I suspect the avg take from an order is at least $10. Grubhub, for example, will charge you an 18% service fee, a $1 "big/expensive city" fee, a tip (for the d

I suspect the avg take from an order is at least $10. Grubhub, for example, will charge you an 18% service fee, a $1 "big/expensive city" fee, a tip (for the driver), and then also a delivery fee on top of that. That's before the inflated menu prices and price gouging they do to the businesses. Still, it's a lot more economical for reasonably busy delivery places to just employ their own drivers that can take care of a few deliveries in one shot.