Author of the article: Peter Hendra
Publishing date: May 04, 2021 • May 4, 2021 • 5 minute read Chris and Mike Argiris of Morrison s Restaurant are among those who signed up to use a new food delivery app called Jubzi, created by Thanos Zikantas, right. Photo by Peter Hendra /The Whig-Standard
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Just as applying hand sanitizer and donning face masks have become commonplace during the pandemic, so, too, has the use of technologies such as food-delivery apps.
While many restaurants rely on these popular apps, some restaurant owners don’t use them because the company charges 20 to 30 per cent of the total bill as a commission as well as charging the customer a delivery fee.
Jubzi was started by a local restaurant owner who felt major apps charged unsustainable commissions
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Posted: Apr 09, 2021 5:05 AM ET | Last Updated: April 9
Francois Ivan Dominguez owns and operates Palenque in Windsor, a restaurant celebrating the success of local delivery app Jubzi.(Chris Ensing/CBC)
Francois Dominguez has spent nearly a decade in Windsor living out his dream of running a restaurant serving the food his grandmother raised him on as child in Mexico.
But by December, after surviving through the early stages of the pandemic, he realized his dreams were crumbling around him. I was about to close my doors. I had no income, nothing. I couldn t afford to stay open, he remembers.