The holiday season means you'll probably be sending or receiving a few packages, whose delicate (or lively) contents might require a little more love and affection during transit than your average Australia Post delivery.

Slapping a bunch of "Fragile" stickers on it might grant you a sense of security, but a former parcel sorter has some bad news for you: those don't work. What does work is a slightly more eye-catching method you can employ to protect your mail: packaging decorations.

"Does KFC home deliver?" "Does McDonald's home deliver?" "Do Subway home deliver?"

Admit it: you've probably asked yourself one of the above questions while lounging at home on a Saturday night. We all have. Sometimes you get a craving for a specific fast food but lack the energy/wherewithal/sobriety to get in your car and head to the drive-thru. The good news is that a lot of Australia's favourite fast food restaurants will deliver straight to your doorstep - they just don't heavily advertise it.

There's no ethical consumption under capitalism -- even gummy bears aren't safe -- but I'd like to think most people try to eat ethically where they can. If you are one of those people, you should delete all those super convenient delivery apps on your phone.

Amazon Prime's free two-day shipping is a pretty great deal, but it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to get your order two days after you order it. Confused? I was too when my recent in-stock order took nearly a week to get to me.

Amazon continues to take steps to improve its Australian offering, today announcing that a second Australian fulfilment centre will open in Moorebank, south west of Sydney. The new distribution warehouse is set to open in the second half of 2018 and Amazon are already recruiting in a range of roles to service the site.

Tony Xu grew up as the child of immigrants, working in his mum's restaurant before going onto Stanford and working at McKinsey, eBay and Square. In 2013 he started the food delivery service DoorDash, at first running the deliveries himself. Now his company employs 500 people, works with over 200,000 delivery people, and operates in 600 cities. We talked to Tony about how he runs it all.

Everyone has a delivery horror story – terrible drivers, poor communication, parcels being completely misplaced, deliveries on the wrong day... the list goes on.

Fortunately, my horror story has a happy ending.

If you’re the kind of person that hates crowds (me), shopping (me) and can’t deal with Christmas carols all day long (me) – then online is the way to get your Christmas shopping done. The only caveat is making sure your deliveries arrive on time. Here are those all-important dates for JB Hi-Fi, Amazon Australia, Big W, Kmart and more.

Not all of us have the luxury of ordering lunch every day, but this tip from The Science of Us is a good one: Use delivery services' "order ahead" feature to have something delicious and healthy delivered for lunch, and save future, hungry you from having to choose between a salad and a burger.

iOS: You can technically hail an Uber for someone else already, but it can be a long, frustrating process. Teleport on iOS makes it super easy to hail an Uber for someone else and have them delivered to you. They don't have to sign up, download, or pay for anything.

If you like to try new restaurants through food delivery services, you might want to make sure the restaurant is actually real before you order.