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Cheapest food delivery fees are in these surprising places: Did your city make the list?

New data has revealed the major American cities that have the cheapest food delivery fees.
A website for deal-seekers and shoppers analyzed data from DoorDash and Grubhub across 20 major U.S. cities and food categories to calculate the average delivery fee per order.
Four Texas cities rank in the top 10 overall, data from BravoDeal.com showed.
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Fort Worth had the cheapest average DoorDash delivery fees, at just 40 cents per order.
Dallas wasn’t far behind, ranking second with an average charge of 47 cents.
Food delivery apps are a convenient way to order meals without leaving home or work, but they also include added fees. (iStock)
Houston came in sixth at 63 cents, while San Antonio was eighth at 67 cents and Austin was ninth at 70 cents.
Austin had the cheapest average Grubhub delivery fees among Texas cities.
It was second overall behind Seattle, which had an average charge of $3.14 per order.
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The capital of Texas was slightly more, with an average delivery fee of $3.32.
Houston was third with an average delivery charge of $3.38, while Dallas rounded out the top 10 with an average fee of $4.18 per order.
The city with the highest average DoorDash delivery fee was Jacksonville, Florida ($2.70), which ranked in the top 10 for Grubhub orders — while Grubhub users in San Francisco are paying the most ($6.12).

Grubhub users in San Francisco are paying the highest average delivery fees at $6.12 per order. (Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images)
Food delivery fees can differ by city due to a variety of factors.
These include cost of living and local tax regulations that may impact pricing, the study noted.
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“It’s important to consider the additional costs you may be subject to on top of delivery when placing an order to decide if it’s worth the cost,” said Marco Farnararo, CEO and co-founder of the Bravo Savings Network, which operates BravoDeal.com.
Uber Eats data was unavailable for the study, according to BravoDeal.com.
Here’s what the study found.
Cheapest cities for DoorDash delivery fees
- Fort Worth, Texas ($0.40)
- Dallas ($0.47)
- Philadelphia ($0.51)
- San Francisco ($0.54)
- Phoenix ($0.57)
- Houston ($0.63)
- Chicago ($0.66)
- San Antonio ($0.67)
- Austin, Texas ($0.70)
- Columbus, Ohio ($0.75)

Fort Worth, Texas, has the cheapest average DoorDash delivery fee in America, according to a new study. (iStock)
Cheapest cities for Grubhub delivery fees
- Seattle ($3.14)
- Austin, Texas ($3.32)
- Houston ($3.38)
- New York City ($3.63)
- Charlotte, North Carolina ($3.80)
- Columbus, Ohio ($3.97)
- San Antonio ($3.98)
- Jacksonville, Florida ($4.03)
- Philadelphia ($4.07)
- Dallas ($4.18)
A DoorDash spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the company “is always working hard to lower costs for consumers and make DoorDash even more affordable and accessible for everyone.”
“Our approach to fees prioritizes fairness and transparency, with no hidden fees or surprises at checkout.”
Grubhub also provided a statement to Fox News Digital.
“We’re committed to keeping fees low, and in fact, we’ve had $0 delivery fees in several major markets since last year,” the statement said. “It’s unclear when this data was pulled because the methodology wasn’t shared with us. We are upfront about our fees and clearly disclose them to customers during the checkout process.”
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Blue city officers flocking to cop-friendly red states, police leader says: ‘Why would anyone stay?’

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Law enforcement officers in areas primarily run by Democrats continue to flock to red states for job security, better pay and bosses who will back them up, according to one police leader.
Joe Gamaldi is the national vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). He is an active lieutenant with the Houston Police Department, and he said police in blue cities are tired of facing hostility from local leaders.
“What we’ve seen is really a mass exodus of police officers leaving far-left cities for basically greener pastures,” he told Fox News Digital.
“Because, ultimately, people want to feel appreciated for what they do, and when you have a boss — in this case, mayors or city councils, who regularly call you a piece of crap to the public — why would anyone stay?”
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Indiana State Police protect the governor’s residence as protesters marched from Monument Circle to the governor’s home June 1, 2020. (Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar via Imagn Content Services, LLC)
Florida is one example of a Republican-led state that has benefited from the mass departures.
According to a 2024 statement from former Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, the state welcomed 5,000 law enforcement recruits between 2022 and last year, and 1,200 of them came from out of state.
“Florida is the most pro-law enforcement state in the nation because we back our blue,” Moody said at the time. “We’ve been spreading the word about all the great incentives to join our ranks, and individuals like the new Sarasota recruits have answered the call, leaving behind places where their service was not as appreciated as it is here.”
She said she was “as inspired as ever to continue doing all we can to show our support to those who bravely protect and serve” after seeing the influx of police officers into the state.

