Food delivery service applications can solve your life on many occasions, the truth is that you also pay much more than you would for your food regularly.
With the pandemic, the Decline in indoor dining allowed the online food delivery industry to gain a stronger hold on the market in the United States. Uber Eats, DoorDash, and Grubhub are some of the top food delivery service providers in the country.
“DoorDash estimates the total value of all app orders and subscription fees, from $49 billion to $51 billion to 2022, compared to its previous range of $48 billion to $50 billion”, reports Reuters.
Recently, a group of customers sued Grubhub, Uber Eats and Postmates, accusing them of raising the prices of dishes by taking advantage of their dominance in the food delivery service during the COVID pandemic-19. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan will let the antitrust lawsuit against delivery services go forward.
Why you pay so much more to get your food delivered
Food orders through delivery apps are charged fees. It’s not just consumers who pay fees for using food delivery apps.
Apps also impose high fees on restaurants. So restaurants can raise the price of your food. So you end up paying a delivery fee and an increased food bill.
Consumers suing delivery apps, say inflated meal prices made even worse by 5% delivery fees at 10 % charged to diners and the 30% commission rates often charged to restaurants.
How to save and receive your food order at home
You can save fees by ordering from local restaurants that offer direct delivery.
Many of these restaurants are still in recovery mode. With this measure you reduce costs, benefit the restaurant and its workers.
“Ordering food directly from your local restaurants could actually be making it easier for these companies to earn money and stay afloat”, says Nasdaq .
There’s another way simple to save for your food, if the restaurant is close to home, order it to go and pick it up yourself. To avoid delays you can place the order outside of peak hours.
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