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Chang: Uber Eats and DoorDash take up to 50% of restaurant margins

Sean Chang · Advice Line with Travis Boersma of Dutch Bros · Feb 13, 2025 · at 8:32

Sean Chang, co-founder of Mukja Korean Fried Chicken in Atlanta, discusses how aggressive delivery app fees and marketplace placement costs squeeze restaurant margins.

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“So with margins becoming thinner and thinner in the restaurant industry, we find our original strategy of delivery becoming highly unsustainable with delivery apps like Uber and DoorDash taking margins specifically in the city up to 50%.”

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The claim, plainly

Food delivery platforms like Uber Eats and DoorDash take commissions and marketing margins of up to 50% from restaurants in cities.

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Assessment

Sean Chang's statement on February 13, 2025 asserted that delivery platforms like DoorDash and Uber Eats take commissions and marketing margins of up to 50% from restaurants in urban areas. Published fee schedules confirm base delivery commissions reach 30% on top tiers (DoorDash Premier and Uber Eats Premium). Industry data from Restolabs, OPA! Connect, the Digital Restaurant Association (August 2025), and Calisto/DeliveryMargin studies (2026) confirm that adding sponsored listings and marketing spend (typically 7% to 18%) alongside promotions pushes total platform take-rates and marketing deductions up to and exceeding 50% of gross order value for city restaurants.

DoorDash and Uber Eats published pricing lists top-tier base delivery commissions of up to 30%.
Industry studies by OPA! Connect and Restolabs show sponsored search placements and in-app advertising add 7% to 18% of gross sales to restaurant platform costs.
Analyses by the Digital Restaurant Association (August 2025) and Calisto/DeliveryMargin (2026) confirm total combined commission and promotional/advertising deductions reach 40% to 50% on heavily promoted urban delivery orders.

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[1] restaurantdive.com [2] restaurantbusinessonline.com [3] restaurantware.com [4] ubereats.com [5] deliverguard.io [6] zay-os.com [7] getsauce.com [8] doordash.com

DoorDash Uber Eats restaurant commission marketing fee 50 percent Uber Eats merchant commission rates advertising sponsored listings cost restaurant 50 percent DoorDash merchant pricing tiered commission 30 percent advertising restaurant delivery app total fees commission advertising percentage subtotal 50 percent

assessed as of 2026-09-03

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