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.…
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…
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…
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…
With doubts swirling over delivery's long-term profitability, this year will be marked by restaurants renegotiating commission rates, developing branded online ordering and adding virtual kitchen In the delivery game, tacos…
Roughly this time last year, talk around the future of restaurant food delivery screamed promise and progress. Funding and acquisitions abounded. Valuations skyrocketed, and by mid-year, third-party food delivery apps were projected to have 44 million U.S. users by…
Food-delivery service DoorDash is now worth more than $13 billion after a new round of private funding. Founded just six years ago, the company has capitalized on the growing delivery…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a letter to investors before its share price plunged last week, online food delivery service GrubHub Inc (GRUB.N) cited its profitable ties with small and…
The online food delivery industry is worth a total of $107.4B dollars. But as it continues to quickly ramp up, many questions have popped up about how big companies like…
Everything comes with a price — and that applies to the digital world as well. Consumers are waking up to the fact that all those free online and mobile services…