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I have been eating out and spending a lot of money lately, but then I read somewhere that $28 per day is 10k per year.

So I started a budget and Starbucks was one of the first things I cut

From time to time, I'm just too damn lazy to get up and cook, so app delivery it is. Or I have food, but forget to thaw something, so it won't be ready to cook in time, so app delivery it is.

I know there's a "you so lazy" tax. I've heard that on top of tips, delivery fees, app fees, they even modify the prices. Today, I went to one of the places I like to order from in person (such a rare thing for me to do). While there, I used app delivery to view their prices to the actual menu in front of me. Every single plate was at least $3 more expensive on the app. I deleted the app then and there.

Of course! The delivery apps take 30% as well as delivery and service fees and most restaurants aren’t prepared to eat that loss or margin. It’s especially obviously for items that have fairly standard costs (like a Kebab in Australia is about au$12 everywhere) but in the app they’re $17, plus fees.

Yeah Starbucks would be at least 10% if that. At $5 a day, 5 days a week, you get ~260 days * $5 = ~$1300.

And if your chosen drink from Starbucks is more expensive, and you order more than once a day, then double or even triple that figure.

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