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Yeah one of my friends and his wife orders shit off there almost every time we hang out and the prices are always crazy to me. I'll just go get it myself. They're always having money problems on top of it.
I wish I were in your market then. Where my restaurant is, most of the places on Doordash and other DSPs are cheaper or the same as in-restaurant prices (usually thanks to coupons or other "temporary" discounts). These platforms have huge amounts of venture capital and generally operate at a loss
As a pizza place, it makes it incredibly difficult to compete. Doordash and Uber Eats heavily subsidize the actual operating cost of their platforms, making it a generally cheaper option
Doesn't help that they don't have to follow the same regulations we would for traditional delivery drivers. I have to have insurance for drivers. Delivery platforms do not, in my state. If my driver gets injured in an accident, I'm liable. If a Doordash driver gets in an accident, Doordash just wipes their hands of the situation
For those reasons, I had to go with a DSP (Toast delivery) instead
I'm lucky the restaurant is just a side project and I still have my day job. Only reason we haven't gotten squeezed out yet