Stop Deliveroo discriminating against small restaurants with double commission.

Alongside charging you for delivery, Deliveroo slap independent restaurants with an eye-watering commission rate of 35%, but only charge chain restaurants almost half of that (18%.)  This is despite their fixed costs for the service remaining exactly the same.

I own a small family run restaurant on Kensington High Street called Pizzicotto.  As you can imagine the last 6 months have been particularly difficult for us and many others in the hospitality sector. We could only trade with delivery, but soon found that we were working for nothing. All our profits were being sucked up by Deliveroo (and their voracious partner Amazon) and soon we had to stop trading completely.

Since merging with Amazon, Deliveroo have been abusing their market share to harass the small guy into accepting crippling terms. Enough is Enough. I started this petition to ask Deliveroo to charge a fair rate of 18% across the board.  For them to discriminate so heavily against the little guy during a global pandemic is greedy opportunism at its worst and the cruellest kind of capital bullying.  Independent restaurants are suffering enough this year.  Deliveroo will be the final nail in their coffin.

If you agree, and want to support your local café, pub and restaurant, please sign below and ensure the future of your high street stays bright, profitable and local.

 

Thank you

 

James Chiavarini

Pizzicotto-  Osteria & Pizzieria

267 Kensington High Street

London

W8 6NA

james@ilportico.co.uk