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Are you just comparing the delivery fees and other app added fees? Or are you comparing the menu prices as well? Your intention seems to be to save the user money and also help the restaurant, but if you are actually just showing the lowest price, isn't that actually the opposite of helping the restaurant?

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We're comparing the order total which, including menu pricing, tipping, delivery fee etc. for anyone who wants to help the restaurant the most, the best solution is usually ordering directly because this removes a third party from the transaction as mentioned in the comment below. Currently, we're surfacing direct order links for restaurants who can handle delivery and we're working on making direct orders even more convenient.

Highest prices != Increased restaurant revenue

It depends on the deals negotiated with the delivery services. For example, the same restaurant can negotiate a 33% commission with Postmates per delivery and a 18% commission with Grubhub. In this case they will need to increase pricing to break even on the delivery order, but overall they can still make less revenue.

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