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> Toast recently laid off half their workforce...obviously restaurants doing poorly in the covid-economy. Ouch. It says they're affiliated with Grubhub, so ho
by Melting_Harps 6y ago
> Toast recently laid off half their workforce...obviously restaurants doing poorly in the covid-economy.
Ouch. It says they're affiliated with Grubhub, so hopefully that's their support line in all of this.
This is interesting and suggests they're more a fee generation business model than a traditional fintech POS supplier and management/tech support one:
> As a result, fintech companies that help restaurants work better and depend on foot traffic are seeing less transaction volume.
- gbear605 6y agoTheir model is primarily taking a share of credit card transaction fees plus a monthly fee for physical devices. While they’re doing poorly right now without restaurants open, they have a large war chest (raised their series F in February).