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That makes no sense to me. Why can't they charge people ordering from Treasure island higher?

• bofadeez 6y ago
  Because the city made it illegal, obviously. Just like Portland. They're not going to operate at a loss. All you're doing is criminalizing deliveries that cost more than 10%.
  • Kbelicius 6y ago
    > Because the city made it illegal That just seems as PR from food delivery apps. AFAIK the city put a limit on how much the restaurants can be charged, there is no limit on how much a person ordering the food can be charged.
  • scarface74 6y ago
    The city made it illegal to charge the restaurants - not to add a higher delivery fee.
• Rebelgecko 6y ago
  Some semi-related reasons I can think of 1. If people knew what it actually cost to get food delivered (as opposed to hiding the delivery fee by increasing per item costs or charging the restaurant a cut), they wouldn't order 2. Part of their business model is to waive delivery fees, like if you buy the subscription for unlimited delivery. However even if you have unlimited delivery they still make money from service fees and restaurant commissions. If all of that cost gets charged as a "delivery fee", the $20 subscription for unlimited free delivery becomes unsustainable. 3. As others have mentioned, they're probably doing it in part just to make a point
• Goronmon 6y ago
  They can, but they don't want that increased charge to be shown to the customer, they want the restaurants themselves eating that cost so the prices stay artificially low from the end users perspective.