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To: nickcarraway
The third party food delivery business model seems a little shaky to me. How do they become profitable without charging exorbitant fees?

For example, let's say I order $30 worth of Chinese food from a restaurant five miles from me. I go into my Grubhub app to have it delivered. Grubhub tacks on a 10% fee ($3) and I tip the driver who brings it to me $6 (20%).

My $30 order now cost me $39 and I might be okay with that as I never had to leave the house. But how is this worthwhile to Grubhub and the driver? That order likely took the driver 15 minutes to pick up and deliver for a $6 tip. Grubhub gets $3 in revenue, a portion of which goes to the driver.

I'm just not seeing anybody getting rich here.

3 posted on 11/06/2022 5:01:16 PM PST by SamAdams76 (4,479,054 active users on Truth Social)
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To: SamAdams76

I am not sure, but I do think the app company doesn’t pay the whole $30 a regular customer would. It’s got to be harder with gas like it is now. I had one or two Uber driver tell me they hated Uber eats.


4 posted on 11/06/2022 5:06:12 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: SamAdams76

Grubhub (or, Doordash, etc.) is making their big money on the info they have, on you, gathered in their app.

There’s money to be made on your eating/shopping habits.


5 posted on 11/06/2022 5:06:45 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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