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Meals on food delivery apps can be 90% more than if bought from the restaurant

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Re: Meals on food delivery apps can be 90% more than if bought from the restaurant

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Post by mrgreenfur »

atonse wrote: post #4

And they don’t factor the harm caused to restaurant margins when these apps take 30%. But the convenience os hard to beat when you don’t want to take a long break.

In a effort to be nice to restaurants AND be lazy I have learned that seamless / grub hub do charge 30% but others do not: chow now charges a flat monthly fee and a card processing fee, but no inflated per order charge. Not sure about the others.

Re: Meals on food delivery apps can be 90% more than if bought from the restaurant

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Post by snarfy »

theGreatgame wrote: post #3

It would be great if Hacker news could add tags to these posts letting us know when there is a paywall.

" Are paywalls ok?

It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds."

There is no workaround. HN hasn't honored their own policy in years. At this point I can only assume there is a referral deal.

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Post by AznHisoka »

KMnO4 wrote: post #16
m-p-3 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or increasingly run out of time.

Or, following legalization, increasingly impaired beyond the ability to drive.

Or afraid to go out, as is the case in China right now.

Re: Meals on food delivery apps can be 90% more than if bought from the restaurant

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Post by 9nGQluzmnq3M »

eugeniub wrote: post #20
AndrewDucker wrote: post #14

Well, yes. If you get someone to individually drive something cheap to your home then the cost of the delivery can be a large chunk of the final cost. I don't know why people would be surprised by that.

Did you read the article? Much of the markup comes from restaurants charging higher prices for the same items if they are delivered.

Yes, as the article explains, that's how restaurants compensate for the delivery companies taking a fat cut of their revenue.

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Post by jmpman »

justanotherc wrote: post #7

This is why I have never ordered UberEats. Plus cold McDonalds is gross. Its not hard to order takeout and run down the road myself. To be honest I don't really get why this whole trend is so popular.

I use it on business trips if I’m not scheduled to go out with customers. Uber back to the hotel, order some Grubhub and enjoy a quality meal without having to go to a restaurant by myself. Much better quality/variety than room service.

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Post by mertd »

bakuninsbart wrote: post #10
justanotherc wrote: post #7

This is why I have never ordered UberEats. Plus cold McDonalds is gross. Its not hard to order takeout and run down the road myself. To be honest I don't really get why this whole trend is so popular.

If it saves me half an hour, it might be worth 5$,

That's impossible without someone else subsidizing your delivery as it wouldn't pay the delivery person minimum wage.

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Post by trevyn »

snarfy wrote: post #22
theGreatgame wrote: post #3

It would be great if Hacker news could add tags to these posts letting us know when there is a paywall.

" Are paywalls ok? It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds." There is no workaround. HN hasn't honored their own policy in years. At this point I can only assume there is a referral deal.

Archive.is works: http://archive.is/GbUIH

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Post by brlewis »

mertd wrote: post #26
bakuninsbart wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If it saves me half an hour, it might be worth 5$,

That's impossible without someone else subsidizing your delivery as it wouldn't pay the delivery person minimum wage.

Don't assume theirs is the only delivery.
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