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My question: how is this allowed? Won't this create a massive monopoly? I and many others had the same concerns when Just eat bought Hungry House. Now we've got Deliveroo and Uber Eats too, but how can a smaller player survive with these behemoths?
They wish. Just Eat are just using Grubhub as a way to enter US market. But, theres already too many players in US. Doordash, Postmate, Grubhub, Uber Eats
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When you order through a delivery service, the restaurant is generally paid less than their normal menu price, and none of the tips go to the kitchen staff. In addition to charging the restaurant, the delivery service charges the customer a higher price than the restaurant would. They add delivery fees and service fees. On top of that, the online menus in the delivery service apps often have higher prices than the re…
When I go pickup food on my own, there’s still no tip money flowing to the kitchen (or anyone else).
Genuine question: why? I completely understand acquisitions that create value by providing economies of scale, monopoly power or network benefits, or diversify or complement a company's activities. But for a European market leader to buy an American market leader in what is ultimately an extremely local business... I see no real added benefit here. Few further economies of scale when you're already at continent-size…
Takeaway wiped out the competition in EU and it was a billion € marketing budgets battle.
Genuine question: why? I completely understand acquisitions that create value by providing economies of scale, monopoly power or network benefits, or diversify or complement a company's activities. But for a European market leader to buy an American market leader in what is ultimately an extremely local business... I see no real added benefit here. Few further economies of scale when you're already at continent-size…
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I prefer Grubhub/Seamless in NYC. They're typically on bicycles or scooters and will bring the order up to your apartment door. Uber Eats people usually want you to come down outside so they don't have to double-park. I'm not giving you a $10 delivery tip to drive my Five Guys order eight blocks.. You gotta get out and come up the stairs to my door.
or you could, ya know, walk 8 blocks and keep the restaurant in business, but hey, we all have our limits.
If it's hot outside or whatever, it's still a small price to pay for doing the right thing.
Are United Statesians addicted to convenience?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
When you order through a delivery service, the restaurant is generally paid less than their normal menu price, and none of the tips go to the kitchen staff. In addition to charging the restaurant, the delivery service charges the customer a higher price than the restaurant would. They add delivery fees and service fees. On top of that, the online menus in the delivery service apps often have higher prices than the re…
When I go pickup food on my own, there’s still no tip money flowing to the kitchen (or anyone else).
Earlier quoted context omitted.
When you order through a delivery service, the restaurant is generally paid less than their normal menu price, and none of the tips go to the kitchen staff. In addition to charging the restaurant, the delivery service charges the customer a higher price than the restaurant would. They add delivery fees and service fees. On top of that, the online menus in the delivery service apps often have higher prices than the re…
Yes, but a restaurant wouldn't be entering into these special deals if it wasn't beneficial to them as well. Even if the margins are much lower, it could be offset by the increase in number of customers/orders.
Is it just me or are all these delivery apps pretty much the same thing, just with different restaurants? In SF at least Grubhub tends to have some of the more "typical delivery" choices (pizza, chinese food, thai) and decent customer service, Doordash seems to have the most variety but the dashers take their merry time on their way to you (and customer service is nonexistent), Uber Eats is somewhere in between grubh…
Yes.
However the financial incentive is for these restaurants is to eventually have their own ordering systems.
These companies do realize that these numbers are incredibly not locked in right? Like Grubhub's business could be taken in a week by any other app because they don't own the endpoint, just the middleman. Sure they have some exclusive deals but this is an incredibly inflated value for what is effectively a API connection and little actual market ownership.
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or you could, ya know, walk 8 blocks and keep the restaurant in business, but hey, we all have our limits.
This is what I don't get. As soon as I started reading about all the unfair business practices by delivery companies, I just started picking up my food. Gets me out of the house, removes the middle man, supports local business while cutting out the larger business that funnels wealth to the top echelons. What's not to love? If it's hot outside or whatever, it's still a small price to pay for doing the right thing. Ar…
Have you seen who we picked as president?