Food Delivery Apps

• Albertans’ appetites for food delivery remains whetted

  From mouth-watering mainstays to outstanding appetizers, even orders of the alcoholic variety, there's quite an eclectic mix when it comes to our ordering habits.

  Consumer

  Dec 30, 2022
  
• Restaurants press to keep cap on delivery app fees as they recover from COVID-19

  Food delivery companies typically charge restaurants a commission for every delivery, sometimes as much as 30 per cent of the order cost.

  Canada

  Jun 13, 2021
  
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• B.C. ride hailing company to offer food delivery services

  The CEO of Lucky To Go is urging restaurants to check out his business as an alternative to the big food delivery apps.

  Consumer

  Feb 7, 2021
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• Restaurant industry reacts to Ontario premier’s plea to delivery apps to cut charges

  Ontario's premier has called on food delivery services to slash commissions to help the province's struggling restaurant industry.

  Economy

  Oct 14, 2020
• The New Reality: Canadian restaurants in peril, delivery apps not helping: owners

  Instead of helping restaurants survive in a crisis, some say popular delivery apps marketed to consumers to order food during the crisis are actually making things worse.

  Canada

  May 17, 2020
• Coronavirus: New delivery apps emerge as restaurants butt heads with popular services

  The new services want to do things differently from the household names, so they have eliminated commission fees or offered rates well below the 10- to 30-per cent charged by Uber Eats, SkipTheDishes, DoorDash and others.

  Canada

  May 3, 2020
• Canadian restaurants say delivery app fees eating away at bottom line amid COVID-19

  Restaurants Canada say margins are typically less than five per cent at the best of times and delivery platforms can take up to 30 per cent commission.

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2020
• Ordering through a food delivery app? Double-check the menu price

  Menu prices on some apps are higher than what you'd pay at the restaurant.

  Money

  Dec 14, 2019
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• Food delivery app DoorDash reports data breach affecting 4.9M users

  The company declined to say how many Canadian users were affected, citing security concerns.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2019