Office of the Trade Competition Commission (OCSC) reveals guidelines for helping restaurant business owners After finding complaints from food delivery business operators A GP or service fee is charged to the restaurant operator at a rate of up to 30-35% after a request for cooperation at a meeting last week.
Five representatives of digital service providers, Food Delivery platform, Grab, Lineman, Gojek, Foodpanda and Robinhood agreed to cooperate to reduce GP fees for a period of 1 month starting on 1 June – 30 June 2021 to help entrepreneurs in the restaurant business Especially for small restaurant business operators (SMEs) in the situation of the COVID-19 virus outbreak that cannot serve sitting in the restaurant normally.
However, OPEC still keeps a close eye on the situation of the COVID-19 epidemic if the restaurant business continues to be affected. There will be further requests for cooperation for digital service providers, Food Delivery form, to reduce GP rates further.
Mr. Somsak Kiatchailak Secretary General of the Trade Competition Commission Revealed that all five digital platform operators have cooperated in reducing GPs to help restaurant operators. With details as follows
- Grab Reduced GP from 30% to 25% for a period of 1 month from June 1 to June 30, 2021 where restaurants have to register and set a discount of 100 first orders per shop.
- Foodpanda Reduced GP fee from 30% to 25% for a period of 1 month from June 1 to June 30, 2021 in 4 provinces including Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani and Samut Prakan. By restaurants without registration
- Lineman Reduced GP fee from 30% to 25% for a period of 1 month from June 1 to June 30, 2021 in 4 provinces including Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani and Samut Prakan. The restaurant must register and be required to discount the first 10,000 baht per store.
- Gojek Reduced GP fee from 30% to 25% for 1 month from 24 May – 27 June 2021 by restaurant registration from 24 – 30 May 2021.
- Robinhood Does not collect GP fees and helps to do promotions for restaurant business owners.
In addition, some digital platform operators do not charge GP fees for restaurant operators who deliver food or to collect their food at their stores.
Mr. Somsak Added that If there is still a situation in the COVID-19 epidemic, OCSC will ask for cooperation for digital service providers, food delivery form, to further reduce the GP rate. Supervise the GP rate and other fees such as advertising expenses, promotion expenses, etc., that are fairly charged from the restaurant business.
Therefore, if a restaurant business operator finds that a digital service provider, food delivery form, has unfairly charged GPs and other fees. Which may be considered an offense under the competition law There will be an administrative fine At a rate of not more than 10 percent of the income in the year in which the offense was committed And complaints can be made at the Office of the Trade Competition Commission of Khor Tel. 0 2199 5444 or via the website. www.otcc.or.th
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