Vancouver’s mayor is threatening to look at regulating third-party food delivery apps if they don’t lower the fees they charge to restaurants.
Steward made the comments Thursday, amid complaints by the restaurant industry that during the coronavirus pandemic, the fees are rendering them unprofitable.
Pacific Poke brand manager Garth Danyluk says his company has gone form doing about 20 per cent of its business through delivery apps to about 80 per cent since the pandemic began. “When the entirety of your sales switch to this model, and they’re taking a 20, 30 per cent cut, it takes your profitability to break even at best,” Danyluk said.