<i>Storing, transporting, and selling food to customers is fairly regulated and requires inspection and permits. Does DoorDash have these?</i><p>The question is, do the folks who actually perform the deliveries?<p>DD is using the same trick Uber uses:  they hire drivers but classify them as &quot;contractors&quot;, which conveniently abstracts all the risk away from DD.  So, just like Uber, if there are issues with transport and so forth, it&#x27;s the driver&#x27;s problem.<p>Of course, as with Uber, this is probably an illegal violation of federal labor regulations, as the employees are misclassified, and so they&#x27;re likely to get nailed in a class action lawsuit, but...<p><i>the places DoorDash is getting food from are themselves in the retail food trade but not generally in the wholesale trade</i><p>See above.  I&#x27;m not sure your characterization, here, actually represents how DD legally does business.