Comment on I used to be an uber eats driver and lowkey

• SaucySnake@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • ViatorOmnium@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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    • Jessicat@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I love going to grocery stores in Berlin, the prices are incredible when you’re used to the US and the quality of vegetables/fruits much higher. Prices are close to twice as high often here. Restaurants only concentrate that price discrepancy. There is no way that I could get a full meal delivered for $40 including taxes and charges unless it was fast food.

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    • WaxRhetorical@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I can’t even get two mains in Geneva for 35€ (well, CHF) most of the time 😅

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• Jessicat@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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