Jim Richards in the local TV ad for USVetsDeliver.
Jim Richards is going to have to chat later. He s pulled off the road coming from Arcata Pizza and Deli to King Salmon so we can talk, but another call comes in from the USVetsDeliver dispatcher (who s also his girlfriend). Once we hang up, he s off to take another job. The service area is McKinleyville, Arcata and Eureka, he says, but I will go the extra mile for good customers.
Richards, who served in the U.S. Navy, started the local delivery service in May after a few months at DoorDash. Originally, he d hoped to start a grocery delivery service but DoorDash and Instacart had already dominated the market and there were few options for customers to order directly from stores. He noticed there was this underrepresented sector that really needed to be helped out and that was local restaurants. USVetsDeliver is still in its infancy and doesn t come with a downloadable app or a tracking map, but what Richards is trying is a littl