Tech companies are reaching out to the state Liquor Authority in advance of a hearing on a proposal that would prohibit food-delivery companies like Grubhub from charging restaurants a fee of more than 10 percent of each order total.
The regulatory change would be a sharp drop from the 25 percent to more than 30 percent most companies impose.
Copies of the statements to the SLA, including remarks from Uber and Doordash, are available below.
The fee cap would apply only to restaurants that serve alcohol and are licensed by the SLA; the agency has no jurisdiction over businesses without a liquor license. It would also affect companies like Drizly that take online orders for wine and spirits deliveries from local stores. In New York, restaurants with liquor licenses are allowed to deliver beer but not wine or spirits.