The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to decimate the restaurant industry in Canada, according to analysts and restaurant owners who run both eat-in and take-out venues.
And instead of helping restaurants survive in a crisis, some say popular delivery apps marketed to consumers to order food during the crisis are actually making things worse. “Every time I make an Uber delivery, I lose money,” said Nick Di Donato, president and CEO of Liberty Entertainment Group, based in Toronto.
The Liberty Entertainment Group owns several hospitality brands, including CIBO Wine Bars. Di Donato and other entrepreneurs say Uber charges the highest delivery commission in the restaurant industry in Canada: 30 per cent. “Uber Eats is now in a position to dictate