re: Once considered a Louisiana success story, this company is now weighing bankruptcy

I despise ordering delivery, especially through the use of these apps. I remember talking to a restaurant during COVID while waiting for my food to be ready. A ton of orders came in through Waitr and they explained how they have to drop everything they're doing just to fulfill their Waitr orders and pushback orders coming into the store. The big issue I noticed was that you were damned if you did, damned if you didn't. During COVID you NEEDED Waitr/Uber Eats/Doordash otherwise you were not getting business. On top of that, the companies charge up to 30% on all tickets no matter what. If you order a $100 dinner, Waitr got $30 just for having the platform available. It's an absolute racket. In case most people haven't noticed, the app prices are higher than actual in-restaurant menu prices.

The only positive things I can see through using the apps (outside of convenience) are being able to look through local options a lot easier than having to visit each location's website and being able to use a gift card (specific to each app) to pay for any of the restaurants on their platforms, which included almost every restaurant near you.