#uber eats for merchant

[mostlysignssomeportents]

There’s never just one ant

So there's a great Thai restaurant in my neighborhood called Kiin. Yesterday, I searched for their website to order some takeout. Here's the Google result.

That top result (an ad)? It's fake. It goes to https://kiinthaila.com, which is NOT the website for Kiin.

The *third* result is real: https://kiinthaiburbank.com

Fake site:

Real site:

I got duped. I placed an order with the fake site. The fake site then placed the order - in my name! -  with the real site, having marked up the prices by 15%. Kiin clearly knows they're doing this (presumably by the billing data on the credit card the fakesters use to place the order). They called me within minutes to tell me they'd cancelled the fakesters' order.

I could still come pick it up, but I'd have to pay them, and cancel the payment to the fakesters with Amex. Actually, as it turns out, I have to cancel TWO payments, because the fakesters DOUBLE-charged me.

Here's what that charge looks like on my Amex bill. See that phone number? (415) 639-9034 is the number for Wix, who provides the scammers' website.

How the actual FUCK did these obvious scammers get an Amex merchant account in the name of "KIINTHAILA" by after supplying the phone number for a website hosting company? What is Amex's KYC procedure? Do they even call the phone number?

And why the actual FUCK is Google Ads accepting these scam artists' ads for a business that they already have a knowledge box for?! Google KNOWS what the real KIIN restaurant is, and yet they are accepting payment to put a fake KIIN listing two slots ABOVE the real one.

To be fair to these scammer asshole ripoff creeps who are trying to steal from my local mom-and-pop, single location Thai eatery, they're just following in the shoes of Doordash and Uber Eats, who did the same thing to hundreds (thousands?) of restaurants during lockdown.

Doug Rushkoff says that the ethic of today's "entrepreneur" is to “Go Meta” - don't provide a product or a service, simply find a way to be a predatory squatter on a chokepoint between people who do useful things and people who use those things.

These parasites have turned themselves into landlords of someone else's home, collecting rent on a property they don't own and have no connection to.

There's NEVER just one ant. I guaran-fucking-tee you that these same creeps have 1,000 other fake Wix websites with 1,000 fake Amex merchant accounts for 1,000 REAL businesses, and that Google has sold them ads for every one of them. Amex and Google and Wix should be able to spot these creeps FROM ORBIT. Holy shit do we live in the worst of all possible timelines. We have these monopolist megacorps that spy on and control everything we do, wielding the most arbitrary and high-handed authority.

And yet they do NOT ONE FUCKING THING to prevent these petty scammers from using their infra as force-multipliers to let them steal from every hungry person patronizing every local restaurant.

I mean, what's the point of letting these robber-barons run the entire show if they're not even COMPETENT?

ETA: Dinner was delicious

[oops-prow-did-it-again]

Why You Should Rethink DoorDash, and Other Courier Apps: From a Driver Based in the USA

So this is part rant and part psa. I have been doing delivery work as a gig driver for DoorDash for years bc of various personal circumstances. I'm hoping to get a CDL in the near future so I can move on to a better job, but that's besides the point for right now. Further disclaimer: I only know the intricacies of DD. I do not know how precisely GrubHub, Uber Eats, etc, work, but I presume they work much the same, since I see the same complaints come from those services too.

This is in no particular order but please, if you have the time, please read it through. I'll preface this by saying I am not going to be rude or bitchy about customers or merchants here, this isn't just me whining, I'm just trying to give a level recount of my experiences with DD, and often, they are just... Not great experiences, unfortunately.

I don't know how many people realize this, but drivers get offered a base pay of $2.00-$2.50 per delivery, depending on the area. This is all DoorDash HAS to pay a driver. Every time you submit an order via DD, it gets spit out onto drivers' apps with that base pay + tip displayed. Meaning if you do not tip, every driver sees only $2-$2.50 to deliver your order. Sometimes, if enough drivers decline an order enough times, the DD algorithm will start to slowly raise the base offered pay... by about $0.25-$1 per round depending on the mileage it takes to deliver that order. This means if you do not tip, your order will most likely be extremely delayed, or bundled with another order, which will make it late, and your food cold.

**Emphasizing this: although I find low tips frustrating, I am NOT personally faulting anyone for not tipping.** DD should just pay their drivers, and it shouldn't be up to you, especially bc ordering delivery is so damn expensive. But I'm telling you this bc they certainly don't advertise it, and many people in my experience are shocked by now little it pays. Many drivers will not accept an offer that's less than $1-$1.50/mi. This means if your restaurant is 8mi away from you, and DD pays the minimum $2, you need to be tipping at least $6-$10 for most drivers to even consider it, or else it will be sitting for a long time or get bundled with a double delivery (more chances for mistakes + takes longer for the food to get to you).

