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For anyone who doesn't want to read the above article, GrubHub took 64% of the gross, which wasn't enough to break even on just food costs. Anyone claiming tha

• sharkmerry 6y ago
  Grubhub deductions were 64% of the gross. But "promotions" was 231$ which is 22% of gross. Promotions are discounts offered by the restaurants. edit: reading further, grubhub auto-opts in the restaurants into this promotion. That's scummy, but also exists due to US auto opt-in. I believe in Europe, this wouldnt fly as they need you to explicitly opt-in, not explicitly opt-out after they implicitly opt-in. Scummy, but the american way edit2: i think the verge, incorrectly reported in late march that restaurants "must" opt-in. from the perks program T+C. "Your participation in the Perks10 Program (the “Program” formerly known as “Supper for Support”) is optional. By electing to opt in each restaurant location identified to the Program, " so 42% for both "advertising/marketing" (grubhub is providing the order to the restaurant). and delivery. If you link to grubhub from your restaurant's website. The advertising/marketing fee is waived