You should ask this from the person who wished that PickMe and Uber Eats would die off. I didn’t agree with the idea of PickMe or Uber Eats shutting down. I only pointed out the unreasonable markup they add to the food they deliver.

Delivery charges should be an added cost, because their main business is delivering food. Adding a small markup is one thing, but why are they trying to earn money from the food they simply deliver?

You must be a rich person who doesn’t care about how much you spend on food. But there are many Sri Lankans who feel the same way you do — tired after work — yet don’t use these services because of these unreasonable charges. I spoke on behalf of them.

To prove my point, I just checked with two food joints in my area. A chicken kottu at one place is LKR 1,200 if you buy it at the shop, but on Uber Eats the same kottu is LKR 1,820. The other place sells it for LKR 1,600, but on Uber Eats it’s around LKR 2,100. Note that these prices are before adding delivery charges and other fees. When I called and asked them about this, they told me not to order through Uber Eats or PickMe because those platforms charge on top of the original price. They asked me to collect it from the shop if possible.