Furthermore, in certain localities, DD offers an hourly rate for its drivers. This sounds good on paper, but keep in mind that this does not include gas money, and only accounts for the time from a delivery being accepted to the time it is dropped off. If you are delivering in suburbs or, god forbid, rural areas, you will spend a lot of time not making money but still burning gas returning from a home to where restaurants are so you can get your next delivery. While the app may say something impressive like $14-$17.25/hr, in reality, it's usually half that or less when you factor in downtime.

DD orders are also exorbitantly more expensive than if you buy directly from the merchant because DD charges the merchant 15-30% of the menu price to use their platform, and the merchants pass this on, usually plus a little extra, to you. This is before you even consider "delivery fees," which are not paid to drivers and are pretty much exclusively pocketed by DD. Also, DD will often choose a store farther away from you (so, say, a McDonald's that's 5mi away from you as opposed to the one that's 1mi away) specifically so they can charge more on fees. *Sometimes* this is just bc the closer store isn't enrolled in DD, but oftentimes, it isn't.

ADDENDUM ON THIS, HOWEVER: If you are ordering directly from a merchant that you know does not have actual in-house drivers, but is offering delivery anyway, like Wendy's or McDonald's, understand that these merchants are going to send these deliveries through to DD or Uber Eats. These orders have cryptic names for items on the Dasher's end and often we cannot contact you if there's an issue with your order, because the phone numbers provided to the Dasher's app never work. If you know for certain the merchant has its own delivery team (most pizza places, Chick-fil-A, Panera, etc), please order delivery directly through them, but if you know they do not (Wendy's, McDonald's), DO NOT ORDER delivery through their apps. It displays poorly on the drivers end and is often more expensive and a less ideal experience for you.

DD does offer DashPass, a subscription service that, for $9.99/mo, says it slashes delivery fees and other costs. Not really; the amount you pay in DashPass, especially the longer you have it, often exceeds the fees you would pay if you simply bought orders without DashPass. Also, it will advertise at you constantly via notifications and emails which will make you more likely to spend more on delivery that you wouldn't have in the first place, further eroding whatever savings you'd gain from DashPass.

DoorDash also can do a thing where they enroll stores in their platform without that store's permission. These orders require Dashers to use a red card, a notoriously buggy debit card that is supposed to get loaded with the amount of money it takes to cover the order by DD. The restaurants do not get any extra profits from these, and many store managers would love to prevent this from happening, but it requires legal action that is infeasible for most stores to do on their own. This causes friction and conflicts between store managers and drivers, delays for the customers, and solely profits DD.

DD ***does not*** reimburse for any amount of gas or car repair costs. Instead, they offer a company debit card which has tons of hidden fees for their drivers, and gives a small % cashback on gas. It is an overwhelmingly bad deal, but they use it as a shield against accusations that they don't support drivers against the cost of gas. They do...but only if you let them be your bank. Otherwise, you get your pay the Tuesday after the week you worked, or you can cash out immediately via the FastPay feature - for a $1.99 fee out of the money you earned.

DD support teams (and I know this is not unique by any measure to DD but it feels worth mentioning) are based in Taiwan, I believe, as well. I have absolutely nothing against the support teams, for they are doing the best with what they have, but DD absolutely weaponizes language barriers and the difficulty in communication to try to silence customers and dashers alike when there is a problem. DD seems to hope that if you get frustrated enough trying to talk to support (once again, not the workers' faults, the call center is absolutely being exploited too, I just don't have firsthand enough experience with that work to talk about the specifics of how), you will simply give up and not bother trying to seek a refund or half pay.

On that note, if a delivery has to be canceled for whatever reason, your driver will not get paid regardless of the time they spent on it. Very very rarely they will give "half pay," which is half of the promised payout, but only if you were on the delivery for an excessive length of time (i.e., 1+ hours).

Furthermore, if a delivery is marked as undelivered, DD will issue a contract violation against the driver. It is then up to the driver to submit proof that they completed the delivery, via pictures or video evidence, even though DD tracks our phones the entire time we are delivering and should be able to see if we were there or not. **New drivers are not properly warned about this,** so oftentimes when you have a "hand it to the customer" delivery, drivers don't think to take pictures or videos, and dashcams are expensive, not everyone has one. It is extremely hard to argue your way out of a contract violation if you do not have proof.

