Why a grown man would require late-night cookies and milk at a bar is a mystery, but the Favor Runner didn't ask any questions. The Austin-based delivery app was developed by entrepreneurs and former pizza delivery guys, currently employing over 3,000 tuxedo-t-shirt wearing Runners in 11 cities.
Tiff’s Treats was started in 1999 by two University of Texas students, Leon and Tiffany, who created the first warm cookie delivery concept in the nation. They sell classic cookies, made from scratch, right out of the oven. The cookies are hand-delivered warm and fresh straight to you (or often as a gift to someone else.) Tiff's Treats could soon become a regional or even national brand, as the ABJ reports the Austin company recently secured more than $14M of funding for expansion. That's a lot of dough.
Founded by former Amazon.com engineer, Instacart entered the Austin market in May 2014. The service offers delivery from Whole Foods Market, Costco, H-E-B, Sam's Club, Central Market, Sprout's, Tomlinson's, Petco, and more. Delivery shoppers have options for immediate deliveries (when available) or pre-determined dropoff time. There is also an annual membership option which gives free delivery on orders more than $35. In its first year in Austin, the company delivered 3,245 cases of Topo Chico and 3,061 containers of Hummus.
TaskRabbit: Have Someone Else Do Your Chores
Need someone to clean out your garage? Or perhaps someone to help you hang up a bunch of flyers all over town to promote your band? TaskRabbit can help with that. Or if you're just looking to have someone pick up and deliver your laundry, that can happen too. TaskRabbit is a website and mobile app that allows people to post their needs in a community space along with a price they are willing to pay for said task. Then a (background checked) TaskRabbit will pick up the job and do it for you.
UberEats: Food Delivery at the Tap of a Button
In August of 2015 the ride-sharing company Uber brought UberEATS to Austin, offering lunch delivery for customers in the downtown area. Restaurant partners include Trudy's, MOD Pizza, CAVA, Jinya Ramen, and more.
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