Delivery Apps.. Inflation of Prices and Monopoly!

Delivery apps have offered a modern, distinguished style in providing menus from various restaurants that can deliver on their own, or by using the delivery services that the apps provide within their service bundle. There is no doubt that preparing a complex environment with interwoven data and uses has its price and cost, and the pursuit of large profits from these services is a legitimate matter, but everything needs to have its consequences studied, and here we speak of the greed of some.

The greed of some has contributed to raising the prices of the simplest daily meals such as rice with chicken, pastries, and even traditional sandwiches

"Shawarma, pizza dishes, and pasta," where their prices in some apps reached nearly 110% and some 30%, and few of them kept their price and bore the high cut taken by the app companies, which does not include the delivery value that sometimes amounts to a third of the meal's value or perhaps more. And 32 dirhams is one of the cheapest chicken-and-rice meals "mandi," in addition to 9 dirhams delivery. Such prices may burden many in the new circumstances with increased working hours. The matter is more severe if the orders are for homes, multiplying the figure by the number of the home's residents, for in our previous example it becomes 128 dirhams for four people in addition to delivery fees, whereas if the restaurant is called directly, the price of the single meal would be 22 dirhams and perhaps less!

Many restaurants are unable to provide their services on the internet, whether as a website or an app, due to many challenges, including electronic marketing and technical support, all the way to electronic security, electronic payment, then delivery and customer service.

Acquisitions and Providers

The number of service providers has decreased significantly after a series of acquisitions by some of the giant service providers, including the recent mergers as well, and this matter is not reassuring, especially if the direction is toward monopolizing the markets and regions in a way that tightens the noose on restaurants and stores that suffer from rising operational costs for the other reasons as well.

Restaurants' Workaround

A number of restaurants encourage, after delivering orders through the apps, contacting them directly and obtaining a direct discount on the meals, but what mars this move is the unavailability of a card payment mechanism. We also find other restaurants that only exempt you from the delivery fees and do not provide any discount on orders, benefiting from the percentage that used to go to the apps.

Sustainability Is Everyone's Demand

Among the most important points in commerce is sustainability, for if we reach waves of inflation in the prices of the foods and products displayed in these apps, then demand will decrease, and people, restaurants, and stores will inevitably begin migrating to new solutions.

Monthly Subscriptions

Some service providers plan to offer the possibility of a monthly subscription to provide special prices and services, which may also include lower delivery fees and other features, while others plan to provide a subscription to restaurants at fixed prices. Among the plans is also pressuring restaurants to provide family bundles and options that ease the burden on families.

Covering New Areas

The matter of covering new areas is a big challenge for the companies, for these areas long for what is available in the other and neighboring areas of restaurants, stores, and pharmacies, but the consumption of time and the spoilage of some materials as a result of the distance hinders this network and increases the challenges.

Innovative Solutions

The lovely thing about it is the innovative solutions offered by a number of restaurant owners, as well as universities, kitchens, and even cafeterias, by providing meals from their central kitchen and offering them under different names from the same place, and this saves a lot of operational costs and adds more options for customers.

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