If you get 3 or more contract violations, you will be immediately suspended from the platform, and 2 puts you at risk of it. If you complete 100 deliveries without incident since the one that gave you the violation, it *will* just go away... But this is a subtle tactic used to scare drivers into taking more (usually very badly paying) orders, because they fear deactivation.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't try to get a refund, if you legitimately did not receive your order. But please, try contacting your driver directly before you contact support, and if you must contact support, really consider whether someone losing a job, even if it a side gig, is worth the amount of money you spent. You can often just lie and tell DD the order is completely wrong and they'll refund it without punishing the driver, as that's seen as a merchant error.

Also, I don't think many customers realize this: we CANNOT see delivery instructions before we accept a delivery, and they are difficult to see until after the delivery is picked up (as they are only available on a floating widget badge). If you ask for extra sauces or other things in the delivery instructions, 9 times out of 10 we will not see it until we are already on the road and headed to you. Please don't hate drivers for this; most of the drivers I've seen are more than happy to do whatever you want! But msg us via the app, DO NOT use the delivery instructions. Delivery instructions is for instructions on how to find your house or apartment if the numbers aren't very visible, or telling us to call you instead of come to your door when we arrive, that sort of thing. In fact, please be as descriptive as possible for the delivery instructions on this front- if you're ordering from a business, tell us the business name. If you're ordering from an apt, tell us the apartment complex name. If you're ordering from a house, tell us the color of your house or the cars in the driveway. It's all very helpful!

One last thing before I wrap this up: safety. Delivering is an extremely dangerous job. Pizza delivery, for example, is one of the most dangerous professions, and DD's safety features are even worse than those places. DD has implemented a feature for you to contact 911 via the Dasher app in emergencies, but often, this would still be too late. DD does NOT vet the areas for safety that they release the platform into, and there is no real recourse for violent customers aside from talking to support, which takes time and often won't communicate the issue effectively. Sometimes this works, and customers will rarely get banned from Doordash if they threaten, harass, or injure a driver. But the vast majority of these cases go unreported.

Loose dogs and carjacking are also major problems. Customers failing to notify other people in their households that they ordered delivery has led to me being threatened before. I've had people answer the door in their underwear. I had someone try to invite me into his house while wearing nothing but briefs. I had someone step out of their pickup truck carrying two rifles directly in front of me right before I delivered to their house once. I've had dogs nearly bite me - thankfully none have, I'm luckier than many others, but it's still a significant risk. A lot of people seem to trust their dogs when they really should not.

All of this, for $2.25 in base pay + a few dollars in tips.

I really do love delivering, and I do appreciate the freedom DD gives me in choosing my work schedule right now. However, the compensation is woefully bad, the company scams merchants, customers, and drivers alike, and the working conditions are very unsafe.

Idk how many people here really use DD, or what in particular can even be done about most of these issues, but I hope this enlightened some folks.

[xxthedragonrebornxx]

Dark and darker!

Ever wanted to play dungeons and dragons but also wanted to play a first person melee focused battle royale? Ever wanted to keep all that sick randomized loot you found in a rougelike after you won so you could use it again? Ever wanted a hardcore nitty-gritty dark-and-grimy dungeon crawler that doesnt suck?

WELL NOW YOU CAN!

Dark and darker will plop you into one of three dungeons full of skelebones, mummies, goblins, demon dogs, snow trolls and more! Battle your way through room after room, looting and bashing as the ring of man-eating darkness closes in. Hone your skills at the easy-to-learn-hard-to-master combat system focused on dodging attacks. Realism means even the lowest of monsters can tale your health quick if you dont take them seriously. And there is no automatic win condition. PvP is optional, and theres no second chances unless a teammate can find a revive station. Portal stones will rise from the ground as the circle closes in. Blue ones will let you escape, but red ones will take you to the uber-challenging hell dungeon, where even one mistake can spell doom. However, with more risk comes more reward, especially considering the fact You can face a boss fight down here for potentially infinite loot.

With 8 different classes, three dungeons to explore, a level cap of 100 and a colorful cast of merchant-questgivers, dark and darker has enough content to satisfy any lover of sword and sorcery.

Even the community’s great! A downvote-upvote rating system allows you to tell at a glance who you can trust in your party and who you cant. So join today! Its less than half the price of most triple-a games these days and isnt well known enough.

My dearest followers and mutuals and friends and lovers. I am going to extend one deadly serious question to you on this beautiful afternoon.

