Comment on Mystical land pirates (with pizza)

AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• moistclump@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And cost you more in fees and tips than the increased cost of the food itself.

  source

  • fidodo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I rotate delivery apps so they constantly send me coupons. The coupon doesn’t actually save any money over the restaurant cost but basically cancels out the delivery fee.

    source

    • residentmarchant@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This is the way. I pretty much only order when I have a 40% off coupon, which happens every few weeks

      source
  • s_s@lemmy.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They decided a long time ago people will refuse to do the math.f

    source
• slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But the company running the software now makes a huge profit, while the restaurants and delivery drivers earn less. So it’s better this way for their billinaire investors

  source

  • AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I still don’t understand how paying a third party the delivery fee plus their management costs and profit margin is cheaper than hiring a teenager. It sucks though :/

    Like you said, worse every person involved except for the door dash executives

    source

    • Socsa@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Because a lot of places probably don’t do enough delivery volume to justify staffing a driver every night, and the apps themselves are pretty powerful marketing tools.

      source
    • s_s@lemmy.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Because the food delivery apps pay that little

      source