Amid calls to lower commission fees, food delivery apps should rethink their business operations – including considering asking some consumers to ...
But it is unclear if such momentum that depends on a small base of highly engaged but loyal fans will still be around to power eateries after COVID-19 blows over and can be a sustainable business model.DELIVERY APPS MUST BE SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE
For this reason perhaps, Airbnb has connected overworked health workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in France and Italy with hosts offering their homes to stay –RETHINK ON-DEMAND FOOD DELIVERY Although much scorn has been poured on food delivery apps, a huge gap in our understanding is how much food deliverers earn from each delivery that eats into the commission fees eateries are charged.If we do not want those reduced, we then need to ask ourselves whether delivery has been underpriced all this while. Consumers will have to pay more if so.
We bought the argument the surge pricing was needed to incentivise drivers to be on the road, so surely consumers too will be open to paying more if they want lunch on-demand instead of ordering in advance.
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