[shafyy]

Jesus, this is exactly the problem, If you don't want to pay the people who deliver your food to your lazy ass a fair salary don't use food delivery. Go get your own food.

In my opinion it should be even more than €3 for most deliveries, I think this is subsidized by VC money and unfair conditions to the delivery people.

[NaughtyShiba]

Wolt charges 3 euros for McD delivery, because McD refuses to pay 30% tax. It's end-user who pays Wolt tax, rather than restaurant.

[nickkell]

Which tax are you referring to and in which country? Is this especially applied to deliveries?

[NaughtyShiba]

Wolt takes 30% from order.

[deanc]

It's not just lazy people that rely on these services. It's disabled people too.

[bwlg]

In Germany we have services commonly referred to as "Essen auf Rädern" (Meals on Wheels). A quick search shows that the concept actually originated in the 40s in the UK and has also made it to the US in the 60s [1].

Disabled and elderly people not being able to procure their own food isn't really a new problem and also isn't a problem that most first world societies have ignored.

So I'm not really sure what disabled people using a service have to do with the (allegedly) unfair wages of the delivery drivers.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meals_on_Wheels

[deanc]

It has nothing to do with it.

It was a direct response to the idea that the only people ordering from food delivery services are lazy, which is simply not true. I was incapacitated last year due to an injury and wasn't able to leave the house for a couple of weeks. I would have really struggled without Wolt.

[bwlg]

Fair enough, sorry then. I mistook it as an argument against delivery fees.

If you're incapacitated for a longer time, you might still want to check out if any meals on wheels services are available to you. I actually know a few colleagues (in their 30s) that started getting those since working 100% from home. It can be quite a bit cheaper. And if you're like me it would also be healthier, because every time I order food it turns out to be something like burgers with fries ;-)

[illuminati1911]

For a mcdonalds meal worth of 5-7e, 3e delivery is a complete highway robbery.

If people will go get their own food, try to guess how much the delivery guy earn then when the whole business goes down?

From user of the service point-of-view, the salary of a middleman delivery guy is irrelevant. It's only about what service is being given and how much does it cost. If the cost is too high then people will simply not buy the service. Food delivery is not a necessity after all.

[Ekaros]

The cost of delivery doesn't really depend on price of order. Not even size of order, unless it's extreme.

3€ for delivery isn't really unreasonable, it's actually quite cheap. Let's say that it takes 10 minutes all together with going to restaurant pick-up/waiting, then going to drop off. With full utilization that would be 18€ an hour. Now remove 24% of VAT: 13.68€. Rest of the taxes and so on... In the end 3€ is probably too low. Even with some 30% from whole order price.