Order direct from restaurants you know and skip Doordash.
In my area:
Doordash (my current preference): Fast (reasonably warm food), Expensive (but cheaper if you sign up for Dashpass using Chase Freedom card), has the most number of local restaurant options. To shed some attention to details, I find the app is a bit glitchy (lets you add items to cart, but doesn't allow delivery until next day although the restaurant is open now) and menus are not as complete (no option to replace 'French Baguette' with 'Fruit cup' when you order 'You Pick Two' from Panera Bread).
Uber eats (my second preference): Fastest (warm food), More expensive, Moderate number of local restaurant options
All food delivery apps are in customer acquisition mode to capture the trend during lockdown and many restaurants are in survival mode. This combination has allowed more free/discount/coupon options than a few months ago.
To answer your question, I recommend trying both Doordash and Uber Eats and keeping an eye out for the free options/promos.
I bought gift cards from Costco and it works with dashpass from my CSR. I still see the discounted service fees and $0 delivery.
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It's better than nothing...but 10% off isn't really going to get me excited. Especially when DoorDash pumps the prices so much higher to begin with. You can do better DD
Does anyone know if using a gift card for payment still allows Chase Dashpass discount? They don't seem to allow other (non-Chase) credit cards to avail the Dashpass discount.
Background: Chase Freedom (probably some other Chase cards too?) provides free Dashpass subscription for 3 months and 50% off for an additional 9 months
What is the best food delivery service? I feel like all of them have pretty big markups or delivery fees
In my area:
Doordash (my current preference): Fast (reasonably warm food), Expensive (but cheaper if you sign up for Dashpass using Chase Freedom card), has the most number of local restaurant options. To shed some attention to details, I find the app is a bit glitchy (lets you add items to cart, but doesn't allow delivery until next day although the restaurant is open now) and menus are not as complete (no option to replace 'French Baguette' with 'Fruit cup' when you order 'You Pick Two' from Panera Bread).
Uber eats (my second preference): Fastest (warm food), More expensive, Moderate number of local restaurant options
All food delivery apps are in customer acquisition mode to capture the trend during lockdown and many restaurants are in survival mode. This combination has allowed more free/discount/coupon options than a few months ago.
To answer your question, I recommend trying both Doordash and Uber Eats and keeping an eye out for the free options/promos.
Does anyone know if using a gift card for payment still allows Chase Dashpass discount? They don't seem to allow other (non-Chase) credit cards to avail the Dashpass discount.
Background: Chase Freedom (probably some other Chase cards too?) provides free Dashpass subscription for 3 months and 50% off for an additional 9 months
I bought gift cards from Costco and it works with dashpass from my CSR. I still see the discounted service fees and $0 delivery.
My Cash Card boost provides 10% off instantly for DoorDash orders.
You still get that 10% boost? I stopped using my Cash card because they replaced instant 10% discount with a $5 off every X number of doordash purchases with my Cash card.
You still get that 10% boost? I stopped using my Cash card because they replaced instant 10% discount with a $5 off every X number of doordash purchases with my Cash card.
Its very random. My cashapp has always had 15% off and it usually makes it not even worth using my free CSR dashpass over the 15%.
My wife always gets that awful $5 off one that requires 5 uses to unlock... which we spend an average of $25 combined and is only 4% off.
However if I can use my CSR and this 10% off... this is best.
Order direct from restaurants you know and skip Doordash.
This. Burger King for instance charges less for delivery by ordering thru their app or online. Funny thing is, around me anyways, they use doordash to deliver the food. It's at least a couple bucks more ordering directly through doordash
this article states DD charges restaurants 30% fee and the discounts promo they run.....its running restaurants out of business with potential net loss...
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Doordash (my current preference): Fast (reasonably warm food), Expensive (but cheaper if you sign up for Dashpass using Chase Freedom card), has the most number of local restaurant options. To shed some attention to details, I find the app is a bit glitchy (lets you add items to cart, but doesn't allow delivery until next day although the restaurant is open now) and menus are not as complete (no option to replace 'French Baguette' with 'Fruit cup' when you order 'You Pick Two' from Panera Bread).
Uber eats (my second preference): Fastest (warm food), More expensive, Moderate number of local restaurant options
Grubhub: Slow, Expensive (although I haven't checked lately), Fewest restaurant options
All food delivery apps are in customer acquisition mode to capture the trend during lockdown and many restaurants are in survival mode. This combination has allowed more free/discount/coupon options than a few months ago.
To answer your question, I recommend trying both Doordash and Uber Eats and keeping an eye out for the free options/promos.
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Background: Chase Freedom (probably some other Chase cards too?) provides free Dashpass subscription for 3 months and 50% off for an additional 9 months
In my area:
Doordash (my current preference): Fast (reasonably warm food), Expensive (but cheaper if you sign up for Dashpass using Chase Freedom card), has the most number of local restaurant options. To shed some attention to details, I find the app is a bit glitchy (lets you add items to cart, but doesn't allow delivery until next day although the restaurant is open now) and menus are not as complete (no option to replace 'French Baguette' with 'Fruit cup' when you order 'You Pick Two' from Panera Bread).
Uber eats (my second preference): Fastest (warm food), More expensive, Moderate number of local restaurant options
Grubhub: Slow, Expensive (although I haven't checked lately), Fewest restaurant options
All food delivery apps are in customer acquisition mode to capture the trend during lockdown and many restaurants are in survival mode. This combination has allowed more free/discount/coupon options than a few months ago.
To answer your question, I recommend trying both Doordash and Uber Eats and keeping an eye out for the free options/promos.
Background: Chase Freedom (probably some other Chase cards too?) provides free Dashpass subscription for 3 months and 50% off for an additional 9 months
I bought gift cards from Costco and it works with dashpass from my CSR. I still see the discounted service fees and $0 delivery.
You still get that 10% boost? I stopped using my Cash card because they replaced instant 10% discount with a $5 off every X number of doordash purchases with my Cash card.
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Its very random. My cashapp has always had 15% off and it usually makes it not even worth using my free CSR dashpass over the 15%.
My wife always gets that awful $5 off one that requires 5 uses to unlock... which we spend an average of $25 combined and is only 4% off.
However if I can use my CSR and this 10% off... this is best.
https://www.foodandwine.com/fwpro/delete-your-delivery-apps