How Local Delivery Stops App Giants From Eating Restaurants’ Lunch
Corporate delivery apps are gouging restaurants but emerging local options offer a more sustainable future.
- With 17% of US restaurants shuttering in 2020, diners ordered meals in hopes of keeping doors open, not realizing that purchasing via corporate apps is actually driving restaurateurs out of business.
- Spurious practices and delivery fees averaging 30% are unsustainable for eateries, as is massive Wall Street backing for DoorDash, Grubhub, Postmates and Uber Eats while they all post losses.
- Local delivery alternatives are emerging to support cherished restaurants, not undermine them, and can be developed to meet the diverse needs of unique communities.