In the Song Dynasty, when there was no mobile phone, how to order take-away food delivery?

Signing a meal delivery agreement in advance and running errands at home have all made the original food and beverage takeaway business. When we pick up the phone to order food, and then wait for the little brother to deliver it to our door, there will always be people who are curious about when the takeaway started. Will the take-out really appear after it goes online now? No, actually, the take-away business has appeared since the Song Dynasty. Of course, it was not takeout at that time, but called? Hotel delivery? Generally, there is no room service in big hotels.

First, the prosperous Song Dynasty promoted the emergence of hotel food delivery business and realized the initial food delivery.

Song Dynasty was one of the most prosperous dynasties in China, especially the business and catering industry brought new opportunities. With the improvement of economy, many wealthy families are reluctant to eat out often, but prefer to live a balanced life at home. Although rich families have their own chefs, they will eventually be disgusted, and servants often run errands to the restaurant to pay the bill but are too busy; Over time, it has extended the behavior of restaurant delivery, which is our original takeaway industry. As long as you order food in advance, you can have someone deliver it to your door.

Second, customers can sign an agreement in advance, run errands, place an order at the store, and then the restaurant will arrange for Xiao Er to deliver food to your door.

At that time, there were no cell phones and no Internet. When people need to deliver food, most people will ask Ding Ding to run errands and order food directly at the restaurant and send it to their home. Some big families will sign an agreement with the restaurant, indicating the daily delivery quantity and delivery type, and wait for delivery at home. There are also some people who will place an order when passing by the restaurant and deliver it to your door. Of course, this kind of food delivery has many restrictions. Generally, only a large number of orders can be placed or the restaurant has food delivery business. Some big hotels don't actually deliver food, and they won't deliver extra food if there is enough business.

In the Song Dynasty, there were no mobile phones, and most of them went to the store to place orders. Most of them were servants running errands, or went to the store to place orders or sign agreements in person.