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> Deliveroo How perceptions of this company has changed. Prices are ridiculous, both from the Deliveroo mark up and what the restaurants charge extra to make u
by stef25 5y ago
> Deliveroo
How perceptions of this company has changed. Prices are ridiculous, both from the Deliveroo mark up and what the restaurants charge extra to make up for that markup (4EUR bottled water seriously?)
More than half the riders here in Belgium are illegal immigrants using fake rider accounts that don't speak the local language. There's a squat near my house where they all hang out waiting for a call.
Seriously, look in side the window and you see a bunch of guys sitting around on broken chairs and crates surrounded by their Deliveroo backpacks (which are all filthy and worn out). They're so destitute and sorry looking that when one comes in to a restaurant to pick up a delivery you think omg.
I'm not someone who usually takes the side of "those poor workers" but in this case Deliveroo really runs on paying the poorest, more vulnerable people in society pennies to deliver over priced meals that a restaurant sold them for something like 30% less than they usually would.
Meanwhile the industry's gravitating toward ghost kitchens, putting even more unfair pressure on local restaurants.
Seriously I'd love drag whatever MBA is behind this company and show them what their "high valued startup" looks like here. I don't understand how these people sleep at night.
And then there's Lendable: "Loans at 28.6% Representative APR" and we're supposed to be amazed they turn a profit?!
- jacquesm 5y agoAll of the food delivery companies are predatory. Haven't seen a single one yet that is doing anything other than to squeeze the restaurants, the customers and the deliverators for every last dime.
- stef25 5y agotakeaway.com employs their riders, I think.
- disgruntledphd2 5y agoHilariously enough, they resisted doing the deliveroo style delivery for a long long time as they couldn't see a way to make money on it.
- 908B64B197 5y ago> More than half the riders here in Belgium are illegal immigrants using fake rider accounts that don't speak the local language. Have you considered reporting them? Through the app or to the local authorities? > Meanwhile the industry's gravitating toward ghost kitchens, putting even more unfair pressure on local restaurants. That's actually great... and not new. Delivery-only restaurants means better margins for restaurant owners and a different business model.
- stef25 5y ago> Have you considered reporting them? Through the app or to the local authorities? A newspaper reported this after conducting their own investigation (basically asking the riders) so it's public knowledge now. "Deliveroo disputes those figures" https://www.msn.com/nl-be/financien/nieuws/meerderheid-maaltijdbezorgers-in-brussel-verblijven-illegaal-in-ons-land/ar-AAPno7I?li=BBqiSG8 https://www.msn.com/nl-be/financien/nieuws/meerderheid-maalt... It's not my business to report them to the authorities, there's tons of "refugees" here and I don't necessarily think they should leave. My point was just that a "unicorn" running on the labor of these people is a pretty ugly way to conduct business.