The History of Delivery & Takeout

Takeout and delivery service has never been more important to restaurants than it is right now, but where did it all begin? When was the first pizza delivered? And how did the suburbs, television, and the internet make food-to-go a multi-billion dollar industry? In this episode, we trace the history of takeout and delivery back to the source, tackle the delivery boom in the 1950s, and trace its path up through the Internet age. Have you ever heard of WorldWideWaiter or Pizzanet? Yea, us neither. This video "The History of Delivery & Takeout", first appeared on http://thrillist.com.