> I feel like delivery companies are "double dipping", they charge delivery fee and they charge 30% to the restaurants as commission. That's unsustainable.
They absolutely are double dipping (or maybe it's closer to itemizing?), but I'm not sure why it's wrong or unsustainable. Finders' fees are a thing.
There are 4+ companies in this space, so if there were really that much room to cut prices, one player would.
The other huge issue is that this is SF implementing public policy with private money. Normally we'd call this a tax, but doing it this way has fewer safeguards and doesn't share the tax load fairly.
They absolutely are double dipping (or maybe it's closer to itemizing?), but I'm not sure why it's wrong or unsustainable. Finders' fees are a thing.
There are 4+ companies in this space, so if there were really that much room to cut prices, one player would.
The other huge issue is that this is SF implementing public policy with private money. Normally we'd call this a tax, but doing it this way has fewer safeguards and doesn't share the tax load fairly.