2 New Mexico Restaurateurs Are Adding Fuel To The Fire Under GrubHub

As restaurants struggle to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, many have turned to delivery apps to serve customers until it is safe to return to dine-in service. But the…

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Silicon Valley Invents “The Free Lunch” – The Doordash-Pizza Arbitrage

Authored by Ranjan Roy via The Margins substack, If capitalism is driven by a search for profit, the food delivery business confuses the hell out of me. Every platform loses money.…

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Food delivery with third-party apps like Grubhub and Uber Eats is booming, but no one’s making money. Here’s why their business is broken.

New York just passed a temporary 15% cap on third-party delivery commissions and a limit of 5% on marketing contributions and other related fees. And Uber Eats, which just made…

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Grubhub delivery service accused of targeting local restaurants in federal class-action suit

DENVER (KDVR)  — The popular food delivery service Grubhub is “intentionally misleading consumers during a pandemic to maximize profits” at the expense of many small business owners, according to claims made…

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Grubhub comes under fire for high fees, bad drivers and some Chicago restaurants are dropping it

As you’ve probably heard a hundred times, now is not a good time for restaurants. To contain the spread of the coronavirus, dining rooms in Illinois are closed, which means…

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PANDEMIC PUTS TENSIONS BETWEEN RESTAURANTS AND THIRD-PARTY DELIVERY IN CROSSHAIRS

Restaurant operators have long had a fraught relationship with third-party delivery providers, wrestling over commission fees and access to customer data, among other issues. But as the country’s restaurant operations…

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