Take a look at the subtotal line. There you'll see that, before tip, GrubHub averaged slightly cheaper than DoorDash with DashPass (but the numbers are so close as to be basically identical). Meanwhile, Uber Eats appears to be the most expensive. ... GrubHub always suggests 20%.
At the end of the day, though, UberEats came out the cheapest despite its highest base price due to the cheapest cost of delivery. When the journalist ordered a tofu teriyaki bowl, however, it was GrubHub that came out on top, at almost $3 cheaper than the other options.
To quickly summarize, Grubhub is more widely available than DoorDash and Grubhub+ is an overall better deal than DashPass, assuming you don't have the Cash App debit card. However, when it comes to user-friendliness and features, DoorDash's app looks and feels much better than Grubhub's.
DoorDash came in cheapest, but they applied a $2.39 discount to my order. Uber Eats left off their $0.99 delivery fee. Postmates also left off its $1.99 delivery fee, but still ended up as the most expensive option, coming in at a whopping $19.93, which is the most expensive order in the entire experiment.
Grubhub says it doesn't charge its own delivery fees, but that delivery-fee prices are set by each restaurant, which are, very roughly speaking, in the $4 to $8 range. DoorDash charges a delivery fee depending on the restaurant, anywhere from $5.99 to $8, plus a service fee of up to 15 percent.
Get free delivery for 30 days as a first-time customer with the DoorDash sign-up offer. Once you sign up for the customer app, you can get DoorDash newsletter coupon offers to apply to your restaurant delivery orders on top of this free delivery for 30 days as a new customer.
Surge Pricing: Similar to in ride-sharing, when there are busy times, you'll see the prices for food delivery are higher. Service Fee: Maybe the most missed cost of food delivery. Service fee is a percent of the cost of your order added to your final bill.
If you plan on working 7 days per week, and assuming an average of 30 days per month, you will need to make $133 per day to reach that goal. If you plan on working just Monday through Friday, that raises your daily number to $200 per day.
That marketing commission ranges from 10-20%, based on how much visibility the restaurant requests on its app. Grubhub also charges a three percent processing fee, and 10% if Grubhub provides delivery. ... He said Leven raised prices on the app to offset the cost of the commission they're losing.
Since it all occurs without your restaurant's consent, Grubhub can't charge you the steep commissions it levies on partnered restaurants (which, by the way, it plans on increasing). Instead, your customers end up paying Grubhub high prices to cover all the costs.
Postmates service charges can skew higher in part because it doesn't deliver only meals. Its couriers offer to bring you practically anything they can pick up, from a pair of sneakers to a birthday cake.
Before tips, DoorDash drivers make around $12-$15/hour and GrubHub is closer to $12-$13/hour. You're considered an independent contractor when you drive for either company, so you're responsible for your own tax withholdings.
SAME ORDER, DIFFERENT PRICES
On the other end of the spectrum, Postmates was the highest priced option for two out of every three orders, with both the highest average service fee and the highest average delivery fee.
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