When Grubhub came to Iowa City in 2017, Jon Sewell got what he describes as a “call to action.” He owns a D.P. Dough franchise there and had been using a delivery service called OrderUp to get his calzones to college students. But then Grubhub bought OrderUp and doubled the commission on orders to an …
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The Grubhub model is here to stay. But community-based delivery services could be lifelines for small restaurants battling huge commission fees. During the pandemic, homebound Americans more than doubled their food delivery orders, largely through third-party apps like Seamless and UberEats. Covid-19 lockdowns may have hastened the apps’ growth, but economists have tracked a dramatic uptick in the use …
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – A new coop is trying to help keep delivery services for restaurants local. It’s called ‘delivery co-op.’ It eliminates a third-party delivery services like Uber eats and offers a full-time job with benefits to people out of work in the service industry. The app is working with Ouita Michel’s restaurants Zim’s …
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