What is your #1 video game recommendation

[partisan-by-default]

That OpenAI had no discernible business model upon its inception does not mean that profit potential wasn’t a consideration from the beginning. While the headlines announcing OpenAI’s launch reliably painted the project as Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s humanitarian effort to protect the world from a malignant, superpowerful AI, it was from the start a densely corporatized undertaking, established in a posh hotel in the middle of Silicon Valley with seed money from tech billionaires, Amazon, and top venture capitalists—despite being labeled a “nonprofit.” 

There’s no reason to doubt that Altman was answering earnestly when he declared to Loizos that OpenAI had no business model to speak of. It wasn’t a pressing issue. Why? For one thing, this was the end of the 2010s, a decade in which the tech sector enjoyed rock-bottom federal interest rates and it was never easier for founders and startups to attract funding; as a result, much of Silicon Valley’s investor class had grown accustomed to making bets that promised scale, grandeur, and “unicorn” status over reliable marginal returns and sound business plans. In fact, we might consider OpenAI the apotheosis of a trend that rose to prominence with startups like Uber and WeWork, formed in the heady post-Web 2.0 era. It was a time when highly salable products like the iPhone and ad-based Google search ruled the tech sector, and when  it was assumed that software would eat the world with such ferocity that few people worried about overhead or operating costs.

[partnervizhil]

Top 10 best apps in India: 

Nowadays, mobile devices are so critical that many online apps are also extremely significant in many ways. If you are weary but hungry to purchase food online, it is festival time, and you need a quality and new brand. Kurti, just take your phone and shop wherever you are. If you need to go out but it is already midnight, don't worry; there is another app that will come to you and drop you off at your home with just one click. but everything in one app is known to be the super app. 

Tata Neu: 

The all-in-one app Tata Neu was created by the salt-to-software conglomerate of the Tata Group. Analysts projected that even before its release, Tata Neu will probably rank among the most acclaimed mega applications in India, and the audience has responded with great joy. Because every individual bases their expectations on the brand name. 

My Jio: 

In addition to the ability to schedule doctor's appointments, pay insurance, and handle other financial tasks, My Jio offers services including Jio Mart, Jio UPI, Jio Music, Jio Movies, games, and more. With non-Jio users needing to switch to Jio and become customers to fully enjoy all of the features, this Indian Super app may serve as a one-stop shop for Jio consumers. 

Phonepe: 

Its devoted user base claims that it is the fastest and safest UPI (Unified Payment Interface) software available. Sponsored links allow users to recharge their phones, pay for OTT subscriptions and insurance, and order clothing and food. PhonePe allows users to converse with other users via instant messaging without integrating with social media applications. 

Vizhil : 

Vizhil, here is a fantastic super app that combines all of these features. Shop, eat, get a ride, and more—all in one super app. These are the items that people today require. Vizhil combines several apps into a single app to let you use your mobile storage in other ways. Download the India Multi-Facility app to get the benefits vizhil super app.

Grab : 

Grab, which started as an on-demand taxi service called GrabTaxi, has grown into a successful platform. It also expanded its offerings to include logistics, hotel reservations, food delivery, financial services, supermarket shopping, ticket purchases, and an on-demand movie platform, among other things. 

Clap messenger : 

You may make polls, record calls, schedule appointments, split money, pay securely, and share albums and events in addition to communicating and phoning. The second phase will see the introduction of third-party merchants for ordering food, booking trips, paying back credit cards and loans, utilities, shopping, and other services. 

Uber: 

Uber is aiming to develop a super app for international travel that would include ride-hailing, bike and scooter rentals, trains, buses, airlines, and auto rentals onto a single platform. It boasts over 131 million monthly active users and six million active drivers and couriers globally. 

Paytm: 

Paytm is the top distributor of financial services and mobile payments in India. Paytm is an Indian startup that spearheaded the mobile QR payments revolution by developing tools to facilitate payments and commerce for small enterprises. The goal of Paytm is to use technology to assist 500 million Indians and integrate them into the global economy. 

Amazon: 

 India is a super app Amazon that offers services beyond shopping in addition to being a massive online retailer. Users may pay bills, recharge phones, make payments, and even book flights with Amazon Pay. With the addition of Amazon Prime, it has become a comprehensive hub for commerce and entertainment, including streaming for movies, TV series, and music. 

Google Pay : 

In India, Google Pay is becoming more than just a straightforward payment software. These days, it provides several financial services, such as credit cards, insurance, and loans. Furthermore, the site has integrated other mini-apps that facilitate seamless online shopping, meal ordering, and taxi booking for users. Vizhil, the ultimate super app that brings convenience and innovation right to your fingertips. If you’re a business or a service provider looking to expand your reach and grow your customer base, becoming a Vizhil Partner is the perfect opportunity.

