San Francisco has capped commissions for food-delivery apps at 15%. These apps - even the ones that eliminated charges for customers - were gouging restaurants, consuming 100% (or more) of their margins.
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However, as @jwz (owner of San Francisco's @dnalounge and @dnapizza) writes, the delivery companies (being grifts) are really good at circumventing these rules and cheating, with "delivery commissions," "processing fees," etc.
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He ends: "The best way for all of us, customers and restaurants, to avoid being gouged by those companies is to call us on the phone (4156260166) and place an order for pick-up. Not that I really expect people to do that... Nobody hates talking on the phone more than me."
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