For years, restaurant industry experts have debated whether the third-party aggregator delivery model will ever be profitable. Now, a year and a half after online ordering surged following the first wave of COVID-19 lockdowns, it seems that nobody is any closer to finding a solution. Even DoorDash, the top delivery service in the United States, continues to operate at a loss, while all the major food delivery services have been branching out into other categories of delivery to supplement restaurant meal delivery’s narrow profit margins.