[mint-moon25]

AI Overview

Uber One is a membership service that offers discounts on rides and Uber Eats orders, as well as other benefits. Some say that Uber One can be worth it, especially if you take advantage of the $5 credit you receive when your Uber Eats order is late. Here are some of the benefits of Uber One:

Discounts: Uber One members receive a 5% discount on all standard Uber rides, and up to 10% off eligible deliveries and pickup orders. For food, grocery, and alcohol delivery, the discount is only available at merchants with an Uber One icon in the app, and the minimum purchase amount varies by store.

Uber Cash: Members receive $5 back in Uber Cash each time their Uber Eats delivery is late.

Delivery fees: Uber One members receive a $0 delivery fee on eligible food and groceries.

Exclusives: Members receive access to special offers and promotions. 

Uber One costs $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year, but students can pay as little as $4.99 per month. You can cancel your membership up to 48 hours before your next scheduled payment without being charged. 

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[self-driving-cars-360]

Uber Eats, Waymo Partner on Autonomous Deliveries Read more: https://www.selfdrivingcars360.com/uber-eats-waymo-partner-on-autonomous-deliveries/

[foodspark-scraper]

WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO EXTRACT UBER EATS FOOD DELIVERY DATA?

Why are data on food delivery important? Believe it or not, most people have gone through this: being too exhausted or busy to prepare a meal for themselves or go out to eat, so instead, they grab their smartphones and open food delivery apps. Easily order your preferred meals online and savor them in the coziness of your home with amazing discounts.

Restaurants that don't provide risk in Uber Eats Delivery App Data Scraping slipping behind their competitors due to the expanding demand and the cultural environment. The merchants must adjust to these consumer behavior changes to recollect a reliable income stream and remain competitive.

You can extract food delivery information using X-Byte, a Zero-code web scraping service, whether you're a customer or a business owner. If a business is new to online food delivery and wish to study more, a web scraping service can help with market research.

Web Scraping service can assist customers, mainly consumers and gourmets passionate about proposing delectable cuisine, finding excellent restaurants in large quantities, and expanding their repertoire of suggestions.

How to Create Uber Eats Scraper?

Using X-Byte, you can make a scraper in 3 simple steps. Launch the package, type the URL into the search field, and click "start." The built-in browser in X-Byte will then display the webpage. Step 1: Choose the data you want.Before beginning the web scraping service operation, you can discharge the popup windows. Close the popups in a similar manner that you will when visiting a website by ticking "Browse" in the upper right corner. Visitors to the Uber Eats site must join up first. Select "Sign in" from the browse mode menu to sign into your Uber account. Then, you may go to the scraping mode by selecting the "Browse" button again. You can check that in the middle is a panel with the title "Tips." When you pick "Auto-detect website page data," the robot will automatically scan the page and choose the information you are most likely interested in. The data chosen are displayed in the preview areas after the auto-detection. Depending on the requirement, you may eliminate any unnecessary information field.

Step 2: Create the Scraper's WorkflowOnce you tick "Create workflow," the workflow will be created and located on the left side of your screen.

You can occasionally discover that the outcomes of the auto-detect only partially satisfy your requirements. Don't worry; once you set up the XPath, you can still choose the missing dataset. The data is situated via Xpath.

The information gathered from the primary homepage is inadequate for you to learn about meal delivery or to comprehend what foods in your area are appetizing. What's this? Additionally, X-Byte provides web scraping service to extract certain meal delivery information from detail pages.

Uber Eats' website requires two tasks to get what you need.

Let's first examine the process you just create. Select each restaurant picture and access their webpage to obtain information from the restaurant's detail pages. Then, choose which sections you wish to scrape. To scrape the restaurants URLs, you must include a process beforehand. Click "Tip" and select the "A" tag to get a link's URL. Then choose "extract URL" and click on a restaurant image.

Secondly, click "Run" after saving the job. After that, X-Byte will start gathering data for you. Users who do not pay can only retrieve data from local devices. Cloud data extraction will also be available. Accessible to premium users. You can also set the process to execute every week, every day, or every hour. Save cookies before doing the job, remember.

Third, open X-Byte, choose "+ New" > "Advanced Mode," Please copy and paste the URLs. You retrieved from the preceding operation and then clicked "Save." The newly built process allows you to choose whatever element you want to physically or automatically scraped from the detail pages.

Step 3: Execute the Additional Task and Scrape the dataYou may download or export the information on food deliveries to a database, a JSON, an XLS, a CSV, or an HTML file. When the process is well-built, save the second job and choose "Run." ConclusionThe growth of online food delivery has made it more advantageous for customers and businesses to scrape data on food delivery

[virtualkitchen]

Why is Postmates so Popular?

