"You've got to write an article about Uber Eats." This was from my sheepish son who'd just been rolled for $22 on Uber Eats for a pie, sausage roll and Sprite from a BP station precisely 750 metres away from where he sat. The instore price is $8.40.
He works part time at Macca's and his main point is that Uber Eats charges aren't transparent because customers pay a premium on the food as well as a delivery fee of between $4.99 and $7.99. A $10.30 Big Mac Combo instore, for example, is $12 on Uber Eats. My son's pie was more than double the instore price. This premium isn't commonly known, my straw poll suggested.
Having had multiple international students at my home over the past few years I've answered the door a surprising number of times to drivers delivering mainly McDonald's and Domino's. I talk to the students about how they're spending their money, when there is plenty of perfectly edible or even yummy food in the kitchen. According to Love Food Hate Waste a "meal in a mug" following their recipe costs $2.50 (or nothing for a teenager/student raiding my fridge with my blessing).
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I barely get through each week without someone in financial services lamenting how Uber Eats is sucking younger people financially dry. It often features in the bank statements of those seeking consolidation loans or hardship assistance.