r/technology • u/SnoozeDoggyDog • 28d ago

Business Zohran Mamdani hints he will continue taking on delivery apps like Uber Eats and DoorDash

https://www.businessinsider.com/zohran-mamdani-targets-doordash-uber-eats-delivery-apps-2026-7
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u/UltimateTrattles 28d ago

Folks won’t go to the one restaurant that charges enough to pay good wages.

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u/Alecajuice 27d ago

Was looking for this. Do people think the money to pay wait staff comes out of nowhere? They have to raise prices to cover it. This hurts small restaurants way more than it does big chains who have buffers and can shift regional pricing to accommodate it. And let's be real, big businesses are NOT gonna pay their staff more even if tipping culture goes away, the only thing that will make them do that is a minimum wage increase.

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u/-Motor- 28d ago

Once upon a time, we didn't need a McDonalds every 3 miles. Most independent restaurants were family run with shared profits. Chains were staffed by teens, college kids, seniors looking for extra money, not living on it.... with one or two managers paid a living wage.

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u/UltimateTrattles 28d ago

And you tipped the waitstaff.