A tri-tip taco and al pastor taco, on thick, handmade tortillas, from Crack Taco Shop in Mission Valley
A couple weeks ago, I got a headline wrong. After mayor Todd Gloria limited the fees delivery apps can charge restaurants, I wrote: “Delivery fees are capped, but don’t expect to pay less.”
Problem is, I wasn’t cynical enough. The headline should have read: “Delivery fees are capped, so expect to pay more.”
This week, DoorDash introduced a new fee to its collection. The “Regulatory response fee” attempts to recoup any losses resulting from Gloria’s 18 percent cap. As a pop-up bubble on the DoorDash site explains, the two-dollar fee is added to the subtotal because: