WHY WE BUILT THIS
Our Story · Alberta · Built From Loss

We Watched
a Restaurant
Close.

It was our family's. And the delivery platforms — the ones that were supposed to help — took so much in fees that keeping the doors open stopped making sense. Roadster Eats exists so that never happens to another family again.

Where This Started

A Family Restaurant.
A Lesson We Won't Forget.

Before COVID, our family ran a restaurant. It wasn't a chain — it was the kind of place where the owner knows your order, where the food is made with actual care, and where every table matters. It was theirs, built from scratch.

When the pandemic hit and dining rooms closed, delivery became the only lifeline. So they signed up for the platforms everyone was using. DoorDash. Uber Eats. SkipTheDishes. The ones that promised reach and volume and a way to survive.

What they got instead was a slow bleed. Twenty-five percent off every order. Hidden service charges. Delayed payouts. Paid placement fees just to be visible in their own neighbourhood. The platform showed them revenue numbers — but what actually landed in their account told a completely different story.

Watching that happen — watching revenue vanish in real time, order after order — left a mark. The restaurant eventually closed. Not because the food wasn't good. Not because the neighbourhood didn't love them. But because the economics had been rigged against them from the start.

Roadster Eats was built from that moment. With one goal: make sure the people who cook the food, and the people who deliver it, actually get to keep what they earn.

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I watched my parents' restaurant close because delivery platforms took fees that made no sense. I built Roadster Eats because no one should have to watch their revenue disappear order by order — and feel like there's nothing they can do about it.
RE
Founder, Roadster Eats
Calgary, Alberta · Est. 2025
30%
Average platform commission What major delivery apps take off the top of every single order a restaurant receives — before any other fees.
60%
Of restaurants report margin loss More than half of independent restaurant owners say delivery platform fees directly contribute to declining profitability.
1 in 6
Canadian restaurants closed post-COVID The pandemic accelerated an already broken model. Delivery was supposed to be the safety net — instead, fees became another weight.
$0
Commission we take per order Our answer to the problem. Flat $189/month for restaurants. Flat $25/month for drivers. Zero percentage cuts. Ever.
Mission & Values

What We're
Here to Do.

Our Mission
To rebuild food delivery from the ground up — so that the people who make the food and the people who move it keep what they earn, know what they're paying, and have a platform that actually works for them.
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Radical Transparency
Every fee is visible. Every charge has a reason. Restaurants see exactly what they pay and why. Drivers see every dollar they earn. No buried line items. No monthly surprises. What you're shown is what's real.
🏠
Local First, Always
We started in Calgary and Edmonton because that's where this story happened. We're not a Silicon Valley platform with a Canadian office — we're Albertan, and we're building something that protects the local restaurant culture that makes this province worth living in.
🤝
Partners, Not Extractors
The old model treated restaurants and drivers as inventory — sources of supply to monetize. We don't. Every decision we make is filtered through one question: does this help the people we serve, or just us?
🔒
Simple and Honest Pricing
Flat fees. No contracts. No commissions. No pay-to-play visibility. No algorithms that punish you for not spending more. We charge a simple flat rate and then get out of your way. That's the whole model.
Roadmap

Where We've
Been. Where We're Going.

2024 — Q3 Complete
The Idea Takes Shape
The concept for Roadster Eats is formalized — a flat-fee delivery platform that removes commission-based revenue entirely. Early market research in Calgary confirms the appetite among independent restaurants.
2024 — Q4 Complete
Platform Development Begins
Engineering and product work starts on the core platform — restaurant dashboard, driver app, order routing, and the transparent fee infrastructure that makes our model possible.
2025 — Q1 / Q2 Now
Early Partner Onboarding — Calgary & Edmonton
We're actively onboarding our first wave of restaurant partners and drivers in Calgary and Edmonton. Early partners lock in their flat rate and help us shape the product before full public launch. Applications are open now.
2025 — Q3 Coming
Public Launch — Alberta
Full public launch across Calgary and Edmonton. The consumer-facing app goes live and Roadster Eats opens to all restaurants and drivers. Marketing push to drive order volume for our restaurant partners.
2025 — Q4 Coming
Platform Expansion — Red Deer, Lethbridge, Airdrie
Expansion into secondary Alberta markets. The same flat-fee model, the same driver economics, the same commitment to local restaurants — in the cities that have been underserved by every existing platform.
2026 Coming
National Expansion
With a proven model and operational playbook, Roadster Eats begins expansion into BC, Saskatchewan, and Ontario — building the first truly fair national delivery platform in Canada.

Be Part of
What Comes Next.

We're in the early stages and looking for restaurant partners and drivers who believe the delivery industry can be better. If that's you — let's build this together.

Partner as a Restaurant → Drive With Us
Questions? Sales@roadstereats.com