On some of those late nights, especially when I picked up Indian food, I'd be hungry enough to genuinely consider this
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How many people you feeding for $132?
After delivery fees, that's roughly a meal for 2 people, plus a dessert. And a drink, which the driver left at the restaurant.
I cannot, in any way, shape, or form, justify that kind of money on what you just said. Our grocery pickup to get us the next two weeks was $132 and we were being generous this time.
I knew several people who would have a smoothie or some shit doordashed to work daily while simultaneously complaining they can't afford food
Maybe they just love melted smoothies and cant figure out how to make them as good as doordash can
i am related to people like that. do NOT get me started.
Yeah, I woke up late for a meeting one morning, and figured I'd try ordering a doughnut and coffee from door dash (my wife door-dashed/grubhub'd all the time, so I figured it wouldn't be too crazy expensive), it was going to cost me 19 dollars to get a 6 dollar doughnut and coffee from a few blocks down the street. And then it suggested a 5 dollar tip for the driver.
Fuck that shit, I just went hungry that morning.
As a treat it's worth it once in a while but definitely not regularly unless you are quite wealthy.
What are you ordering? I've seen Michelin star restaurants with cheaper options.
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.
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.
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.
I can’t imagine agreeing to spend $40 on fast food
I can't even get two mains in Geneva for 35€ (well, CHF) most of the time 😅
Wow sounds like a terrible service no one should be using because it sucks for almost everyone involved
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.
That could be a family of four or so. After charges, taxes, fees, and tip my husband and I often end up paying $70-80 for delivery food service in the US.
Restaurant bill for 2 yesterday was $350... It's easily achievable too if you aren't careful, and no single item seems that expensive until you add it all up.
That's more than our monthly grocery budget for two...
Must be nice. Our monthly grocery budget for two at the discount grocery store is $600
Must be nice to be able to spend $600 on groceries...
That could be a feral colony of lepers. After taxes and charges, my paramour and I often end up paying an arm and a leg for food delivery in antiquity
uber eats takes a percentage out of the order, so the restaurants surcharges to compensate.