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by josephd79 586 days ago
The fact this industry tricked us into spending 200% more just to have a combo meal delivered delivered is insane and people have caught on. I've only ever used the app when someone gave me a gift card. I like local places anyways.
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I've never understood the value proposition here. Of course they have to charge 200% to deliver you a combo meal. Getting a taxi from the restaurant to your place would cost at least as much. Driver time, gas, insurance, vehicle depreciation, time spent getting to the restaurant... it's got to add up to several dollars at least even if they carried no food at all.

It should cost about the same to deliver $200 worth of filet mignon with truffles. Same amount, much smaller percentage. I'm surprised people ever order small amounts of food through those services.