for the last several years every time i felt a craving for some food delivered, i’ve noped right out on the checkout screen with the final price with delivery fee and knowing that doesn’t include tip. not fucking worth it, i’ve got other things to eat
edit: the last time i did this, the delivery fee was ~$2.00. is $3.50 standard now? lol…no.
God, if it was just $3.50 Id actually get delivery once in a while. Where I am it ends up being closer to 30% of the meal because of delivery surcharge + delivery fee + tip.
I saw everything you put in your cart. I had toapologize to that pizza dough before I threw it away :'( (jk, Toast only gives me broad metrics)
edit: the last time i did this, the delivery fee was ~$2.00. is $3.50 standard now? lol…no
I can’t speak for every restaurant, but I pay a flat rate to Toast per delivery, and they fulfill for all the services I deliver through. It costs me $7.00, I split the charge with the customer and charge $3.50. I’m not a fan of the fact delivery is “cheaper” (in the sense I have a lower profit margin) than take-out, but the economic realities and my business partner overruled me on this one
One thing to note, most places will bake the delivery charge into other aspects of the price. Commonly in just the “menu” price, to make it feel like you’re only paying the regular price and get free delivery. Charging $2 for delivery means they’re probably adding in $5 somewhere else (or they’re a giant corporation operating at a loss to take market share and put small restaurants out of business, but now I’m going into yet another rant)
Yeah one of my friends and his wife orders shit off there almost every time we hang out and the prices are always crazy to me. I’ll just go get it myself. They’re always having money problems on top of it.
I wish I were in your market then. Where my restaurant is, most of the places on Doordash and other DSPs are cheaper or the same as in-restaurant prices (usually thanks to coupons or other “temporary” discounts). These platforms have huge amounts of venture capital and generally operate at a loss
As a pizza place, it makes it incredibly difficult to compete. Doordash and Uber Eats heavily subsidize the actual operating cost of their platforms, making it a generally cheaper option
Doesn’t help that they don’t have to follow the same regulations we would for traditional delivery drivers. I have to have insurance for drivers. Delivery platforms do not, in my state. If my driver gets injured in an accident, I’m liable. If a Doordash driver gets in an accident, Doordash just wipes their hands of the situation
For those reasons, I had to go with a DSP (Toast delivery) instead
I’m lucky the restaurant is just a side project and I still have my day job. Only reason we haven’t gotten squeezed out yet
for the last several years every time i felt a craving for some food delivered, i’ve noped right out on the checkout screen with the final price with delivery fee and knowing that doesn’t include tip. not fucking worth it, i’ve got other things to eat
edit: the last time i did this, the delivery fee was ~$2.00. is $3.50 standard now? lol…no.
God, if it was just $3.50 Id actually get delivery once in a while. Where I am it ends up being closer to 30% of the meal because of delivery surcharge + delivery fee + tip.
Why would it not cost 3.50 for a taxi for your burrito
that’s a great question. but the answer doesn’t matter, because i’m not paying it.
I saw everything you put in your cart. I had toapologize to that pizza dough before I threw it away :'( (jk, Toast only gives me broad metrics)
I can’t speak for every restaurant, but I pay a flat rate to Toast per delivery, and they fulfill for all the services I deliver through. It costs me $7.00, I split the charge with the customer and charge $3.50. I’m not a fan of the fact delivery is “cheaper” (in the sense I have a lower profit margin) than take-out, but the economic realities and my business partner overruled me on this one
One thing to note, most places will bake the delivery charge into other aspects of the price. Commonly in just the “menu” price, to make it feel like you’re only paying the regular price and get free delivery. Charging $2 for delivery means they’re probably adding in $5 somewhere else (or they’re a giant corporation operating at a loss to take market share and put small restaurants out of business, but now I’m going into yet another rant)
Yeah one of my friends and his wife orders shit off there almost every time we hang out and the prices are always crazy to me. I’ll just go get it myself. They’re always having money problems on top of it.
I wish I were in your market then. Where my restaurant is, most of the places on Doordash and other DSPs are cheaper or the same as in-restaurant prices (usually thanks to coupons or other “temporary” discounts). These platforms have huge amounts of venture capital and generally operate at a loss
As a pizza place, it makes it incredibly difficult to compete. Doordash and Uber Eats heavily subsidize the actual operating cost of their platforms, making it a generally cheaper option
Doesn’t help that they don’t have to follow the same regulations we would for traditional delivery drivers. I have to have insurance for drivers. Delivery platforms do not, in my state. If my driver gets injured in an accident, I’m liable. If a Doordash driver gets in an accident, Doordash just wipes their hands of the situation
For those reasons, I had to go with a DSP (Toast delivery) instead
I’m lucky the restaurant is just a side project and I still have my day job. Only reason we haven’t gotten squeezed out yet