Food delivery apps are more popular than ever, giving hungry diners quick and easy access to great food without leaving the comforts of home. Many apps are available, but one continues to be the go-to for restaurant merchants and diners. We're talking about Postmates.

Postmates started in 2011 and has since become one of the leading names in the third-party delivery space. It currently boasts about 10 million active users across more than 3,000 cities. While not the biggest platform in the highly competitive delivery scene, Postmates is among the most well-liked. But what makes Postmates so popular?

Accessibility and Convenience

From a user standpoint, you can't beat Postmates. The app provides easy access to restaurants in your area. When businesses establish a restaurant delivery stream through Postmates, you can easily find them through the app. It's all there, from well-known diners to lesser-known eateries and ghost restaurants.

But that's not all. Postmates also lets you order groceries, alcohol and more. That versatility is a game-changer for users. It provides easy access to people's needs, freeing time and resources. Why take a trip to the grocery store or pick up take-out meals when you could get them delivered to your home?

Multiple Ways to Save

Another unique thing about Postmates is its approach to savings and discounts. Here's where the app benefits users and businesses. Some Postmate alternatives promise steep discounts while making restaurants absorb the cost. Ultimately, that approach can hurt restaurants more than it helps them.

But it's different when a business sets up a restaurant delivery stream through Postmates. Postmates' merchants have options. For example, they can become a "preferred merchant." Doing so means that the restaurant covers a portion of the delivery fee in exchange for more exposure on the app. "Plus" members can place orders and pay a flat delivery fee of $3.99.

Members who sign up for "Postmates Unlimited" get free delivery on orders over $30 with their monthly fee. The higher-tier membership options give users more ways to save. Meanwhile, restaurants participating in the "preferred merchant" program can gain more exposure to boost the bottom line.

Read a similar article about restaurant merchant for Uber Eats here at this page.

[5-starprocessingusa]

Boost your restaurant's sales with Uber Eats for Merchants and 5Star Processing. Discover how partnering with Uber Eats and utilizing efficient payment solutions can enhance your business, attract more customers, and increase revenue. Learn tips and strategies for maximizing your restaurant's success

[eyeviewsl]

Uber appoints Kaushalya Gunaratna as the new head of its mobility business

Uber appoints Kaushalya Gunaratna as the new head of its mobility business

Uber, the leading ridesharing app, today announced the appointment of Kaushalya Gunaratna as the Country Manager of Uber – Sri Lanka. In her role as the head of business, she will oversee the operations of Uber’s mobility business in the island nation.  With this announcement, Kaushalya moves from the Uber Eats business where she was heading Merchant Operations to the Uber rides vertical which…

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Missouri - Third-Party Food Delivery - Who Pays the Sale Tax?

Who is liable for the sales tax for online food sales in Missouri if sold on a Marketplace Facilitator such as DoorDash, GrubHub, Uber Eats, or ezCater? (STL.News) There has been some confusion regarding a law that went into effect on January 1, 2023, regarding Remote Seller and Marketplace Facilitator FAQs in Missouri. What is a Marketplace Facilitator? In Missouri, it is defined by the Missouri Department of Revenue as follows: A marketplace facilitator is an entity or person who operates a website or service where customers can buy goods or services from many different vendors. Excerpt from Missouri Department of Revenue website: Effective January 1, 2023, any remote seller or marketplace facilitator that sells tangible personal property into Missouri must collect and remit vendor's use tax on the retail sale, if their gross receipts from taxable sales in Missouri exceed $100,000 in a calendar year. It appears that these Marketplace Facilitators are legally liable.  Still, Missouri gave them an exemption from this rule earlier this year, creating a substantial amount of confusion, which makes one question why the law was passed if they are not going to follow it. We have seen statements in January from DoorDash and GrubHub that stated that they had withheld the sale tax and would pay the State directly.  However, weeks later, an exemption was made, removing that liability from them and making the restaurant owners liable without informing them.  However, the companies reverted to the old process of making the restaurant responsible in February or March. Therefore, restaurant owners are not paying sales tax on sales from Marketplace providers, thinking they are following the law.  The State needs to update and make this information clear. Nonetheless, our findings are that the merchant is liable for the sales tax generated by Marketplace Facilitators such as: - DoorDash - GrubHub - Uber Eats - ezCater We recommend that you call the DOR for Missouri to verify and make sure that you remain in compliance because it appears to us that the State is penalizing restaurants who have followed the rules as of January 1, 2023, which would have made the Marketplace Facilitators liable, not the restaurant owners.  If you are uncomfortable making the decision yourself, hire a professional. We are not attempting to provide legal or tax advice because we are not tax experts, attorneys, or accountants.  We do recommend that you seek professional advice regarding this situation or call the Missouri Department of Revenue for questions regarding registering your business for Sales Tax, Consumer's Use Tax, Vendor's Use Tax, Tire and Battery Fee, Withholding Tax, Transient Withholding for construction workers or Corporation Income Tax at 573-751-5860. Links for additional information: - Remote Seller and Marketplace Facilitator FAQs - DoorDash - US Merchant Marketplace Facilitator FAQ - DAVO - 3rd Party Delivery Apps: Who Pays Sales Tax? Read the full article

