That’s not actually before all fees though, because on top of the fees you mentioned that GrubHub/door dash/etc list clearly, they also directly mark-up the food prices from the menu of the restaurants they list. If you ordered the same exact items for pickup through the BK app, they would be noticeably cheaper.
Not to say fast food prices haven’t and aren’t rising, or that they haven’t become expensive for what they offer, but listing a GrubHub price as prove of that point is disingenuous and misleading
Well, it’s not quite fair comparing a pick up price to a delivery price either, but here’s what I’ll do… When I go out today I’ll get you the menu price at the drive through and the app price with pickup and delivery.
Yes but when you say “remember when a whopper was $0.99” that implies apples to apples, not apples to oranges as is the reality of your comment. Further, it is not BK that upcharges the prices, it is GrubHub.
So yes, it’s not fair comparing pick up price to delivery price, but you were the one who first did that, not me.
Exact same meal, for delivery, through the official BK app is the same price. Fees make a minor difference, it actually comes out to be slightly more expensive than GrubHub.
Yes, because BK doesn’t deliver. They contract Doordash or Grubhub for delivery, and thus use their pricing. Again, comparing delivery to pickup is unfair, yet you did it in the first place. This was literally the entire point of my comment.
It’s not just the delivery fees, it’s the markup of the food. It used to be that you paid the same menu prices for delivery or pickup, and the only additional fee was the tip for the delivery driver if you didn’t pick it up yourself.
Here we have the food being significantly marked up (a Whopper meal is usually ~$8 dollars depending on where you are, not $18), on top of a delivery fee, on top of platform fee, on top of a delivery tip.
I don’t use them, but this is a false dichotomy. It isn’t “don’t use them or shut up”, I’m going to talk about the blatant price gouging whether you like it or not.
You’re paying for convenience for literally everything, and this price gouging has effects on the market as a whole by raising price points.
If delivery apps find that people will pay 30% more for a Big Mac, plus several additional fees and tip, it only makes sense for McDonald’s to eventually raise Big Mac prices by 0-30%, minus any fee or tip because there are none.
To some extent, sometimes the capitalist meat grinder of work, commuting, lack of time for self-care, parenting expectations, mental health struggles, etc. etc. means people have exactly zero energy left to leave the house after getting home (esp. if there’s no one to stay home with the kids so it means herding tired kids into the car), let alone cooking something up if there wasn’t a recent grocery order and all the easy stuff has been eaten.
Jesus, I feel exhausted just typing out the hypothetical.
Am disabled. If it weren’t for grubhub i wouldn’t eat anything but canned soup and frozen meals, and the absurd prices for all the fees and mark ups kill my measly ss payment. Some luxury. I’ll get downvoted for this, I’m sure.
Too tired to cook tonight, my wife already cooked for herself, so I hopped on GrubHub:
That’s before GrubHub fees, delivery fees, driver tip.
A single Whopper meal with all that included:
Meal - $16.47 (large sized)
Delivery Fee - $0.99
Service Fee - $2.14
Total - $19.60
Add a tip for your driver (20% suggested) $3.72
(No idea how they’re getting that… $3.72 would be 20% of $18.60 so I guess they’re calculating it based on the meal + the service fee?)
Regardless, $3.72 is a shit tip for a delivery driver, $4 is my minimum.
So dinner, for one person, delivered, $23.60.
Anyone remember when a Whopper was $0.99?
(yeah, no, made a sandwich instead)
That’s not actually before all fees though, because on top of the fees you mentioned that GrubHub/door dash/etc list clearly, they also directly mark-up the food prices from the menu of the restaurants they list. If you ordered the same exact items for pickup through the BK app, they would be noticeably cheaper.
Not to say fast food prices haven’t and aren’t rising, or that they haven’t become expensive for what they offer, but listing a GrubHub price as prove of that point is disingenuous and misleading
Well, it’s not quite fair comparing a pick up price to a delivery price either, but here’s what I’ll do… When I go out today I’ll get you the menu price at the drive through and the app price with pickup and delivery.
Yes but when you say “remember when a whopper was $0.99” that implies apples to apples, not apples to oranges as is the reality of your comment. Further, it is not BK that upcharges the prices, it is GrubHub.
So yes, it’s not fair comparing pick up price to delivery price, but you were the one who first did that, not me.
Exact same meal, for delivery, through the official BK app is the same price. Fees make a minor difference, it actually comes out to be slightly more expensive than GrubHub.
vs. $13.18 for picking it up myself.
Yes, because BK doesn’t deliver. They contract Doordash or Grubhub for delivery, and thus use their pricing. Again, comparing delivery to pickup is unfair, yet you did it in the first place. This was literally the entire point of my comment.
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Even without delivery fees, $16 for Burger King is bullshit.
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It’s not just the delivery fees, it’s the markup of the food. It used to be that you paid the same menu prices for delivery or pickup, and the only additional fee was the tip for the delivery driver if you didn’t pick it up yourself.
Here we have the food being significantly marked up (a Whopper meal is usually ~$8 dollars depending on where you are, not $18), on top of a delivery fee, on top of platform fee, on top of a delivery tip.
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I don’t use them, but this is a false dichotomy. It isn’t “don’t use them or shut up”, I’m going to talk about the blatant price gouging whether you like it or not.
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You’re paying for convenience for literally everything, and this price gouging has effects on the market as a whole by raising price points.
If delivery apps find that people will pay 30% more for a Big Mac, plus several additional fees and tip, it only makes sense for McDonald’s to eventually raise Big Mac prices by 0-30%, minus any fee or tip because there are none.
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Stop driving for insane reasons
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Yep. Car, bike, bus, or buy food and cook. There are ways of not destroying the planet that exist
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I use public transport and walk
I live in a small city
I am a dad
It is very hard
You don’t even understand your own world
I cannot imagine myself taking the car to eat, once at a restaurant myself.
If I ride the car it is to transport big or many things.
I would not be able to give my kids the best future I can
Also, I don’t get how this opinion and lifestyle makes you a personal attacking swine? Like grow up?
You realize getting food delivered is a luxury right? Use coupons and go pick it up yourself
To some extent, sometimes the capitalist meat grinder of work, commuting, lack of time for self-care, parenting expectations, mental health struggles, etc. etc. means people have exactly zero energy left to leave the house after getting home (esp. if there’s no one to stay home with the kids so it means herding tired kids into the car), let alone cooking something up if there wasn’t a recent grocery order and all the easy stuff has been eaten.
Jesus, I feel exhausted just typing out the hypothetical.
Am disabled. If it weren’t for grubhub i wouldn’t eat anything but canned soup and frozen meals, and the absurd prices for all the fees and mark ups kill my measly ss payment. Some luxury. I’ll get downvoted for this, I’m sure.