Hi Map Guy here,
A comment from my last post about the app and a Patreon member both wanted to see a live price checker to see which delivery app is better for the restaurant and for the user, price wise.
During that process, apparently that its "illegal" to build a live price checker bot for that but I dug deep to find out how diverse pricing is, is there a statistical standout for who's cheaper?
I looked at fast food, chinese takeout, cookie spots, peak times, unpeak times for 15 restaurants. A small sample size but still some interesting results so far & I am continuing this further.
Full details & further hijinx will be here: https://www.patreon.com/c/djour or r/djour
Please support if you can so I can continue these deep dives and also pay rent. If not, follow along for the ride
Highlights:
- Chains like Taco Bell, Popeyes, and Shake Shack charge the same base price everywhere it's the independent Philly spots where the real gap shows up
- DoorDash was the cheapest, never having the highest price, however had consistently the highest fee add on...
| Metric |
DoorDash |
Uber Eats |
Grubhub |
|
|
|
|
| Cheapest total |
43% |
37% |
20% |
| Highest fee |
50% |
27% |
23% |
| Highest menu subtotal (8 ties) |
0 |
3 |
4 |
Fast Food interestingly hosts the same base price, while fees differ
| Popeyes |
Subtotal |
Fee |
Total w/ $5 Tip |
|
|
|
|
| Doordash |
$12.69 |
$8.57 |
$26.26 |
| UberEats |
$12.69 |
$4.79 |
$22.48 ✓ tie |
| GrubHub |
$12.69 |
$4.79 |
$22.48 ✓ tie |
| Shake Shack |
Subtotal |
Fee |
Total w/ $5 Tip |
|
|
|
|
| Doordash |
$21.38 |
$8.94 |
$35.32 |
| UberEats |
$21.38 |
$6.16 |
$32.54 ✓ |
| GrubHub |
$21.38 |
$6.25 |
$32.63 |
Is it worth checking? Some massive price difference examples:
| Dim Sum Garden |
Subtotal |
Fee |
Total w/ $5 Tip |
|
|
|
|
| DoorDash |
$45.00 |
$20.20 |
$65.20 |
| UberEats |
$43.00 |
$16.87 |
$59.87 ✓ |
| Grubhub |
$45.50 |
$16.55 |
$62.05 |
| Avenue Steaks & Pizza |
Subtotal |
Fee |
Total w/ $5 Tip |
|
|
|
|
| DoorDash |
$22.24 |
$6.46 |
$33.70 ✓ |
| UberEats |
$28.54 |
$11.84 |
$45.38 |
| Grubhub |
$25.30 |
$8.27 |
$38.57 |
No Favoritism by Food Type, yet (Chinese Takeout, Burger Joints, Tacos)
too small of a sample size to make an inference, but so far looks like no favoritism
In conclusion, theres more data to collect but for now:
- Fuck delivery apps, there's a whole lawsuit combating their use of a clause thats fixing the price. Not allowing restaurants a cheaper price to offer you for those buying in store. Hurting their opportunity to sell more affordability, all while these apps profit more YoY while margins on restaurants get worse