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 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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How restaurants are taking control of delivery in 2020

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…

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Food Delivery Got Really, Really Messy in 2019. That’s a Good Thing

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…

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Trouble cooking? GrubHub, Uber Eats get pushback from restaurants on fees

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…

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INNOVATIONChowNow CEO: Online Ordering’s Future And The 90-Minute Restaurant Vacation Experience

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…

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