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A-T-3 189 The Cherry Boys - Kardomah Cafe (Colonial Version)

Flash floods in Liverpool Saturday

Some important events in British history lead up to the creation and development of the Kardomah brand in Liverpool and its chain of cafés. We could go back as far as American Independence, The Slave Trade Act of 1807, and the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833; but this blog is called C40, and 40-years is our usp, so for us the 1834 revision of the English East India Company’s charter which threw open the franchise to private enterprise for the first time, the first and second opium war, Alfred Holt's adaption of The compound steam engine and the launch of his Ocean Steam Ship Company 1860s, the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 are what we're interested in

In it's demise the East India Company (EIC) had become the Uber of its day "none but desperate men would sail our ships" (middle-class kids may work for Uber or Uber Eats for a while but it's people close to poverty who stay on, and that's only because they have to) in 1834 the franchise was opened to private business bringing with it opportunities to ports outside of London. Liverpool Merchants had been lobbying for this to happen for decades, looking to America as an example of trade not hindered by 'The Company' (similar idea to Brexit with some fundamental differences)

Tea was a valuable commodity, as soon as the East India Company's monopoly was lifted private entrepreneurs and merchant adventures in Liverpool pooled their resources to send ships. "On May 22 1834 the first ship to be cleared out to China from Liverpool was the Symmetry, and the ship Euphrates, from Mr Wilson's yard, was launched for the China Trade on the same��day."

After 1834 Liverpool began its rapid ascent as a major port engaged in trade with China. The Port of Liverpool greatly expanded under the superintendency of engineer Jesse Hartley between 1824 and 1860 (no relation of William Pickles Hartley.) The trade model was very similar to that of American entrepreneurs in the previous decades. What the Americans found was China didn't really want much of what they were offering in trade, the British had opium from India. Opium sales on the blackmarket underwrote the tea trade. It was the Emperor's son dying of an opium overdose in the 1830s that alerted to the Emperor to the damaging effects and scale of the opium trade which led to the first Opium War in 1839. The war ended in Britain's favour thanks to the armed steamers, like the Nemesis built in Liverpool shipyards and launched in the Mersey by John Laird and the EIC. The Treaty of Nanking was signed in 1842, this brought about the opening of the new ports in China and the end of previous trade mechanisms that existed before the war

Kardomah Cafés has its origin in The Vey Brothers teadealers and grocers which opened for business on Pudsey Street, Liverpool in 1844. Ships regularly arrived in Liverpool from China and this is where the Vey Brothers imported their tea

By the time we get to the second opium wars 1853-1858 the Port Of Liverpool had become one the busiest and most profitable in the country. "By 1857, Liverpool's exports amounted to about 45 per cent by value of the total exports of the United Kingdom" this settled to just over a third of British exports in the 1860s

Britain was joined by Russia, France, and America in second opium war against China. American clipper ships had given the US the competitive edge in the China Trade because they were faster than those used by Britain, and speed, then as it is today, gives the capitalist the advantage. The opium wars did little to slow down trade and in 1854 the first international tea race took place. The Liverpool built clipper Fiery Cross won the tea race between 1861-63 and again in 1865. Liverpool merchants had first bought American clippers and then began building them themselves, using hardwood meant British clippers could be built bigger and needed less repair work.

