Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub Can Take a Cut (2019)

Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by chc on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:38PM (#25114540)

It seems unlikely that there is a large contingent of people who Google a restaurant (which they must be doing in order to get Yelp's number), ignore the listing of hours right next to the number and call the restaurant to get the hours. I believe it happens, but I have a hard time believing that particular sequence of events accounts for even one call in 50.

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Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by wilshire_nc on Monday November 16, 2020 @01:09PM (#25114971)

I do it all the time, google’s hours are often wrong, especially during covid.

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Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by chc on Monday November 16, 2020 @02:12PM (#25115713)

To clarify: You're saying you do this more often than you order takeout? Especially during Covid? Because I explicitly said I believe it happens, just that it's a minority of calls.

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Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by xapata on Monday November 16, 2020 @02:28PM (#25115912)

Yeah, I almost never order over the phone. I go in person to look at the menu.

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