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re: Major Waitr changes may have affects to area restaurants
Posted on 7/6/19 at 12:10 pm to tss22h8
Posted on 7/6/19 at 12:10 pm to tss22h8
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If I have a huge order, I go to the restaurant and pick it up. I want to check that the order is right before it gets delivered to my house.
We probably have 25 restaurants within a 2 mile radius of our house. I really don't mind going to pick up food. If I've been drinking there's probably a good chance it's late and pizza will be my only option anyway.
This post was edited on 7/6/19 at 12:26 pm
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Posted on 7/6/19 at 12:11 pm to JodyPlauche
Interesting, did not know WAITR was based out of Lake Charles. Stock at near 52week lows, when the market is at its all time highs is a bad sign.
Market Cap 134mil. Negative profits of 34mil in 2018.
Market Cap 134mil. Negative profits of 34mil in 2018.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 12:17 pm to lsu xman
Tillman Fertitta bought them awhile back I believe.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 12:18 pm to jmarto1
Prairieville. Waitr has become a big part of our business. We signed up at .55 cents an order and 3% of each order with a $1500 sign up fee.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 12:19 pm to fallguy_1978
And took them public not long after
Posted on 7/6/19 at 12:23 pm to jmarto1
Just use Uber Eats, Grub Hub, Door Dash or any of the others. These services are a commodity.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 12:26 pm to jmarto1
One thing I've noticed since Waitr has taken off, when dining at a restaurant, my orders take much longer to get to the table. The excuse is always "the kitchen is really backed up with orders"
Posted on 7/6/19 at 12:42 pm to tommy2tone1999
I am high volume as far as Waitr is concerned. We handle the orders just fine. I'll admit that our menu isn't that complex to execute.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 12:52 pm to Giantkiller
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Waitr is definitely not the best choice anymore. They served a purpose in proving BR would support restaurant deliveries but now they need to just get out of the way.
They have better options in the Nola area than some of the others. Plust they actually wear a uniform and put your food in a carrying case and not on their nasty floorboard or seat.
Sometimes with Uber it wasn't even the person the account belonged to, was like the baby mama using it.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 12:52 pm to lynxcat
What’s the difference between waitr and Uber eats, grub hub, etc.?
Posted on 7/6/19 at 1:01 pm to jmarto1
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If the restaurant raises prices for all to go orders then that is fair.
That isn't possible with the new agreement though, is it? From the advocate article:
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The new terms prohibit restaurants from charging a higher price for food ordered through Waitr than regular, in-restaurant transactions and passes along the fees charged by credit card companies to the restaurants. It also prohibits restaurants from using photos taken by Waitr for any purpose.
Before, restaurant owners were free to pass on some of the expense to customers by increasing their menu prices on the Waitr platform. Restaurants didn't have to pay the credit card fees, and they were also free to use Waitr's images of their food for their own promotional purposes.
"That's brand-new," Baloch said. "They took the picture, but I paid them $1,400 to come in and do it. They're making you pay for photos they own the rights to. This is so bad that people are at a point where they want to get an attorney."
The whole thing is ridiculous. I can see a few of these restrictions but all the these at once is really bad.
This post was edited on 7/6/19 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 7/6/19 at 1:02 pm to Mike da Tigah
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I have a vehicle, and I drive. Don’t need Waitr. I’m seriously not that lazy.
I do too and I use Waitr. Not a laziness issue. I typically use it if I’ve had a cocktail or two. Very limited excuses now to drink and drive now in the 21st century with expansion of digital platforms.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 1:28 pm to Benne Wafer
My store's agreement is up in November. When we did this we negotiated the elevated prices across the board. The question for us is what is going to happen in November.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 1:52 pm to fallguy_1978
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Yeah she's not a baller by any stretch. Probably makes 30k and regularly buys $20 lunches
Your wife works with LouisianaLady?
Posted on 7/6/19 at 2:26 pm to Rize
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frick Waitr.
This. Why would a restaurant agree to pay 15% instead of just starting their own take out/delivery
Posted on 7/6/19 at 2:31 pm to HailToTheChiz
Waitr is very well plugged into people's lives. We have our own online ordering system and have nowhere near the sales waitr gives us. The average consumer is going to go to the service with a lot more options. You have to specifically want our food if you use our online ordering. Also, who wants to sign up for ordering on 20 different websites?
Posted on 7/6/19 at 2:37 pm to jmarto1
If it takes me an hour to get to my car, drive to where I'm eating, wait for my food to get to the table, eat, pay my bill, and drive back, most of that time isn't actually eating. It's driving or waiting. Next time you leave the office for lunch, notice how long you spend actually eating out of your lunch our.
If it costs me $10 extra to have it delivered and I can bill more than $10 of work in the time I'd otherwise be driving or waiting on my food, it makes sense to use a delivery service every day.
Of course, you give up getting out of the office.
ETA: I'm talking for lunch, of course. Oh yeah, frick Waitr, too. Their business model seems to have become to frick everybody involved and give their customers shitty service. I hope it goes tits up and the investors lose their hundreds of millions of dollars because it used to be good before the greedy bought it out.
If it costs me $10 extra to have it delivered and I can bill more than $10 of work in the time I'd otherwise be driving or waiting on my food, it makes sense to use a delivery service every day.
Of course, you give up getting out of the office.
ETA: I'm talking for lunch, of course. Oh yeah, frick Waitr, too. Their business model seems to have become to frick everybody involved and give their customers shitty service. I hope it goes tits up and the investors lose their hundreds of millions of dollars because it used to be good before the greedy bought it out.
This post was edited on 7/6/19 at 2:43 pm
Posted on 7/6/19 at 2:42 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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If it takes me an hour to get to my car, drive to where I'm eating, wait for my food to get to the table, eat, and drive back, most of that time isn't actually eating. It's driving or waiting.
Do you go to a sit down (non fast food) restaurant for lunch very often? I know I can run out and grab a to go order from the bar at Albasha or a sandwich shop and be back in 10 minutes. If I'm going to a place with a waitress I'm already expecting to be gone an hour.
Posted on 7/6/19 at 2:44 pm to fallguy_1978
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Do you go to a sit down (non fast food) restaurant for lunch very often?
Not much anymore. Only if I have a client or if someone else from the office wants to go to lunch.
This post was edited on 7/6/19 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 7/6/19 at 2:49 pm to TigerstuckinMS
I think the whole not leaving the office would be the worst for me. I bring my lunch 3-4 days per week and still leave for an hour unless it's pouring rain or something. I need to get out for a bit.
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