That could be a family of four or so. After charges, taxes, fees, and tip my husband and I often end up paying $70-80 for delivery food service in the US.
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valar@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
How many people you feeding for $132?
Jessicat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Lemming6969@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Restaurant bill for 2 yesterday was $350… It’s easily achievable too if you aren’t careful, and no single item seems that expensive until you add it all up.
Ice@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
That’s more than our monthly grocery budget for two…
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Must be nice. Our monthly grocery budget for two at the discount grocery store is $600
Ice@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Must be nice to be able to spend 600$ on groceries…
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 months ago
That could be a feral colony of lepers. After taxes and charges, my paramour often end up paying an arm and a leg for food delivery in antiquity
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 months ago
uber eats takes a percentage out of the order, so the restaurants surcharges to compensate.
Chozo@fedia.io 2 months ago
After delivery fees and tips, that's roughly a meal for 2 people, plus a dessert. And a drink, which the driver left at the restaurant.
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I cannot, in any way, shape, or form, justify that kind of money on what you just said. Our grocery pickup to get us the next two weeks was $132 and we were being generous this time.
aeiou@piefed.social 2 months ago
I knew several people who would have a smoothie or some shit doordashed to work daily while simultaneously complaining they can’t afford food
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yea, I woke up late for a meeting one morning, and figured I’d try ordering a doughnut and coffee from door dash (my wife door-dashed/grubhub’d all the time, so I figured it wouldn’t be too crazy expensive), it was going to cost me 19 dollars to get a 6 dollar doughnut and coffee from a few blocks down the street. And then it suggested a 5 dollar tip for the driver.
Fuck that shit, I just went hungry that morning.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
i am related to people like that. do NOT get me started.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
As a treat it’s worth it once in a while but definitely not regularly unless you are quite wealthy.
ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 2 months ago
What are you ordering? I’ve seen Michelin star restaurants with cheaper options.
SaucySnake@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Take whatever the price of your food is, multiply it by 1.3-1.5 because restaurants have to make up the 30% they pay the company, then add an extra $30 for taxes, fees, and a tip. Food delivery got boiling frog’d like rideshares after market capture and needing to stop subsidizing post-IPO. Funnily enough drivers are making less than they ever have despite all the price increases, funny how that works.
ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 2 months ago
I just checked and the most expensive restaurant I found in delivery platforms in Berlin costs about 35 Euros per person (with drink, taxes and delivery but without the tip). In most restaurants that would be the price of both meals. 100+ for delivery food is bananas, especially since the transportation is never kind on the food.
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Wow sounds like a terrible service no one should be using because it sucks for almost everyone involved
Jessicat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think it also depends on where you live. I would be shocked to see American food prices in comparable French or German restaurants. We are used to overpaying on the basics much less meal delivery apps.