“30% is not acceptable”: Santa Clara imposes cap on third-party delivery fees

To help struggling restaurants, a local emergency ordinance is aimed at adjusting rates for a COVID-ravaged economy. With delivery rates as high as 30% per order, DoorDash and other restaurant delivery services have been subjected to fee caps by local governments as a way to alleviate the present economic decline during the COVID pandemic. San Francisco and Santa Clara counties have imposed caps, whereas San Mateo County has not. (Above: the ...

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Fruitful giving: Farm-to-neighbors delivery project supports farmers, frontline workers

Delivering produce, donating proceeds: How the pandemic opened up a grassroots opportunity for small farms Emily Hong and her mother, Tiffany, place a carton of apricots in their car at the Giving Fruits pickup in Palo Alto on July 17, 2020. (Photo by Magali Gauthier) It started with a box of cherries. Maria Gregorio, a Palo Alto resident and Stanford University IT professional, saw a Nextdoor post in May from a neighbor organizing ...

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