USA Times Data Desk
The USA Times Data Desk is the newsroom’s data and investigations unit. It collects prices, fees and public records directly from the source, verifies them item by item, and builds the charts and tables behind USA Times investigations. Every figure it publishes is traceable to a named, dated source.
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Same Cuisine, Two Miles Apart: One Uber Eats Markup Is Flat 21%, the Other Runs 7% to 33%
At The Halal Guys on 14th Street, the Uber Eats markup runs from 7% to 33% — a different figure on nearly every item. Two miles away, a Mamoun’s marked up everything a flat 21%. Same cuisine, same tier, no shared rule, and none of it disclosed. THE HALAL GUYS (14th St): case study #4.
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The Diner Pays More. The Restaurant Earns Less. Uber Collects Twice.
A fruit cup costs $85 at Ojo de Agua’s counter. Delivered, it came to $130.72. The restaurant marks up 23% on Uber Eats — but needs 43% just to break even on the commission, so it nets less than a walk-in on every dish. The diner pays more, the restaurant earns less, and Uber collects…
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Nothing on Uber Eats Tells You the Menu Price Isn’t the Menu Price
Uber takes a commission from the restaurant, so the restaurant raises its in-app prices to end up with the same money. The diner pays that commission inside the food — then pays Uber a delivery fee and a service fee on top. Nothing at checkout discloses it. SWAD Indian Restaurant, Polanco: a case study.