Sometimes a tweet can lead to actual change. Nearly a year ago, in January 2020, San Francisco restaurant owner Pim…
If there’s one thing we’ve learned this year, it’s that third party delivery services are pretty much universally…
In preparation for its upcoming IPO, DoorDash revealed its inner workings to the public last week, and as Shira…
We’ve reported a lot here on the various tricks third-party apps use to steal money from their customers and…
Typically The Takeout’s Hot Links stories are dedicated to sharing articles from journalists and websites that have…
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Even before the pandemic, restaurant owners were disgusted by the exorbitant fees charged by third-party delivery…
As delivery apps like Uber Eats continue to push their restaurant-killing participation fees and try to find ways to …
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As we have thoroughly documented, Chuck E. Cheese’s slow demise hasn’t just left a cold, empty space in our hearts…
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So by now you’ve most likely heard that delivery apps like Grubhub, Door Dash, and Uber Eats are potentially harmful…
At the height of the COVID-19 outbreak (which admittedly hasn’t ended yet) a number of cities across the U.S. passed…
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If you’ve opened up the Uber Eats app within the past week you’ve likely noticed a new, prominently featured banner…
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All spring, since COVID-19 lockdowns forced restaurants to rely on takeout and delivery in order to stay open, we’ve…
We’ve written a lot about third-party food delivery apps, particularly in recent months, given the increased use of…
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“Let me start this newsletter with a story about Pizza Arbitrage.”
It’s not that we didn’t already know that third-party delivery apps had their problems, it’s just that the COVID-19…
Today in news that should shock literally zero people, California regulators have learned that minors are using food…
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Update, May 13, 2020: Inspired by Chicago Pizza Boss owner Giuseppe Badalamenti’s Facebook post of his March Grubhub…
It’s free ice cream day, everybody! That’s right, I said free ice cream. Are there caveats? Of course there are. But…
Of all the well-oiled machines the COVID-19 outbreak has thrown a wrench into, you’ll occasionally find ones that…
Have you ever ordered dinner through an app, only to watch your driver circle around and cancel on you? You might be…
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