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To some extent this seems like grandstanding. They charge a delivery fee. If the delivery fee doesn't cover delivery, then charge a higher delivery fee. That

To some extent this seems like grandstanding. They charge a delivery fee. If the delivery fee doesn't cover delivery, then charge a higher delivery fee. That comes from the customer, not the restaurant.

orangecat 6y ago
* If the delivery fee doesn't cover delivery, then charge a higher delivery fee.* Why doesn't that reasoning apply to restaurants? If the fees cut into their profits too much, then they need to raise prices. There is no free lunch here (ha!). The customer is always going to be paying for both the food and the delivery. There's no benefit in micromanaging the internal transactions.
- 8ytecoder 6y ago
  I’d wager they have clauses that prevent them from charging a lower price for direct customers. In which case the restaurant has to charge everyone a higher price. In what world does that benefit anyone but the intermediaries? It’s the exact same as credit card processing fees. Except that’s 3% and this is 30%
- rootusrootus 6y ago
  > Why doesn't that reasoning apply to restaurants? More opaque. The honest approach would be for the menu prices to be the menu prices, and the cost of the delivery should be obvious.
- strictnein 6y ago
  Because the restaurants aren't allowed to charge higher prices to their higher cost delivery customers. Which doesn't stop the food delivery places from charging higher prices, of course. And taking a cut, and collecting a delivery fee, etc etc.
  - sokoloff 6y ago
    > Because the restaurants aren't allowed to charge higher prices to their higher cost delivery customers. Why can't they? Is this a local or state law?
    - rnotaro 6y ago
      Because it's a platform rule from most Delivery Apps in most markets.
  - sumedh 6y ago
    Restaurants in Australia do charge higher price on Ubereats and Menulog, I am surprised its not the same in the US.
8ytecoder 6y ago
And base that delivery fee on distance between the restaurant and the customer as well. They can solve it they want to. People in treasure might be willing to pay a higher fee than to not get any delivery at all. It’s political posturing and pressure tactics.
- nerfhammer 6y ago
  In that other fold of the multiverse, the headline could be that uber is charging people extra in Treasure Island, which contains a lot of subsidized low-income housing.
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  - SahAssar 6y ago
    They already do that for taxi rides, right? A longer taxi ride doesn't get magically cheaper because it's going to/from low income housing. It's all transportation, and transportation gets more expensive for a longer distance.
    - nerfhammer 6y ago
      Well who would click on that article?

orangecat 6y ago

* If the delivery fee doesn't cover delivery, then charge a higher delivery fee.* Why doesn't that reasoning apply to restaurants? If the fees cut into their profits too much, then they need to raise prices. There is no free lunch here (ha!). The customer is always going to be paying for both the food and the delivery. There's no benefit in micromanaging the internal transactions.

8ytecoder 6y ago
I’d wager they have clauses that prevent them from charging a lower price for direct customers. In which case the restaurant has to charge everyone a higher price. In what world does that benefit anyone but the intermediaries? It’s the exact same as credit card processing fees. Except that’s 3% and this is 30%
rootusrootus 6y ago
> Why doesn't that reasoning apply to restaurants? More opaque. The honest approach would be for the menu prices to be the menu prices, and the cost of the delivery should be obvious.
strictnein 6y ago
Because the restaurants aren't allowed to charge higher prices to their higher cost delivery customers. Which doesn't stop the food delivery places from charging higher prices, of course. And taking a cut, and collecting a delivery fee, etc etc.
- sokoloff 6y ago
  > Because the restaurants aren't allowed to charge higher prices to their higher cost delivery customers. Why can't they? Is this a local or state law?
  - rnotaro 6y ago
    Because it's a platform rule from most Delivery Apps in most markets.
- sumedh 6y ago
  Restaurants in Australia do charge higher price on Ubereats and Menulog, I am surprised its not the same in the US.

8ytecoder 6y ago

And base that delivery fee on distance between the restaurant and the customer as well. They can solve it they want to. People in treasure might be willing to pay a higher fee than to not get any delivery at all. It’s political posturing and pressure tactics.

nerfhammer 6y ago
In that other fold of the multiverse, the headline could be that uber is charging people extra in Treasure Island, which contains a lot of subsidized low-income housing.
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- SahAssar 6y ago
  They already do that for taxi rides, right? A longer taxi ride doesn't get magically cheaper because it's going to/from low income housing. It's all transportation, and transportation gets more expensive for a longer distance.
  - nerfhammer 6y ago
    Well who would click on that article?