The Hospo Hotline Podcast: Delivery Will Ruin Gastronomy

In New York, before the Corona Crisis hit, the New York State City Council introduced legislation to combat the aforementioned financial barriers created by delivery companies, amongst other things. The bills introduced were comprehensive, but the most notable for this topic are:A bill that will let customers see how much delivery companies charge restaurantA bill that limits delivery companies from taking more than 10 percent in commissionTo date, we have now seen Los Angeles and San Francisco establish 15% caps on charges from delivery companies to restaurants, and a new push from New York for a 10% cap. Various public statements from delivery companies suggest it will hurt restaurants, which in basic maths does not shake out. They also suggested that instead of a cap on fees, they could charge customers a fee on orders to cover costs.Berlin was not that enthused by the delivery market with the Deliveroo issue and the overall brand reputation of Lieferando doing very little to sway Berliners to get delivery food. The consequence of this is that vendors won’t consider it worth the effort. This means options on platforms decline, and so does the customer's interest. More recently and in the most Berlin way possible came Kolyma2, the independent collective founded by Stefano Lombardo - an ex-Deliveroo rider whose model and business concept the Ex-Berliner called ‘’food delivery with a soul’’.