Portland approves 10% cap on fees that food delivery apps can charge restaurants

Re:Portland approves 10% cap on fees that food delivery apps... by ceejayoz on Thursday July 09, 2020 @10:24AM (#23780576)

That's what this does.

They can still charge whatever they want for their fee. They just can't hide their fee in the list price of your sushi.

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Re:Portland approves 10% cap on fees that food delivery apps... by admax88q on Thursday July 09, 2020 @10:31AM (#23780666)

What? Are we reading the same article? As far as I can tell this new rule caps fees at 10%, it doesn't say anything about charging whatever they want, while being more transparent or disclosing the fees more clearly.

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Re:Portland approves 10% cap on fees that food delivery apps... by ceejayoz on Thursday July 09, 2020 @10:35AM (#23780712)

The headline says "Portland approves 10% cap on fees that food delivery apps can charge RESTAURANTS". There's no cap on what they can charge customers.

Legal: "Your pizza is $10. Our fee is $3, delivery is $5. Total bill $18." Restaurant gets $10.

Not legal: "Your pizza is $10 (but we quietly take $3 of that). Our fee is $3 (but we hid an extra $3 in the pizza!). Delivery is $5. Total bill $18." Restaurant gets $7.

Legal: "Your pizza is $7. Our fee is $6, delivery is $5. Total bill $18." Restaurant gets $7.

Legal: "Your pizza is $10. Our fee is $6, delivery is $5. Total bill $21." Restaurant gets $10.

Legal (but not great for business): "Your pizza is $10. Our fee is $600 because 'fuck you, we have VCs to pay', delivery is $5. Total bill $615." Restaurant gets $10.

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Re:Portland approves 10% cap on fees that food delivery apps... by jiggunjer on Thursday July 09, 2020 @11:50PM (#23787967)

Am I the only who one thinks it's weird they itemize their service price into two types of delivery fee? Just say pizza $10, delivery $8. Restaurant gets between $9-$10.

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