A new technology would soon to come along that would make both hardwood and softwood clippers redundant, this was the long distance steamship powered by Arthur Woolf's compound steam engine. Using steamships for the China Trade was established and developed by Liverpudlian merchant Alfred Holt (who lived at Sudley House) out of the Port of Liverpool

In 1865/6 Holt and his brother founded The Ocean Steam Ship Company (now part of logistics company Exel plc whose parent is Deutsche Post DHL Group). The Ocean Steam Ship Company ran The Blue Funnel Line subsidiary ('The China Company' as it was known in Merseyside or 'Holts'). The Blue Funnel Line used Chineses seamen and boats as well as British and the first wave of Chinese immigrants arrived in Liverpool in 1866

The Port of Liverpool gained its advantage over other ports in the UK through the rapid development of its steamship trade and its position in the middle of the United Kingdom linked by an elaborate transport system with the major manufacturing centres

The Vey Brothers sold their tea import company to the newly created Liverpool China and India Tea Company in 1868. With a quick search the only record of this company I could find are tea caddies and ephemera, according to these the company was founded in 1860

Long distance steamships took a while to replace clippers but its the opening of the Suez Canal, which had nominal wind to fill the sails of clippers, steam ships would become the superior tech to have. "The shipping statistics gathered for tire port of Liverpool in the period 1865- 79 show very clearly the rise in the importance of steam and the decentralisation of trade from London, where the trade had been concentrated during the two hundred years' dominance of the East India Company.

"In 1869 the Suez Canal was opened, providing a shorter route to and from China. This route was virtually impossible for sailing ships, which would have to be towed through the canal, and they gradually became obsolete as trading vessels."

The International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry opened in Liverpool in May 1886. The following year the iron and glass building shipped over from Antwerp for this exhibition was reused for Liverpool's Royal Jubilee Exhibition. It was at the Jubilee Exhibition that Kardomah brand tea was first served

Whooo we got there!

The first Kardomah Café was opened in Liverpool in the early 1900s. In the 1930s the Swansea branch rose to notoriety as the meeting place of The Kardomah Gang whose most famous member was Dylan Thomas, the Swansea café has been run by Luporini family since 1970 and is still open today. The Liverpool China and India Tea Company was renamed Kardomah Limited in 1938

The golden era of the cafes was the 1950s and 1960s with the chain flexible enough to move with the times and attract new custom from the recently invented teenagers. By the time The Cherry Boys released their song in 1983 the golden era was over and the cafés had begun shuttering up and down the country

Kardomah Café was a top 10 hit for The Cherry Boys in Spain. Chris Sharrock was an original member of The Cherry Boys but was long gone by the time Kardomah Café was released

Edit* My moms just told me my gran worked in one of the Birmingham branches of the Kardomah Café in its golden era

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These Tech Teams are Paving the Way for the Future in 2023

At some companies, “business as usual” means doing the same thing over and over because it works and grows the business incrementally. At others, it means taking big swings to spark big growth, with employees challenged to solve new problems and take on ambitious projects. The tech companies featured here fall into the latter camp and all have major aspirations for 2023.

Take Ball Aerospace, whose employees are working on a NASA mission to monitor hourly air pollution across North America. At Axon, which creates hardware and software for law enforcement, fire departments and emergency services providers, the company’s tech team is diving into multi-modal artificial intelligence. Over at Uber, the Uber Eats team is doubling down on its efforts to integrate sign-ups for its service directly into restaurant point-of-sale systems.

These three companies are all hiring, as are the twelve others featured here. Continue reading to hear from leaders at each about their company goals for the year and the cities they’re recruiting in.

What are your growth plans for 2023? What new product, feature or project are you most excited about?

“Uber Eats partners with more than 825,000 restaurants and merchants in more than 11,000 cities across six continents,” Engineering Manager Purnima Aiyar told Built In. “To help them sign up and get online in a fraction of the time, we recently created a self sign-up flow for point of sales (POS) merchants in the United States and Canada in partnership with Toast and Clover. The new integrations have simplified the onboarding process into just a few clicks, allowing hundreds of thousands of merchants to complete setup and POS configuration faster than before. 

“In 2023, we plan to advance our self sign-up integrations and offer this experience to even more merchants who are looking to streamline delivery options by allowing them to sign up for Uber Eats directly using their existing POS system for a faster and more effortless onboarding experience.”

To read more - https://xnetics.com/these-tech-teams-are-paving-the-way-for-the-future-in-2023/

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Best Food Delivery Apps Similar to Doordash

Here are the top on-demand food delivery apps you should test right now:

Uber Eats

Delivery costs $4.99 and more depending on the distance. A food ordering and delivery service using your Uber account provide excellent selections from surrounding eateries (chain and local).

Get $5 off with the coupon eats-uberadambryan.

Postmates

Delivery fees range from $1.99 to $3.99 for Partner Merchants (green check) and from $5.99 to $9.99 for all other merchants. Food, groceries, and alcohol can be delivered to you from over 100,000 retail establishments, grocery stores, restaurants, and other locations. The best thing is that they offer Postmates Unlimited, which allows you to enjoy free delivery on orders over $20 for $9.99 per month.

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