Delivery Apps • Where Your Money Goes

DoorDash Takes a Bite. A Big One.

When a Bocados order goes through DoorDash, a large share of the money that changes hands never reaches our kitchen — or anywhere in Utah.

Order direct and you pay a small ordering fee. That is it. Nothing else.

See the numbers

The Anatomy Of An Order

Where up to 48% of your order goes

A delivery marketplace does not charge one fee. It charges several, to two different people, on the same order. Stack the published maximums and this is what it looks like.

  • Commission taken from the restaurant up to 30%

    Marketplace commission on delivery orders. Published tiers run from roughly 15% at the bottom to 30% at the top.

  • Credit card processing about 3%

    Charged on top of the commission, on the full order value.

  • Fees added to the customer up to 15%

    Service fees, delivery fees and small-order fees stacked onto what you pay.

  • Skimmed off a single order up to 48%

    Roughly 33% comes out of the restaurant’s side of the order, and up to another 15% is added onto yours. Same order, two ends, one company collecting both.

Restaurant margins do not have 33% of headroom in them. Nobody’s do. Which is why the cost has to reappear somewhere — usually in the menu prices you see on the app.

Two Ways To Order

The same empanadas, two very different orders

Through DoorDash

  • Commission of up to 30% taken off the restaurant
  • About 3% more in card processing
  • Service, delivery and small-order fees added to you
  • Menu prices raised to survive the commission
  • Your order data belongs to the platform
  • The margin leaves Utah

Direct from Bocados

  • No commission on the order at all
  • One small ordering fee, paid by you
  • The price you see is the price we set
  • We know it’s you, and we can fix it if something’s wrong
  • Your money stays with a Utah family business
  • It pays wages, ingredients and rent — here

The Local Economy

A third of it leaves the state

DoorDash is a public company headquartered in San Francisco. The commission it takes on a Herriman empanada order is not spent in Herriman. It goes to shareholders, engineers and offices a thousand miles from the fryer.

The money you hand us directly does not travel. It buys flour and cheese and beef. It pays the people who came in at five in the morning to make the dough. It covers the rent on a unit in a Utah strip mall. It gets spent again, locally, within days.

That is the entire argument. It is not complicated.

Takeout containers packed with golden Venezuelan empanadas, ready to go.

Order Direct

Skip the middleman. Order direct.

Both menus are below. You pay a small ordering fee and nothing else — no commission comes out of the food.

Location 01

Herriman

5089 W Herriman Blvd #1B, Herriman, UT 84096
Inside Sweet Churros Express

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Questions

Common Questions

How much does DoorDash charge a restaurant?

Published marketplace commission tiers run up to 30% of the order, with around 3% more in card processing on top. Actual rates vary by plan and market.

Why is ordering directly from Bocados cheaper?

No commission is taken out of a direct order, so there is no reason to inflate the menu price. You pay for the food plus one small ordering fee.

How do I order directly from Bocados?

Choose your location — Herriman or West Jordan — and order from that location's menu online. Each location has its own separate menu.

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The Rest of the Story

Bocados Venezuelan Food is an independent restaurant. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by DoorDash, Uber, Uber Eats or Postmates, and all trademarks are the property of their respective owners. The figures on this page reflect publicly published commission tiers and typical customer-facing fees — actual rates vary by plan, market and order.