[andrewla]

"You fight back by calling your order in" -- if they are offering free delivery through an app, all you are doing is paying inflated prices to subsidize their delivery customers. If they are not offering you an explicit called-in or picked-up discount, you're not really helping anyone except all those people using the app.

[sidr]

I've noticed more and more restaurants in the Seattle area are listing higher prices for the GrubHubs/UberEats (some have explicitly told me during pickup to just call it in if I want to save some money). The picked up discount already exists within the app. So what you're saying is starting to happen as restaurants wise up.

[andrewla]

I am really glad to hear that! I can only hope that this practice spreads. I want there to be a viable business model in the restaurant delivery business, but it has to be actually viable, which most likely means that it will have to be local approaches.

[verall]

That makes no sense. Maybe normally ordering at my favorite place nets them about $5. I don't want any gig economy startup cutting into that profit, when I pay it. I understand it is worth it for the restaurant to take GH orders and net $3 on them, I just think using that service is the wrong option.

I care about supporting my favorite local eats. Same reason we should all be tipping full even when getting take out. Support your local restaurants. Many are about to go out of business.