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BilboBargains@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

There’s an argument for using these services in the early stages because they often operate at a loss in the hope that they will secure a monopoly in the future. The trick is to immediately abandon them when they jack the price up. I recently heard that in the food delivery space virtually no one is turning a profit.

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Nugscree@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Even worse, it’s costing the food places you order from money. We have a lot of restaurants here that will give you free stuff if you do not use Thuisbezorgd which is owned by Just Eat Takeaway. They also own the American Grubhub since 2021 and are also active in the UK, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands.

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- dreamkeeper@literature.cafe ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Why would a restaurant allow delivery services if it causes them to lose money?
  
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  - Holytimes@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    They don’t get a choice.
    
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    dreamkeeper@literature.cafe ⁨12⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    For real? I don’t know how any of this works from the restaurant side. I thought they had to “join” GrubHub, that’s not the case?
    
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- Tattorack@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  As of late 2025, Just Eat now belongs to Prosus.
  
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