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Same. I’m cool with the driver getting a tip (and for a while the delivery startups were taking cuts of those), but there doesn’t seem to be a way to tip the re

Same. I’m cool with the driver getting a tip (and for a while the delivery startups were taking cuts of those), but there doesn’t seem to be a way to tip the restaurant. The exception appears to be ChowNow where, I think, restaurants pay a flat fee as opposed to the percent of sale business model. Plus I can pick up, so the tip that you leave is really the restaurant, though who knows if they’re skimming from their staff.

Apocryphon 6y ago
It looks like ChowNow is positioning themselves to be the "ethical" food delivery company working with the restaurants instead of exploiting them: https://thespoon.tech/chownow-launches-a-loyalty-program-designed-to-get-struggling-restaurants-paid/ https://thespoon.tech/chownow-launches-a-loyalty-program-des... https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/chownow-instagram-launch-commission-free-online-food-ordering/576146/ https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/chownow-instagram-launch... https://thecounter.org/google-online-delivery-order-button-doordash-postmates-chownow-commission/ https://thecounter.org/google-online-delivery-order-button-d... > ChowNow makes it pretty easy for restaurant owners to understand the implications of Google’s new button. It offers a “Profit Protector” program that essentially inflates menu prices to make up for the price of the commission. It also assures owners that they can opt out of ChowNow’s Google services anytime by contacting the platform’s support staff. https://innovationforallcast.com/2019/04/10/meal-delivery-apps-are-killing-restaurants-chris-webb-chownow/ https://innovationforallcast.com/2019/04/10/meal-delivery-ap...