Restaurants Boycott foodpanda After The Delivery Service Demands More Commission

The restaurants in Pakistan are boycotting the famous food delivery app foodpanda as they allege that the company has made it a “routine to blackmail them for increasing their commission.”

What's up with these restaurants boycotting Foodpanda???

— JAFFA 🇵🇰 (@jafferhussain9) September 15, 2020

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The All Pakistan Restaurant Association (APRA) while expressing grave concern over the monopoly of food delivery companies, has requested the Prime Minister to take immediate notice and develop policy at the government level.

Given the cut Food Panda takes from restaurants on its app I often wondered why they were even on the app

So this was bound to happen in my view pic.twitter.com/xpnk6bhEgY

— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) September 15, 2020

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To record their protest, APRA has called for a three days boycott from foodpanda while the restaurants will be taking orders directly on their websites or call centers.

In a statement, they also mentioned that the restaurant industry operates at a profit of 10% to 12% only and foodpanda is paid 18% delivery commission and now they’re threatening to increase it to 25-30%.

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