People walk in Washington, D.C., after “Defund The Police” was painted on the street near the White House June 8, 2020. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Gamaldi said officers are also moving to cities that may lean blue but are in red states and still have the support of elected leadership and the community, adding officers are “voting with their feet.”
“We’re also seeing it [in] Texas in Houston, which is a city that leans a little blue, but they have been supportive of police officers,” he said. “The mayor there has given a massive raise to police officers. You’re seeing officers go there. You’re seeing officers go to Dallas. So, you’re seeing all these communities, and there’s one common thread. It’s ‘We support police officers.’”

Joe Gamaldi tells Fox News Digital experienced police officers are moving away from blue cities en masse. (Fox News Digital)
Gamaldi emphasized that the trend began after the 2020 defund the police movement and said, in many cities, law enforcement officers are afraid to do their jobs in “critical incident” situations, even when they do them by the book.
“I think you can look no further than Seattle, Portland, Chicago [and] New York,” he said. “All of these cities have basically told their police officers, ‘We don’t support you. We’re not gonna be there for you when you need us. We’re gonna try to defund you when given the opportunity.’

A demonstrator holds a sign that says “Defund the police” during a protest Sept. 6, 2020, over the death of a Black man, Daniel Prude, after police put a spit hood over his head during an arrest in Rochester, N.Y.. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
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“I mean, my goodness, right now, one of the mayoral candidates for New York has actively said he wants to defund and dismantle the police department,” Gamaldi said, referring to socialist Zohran Mamdani, who has been open with his anti-police rhetoric.
Blue cities, Gamaldi said, are worse off for driving out their police forces.

Police in riot gear surround the Arizona Capitol after protesters reached the front of the Arizona Senate building in reaction to the Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision June 24, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
“Look at the mass exodus of experience in solving cases and experience of just mentoring the next generation of police officers,” he said. “I mean, the damage that was done in 2020 with the defund the police movement, rhat’s going to reverberate for decades. You don’t just recover from something like that when you have all of that experience walking out the door.”
He also pointed to better pay and other financial perks, like cities covering moving expenses, as reasons law enforcement officers are moving away from far-left areas.

Blue cities are worse off for not supporting their police officers, Gamaldi said. (Getty Images)
Ultimately, he posed a question to those who patrol the streets where they are unappreciated, saying, “Why not leave?”
“To anyone watching this right now,” Gamaldi said, “if your boss was constantly telling you [that] you’re doing a horrible job, and, in addition, if you were following the exact policies, training and the law of your job, and yet they are still demonizing you, still throwing you under the bus, still trying to indict you, why the hell would you stay?”
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SENATOR PETER WELCH: I’m a Democrat and we need to fix FEMA with local control

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The threat of natural disasters has again gripped the nation. In Texas, more than 120 people are dead after horrific flooding, and at least 170 are still missing. Tragically, young children and counselors from a camp are among those lost. In New Mexico, houses have been washed down a river. And in North Carolina, more than 10 inches of rain flooded entire communities.
The scenes from these disasters are horrific and all too familiar. My state of Vermont faced catastrophic flooding two years ago, on July 10-11. Homes, farms and businesses were destroyed. Roads and bridges were washed away. The damage was shocking, and the recovery was painful. Then, exactly one year later, another flood devastated our state. Communities were left reeling — two once-in-a-generation floods, back-to-back.
After two consecutive floods, Vermonters know firsthand how essential local volunteer responders and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) were to our state’s immediate recovery. Without question, the victims of flooding in Texas, North Carolina and New Mexico are experiencing this too.
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When disaster strikes, it is an all-hands-on-deck moment. The federal government has the unique ability to surge resources and personnel, and it’s critical they show up.
Crews work to clear debris from the Cade Loop bridge along the Guadalupe River on Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Ingram, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)
As long as there is destructive weather, there must be a fully functioning FEMA. Communities from Vermont, to Texas, to North Carolina, to New Mexico know this reality.
But, the agency is far from perfect. FEMA must be reformed.
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FEMA is too slow, too bureaucratic and too bloated. Administrative costs outweigh direct disaster assistance. Recovery is hindered by red tape.
Thats why I introduced new legislation July 10 to fix FEMA’s broken long-term recovery process.
The “Disaster Assistance Improvement and Decentralization (AID) Act” has a simple premise: local leaders know their local community best. They should be empowered to make decisions.
Local leaders know what size culvert they need, what size stones to use in grading a road, and what bridge to replace first.
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Local leaders have the best understanding of the needs of their local communities and their neighbors. Too many communities across Vermont have wasted invaluable weeks debating with FEMA over inconsequential details or submitting and re-submitting paperwork every time they’re assigned a new recovery officer.
Final decisions on recovery projects weren’t even made in Vermont. The FEMA employee overseeing Vermont’s disaster recovery was located in Puerto Rico.

This image made from drone footage provided by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets shows flooding in Montpelier, Vermont, on July 11, 2023. (Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets via AP)
Time and time again, I heard these frustrations from flooded communities in Vermont. And time and time again, we got excuses from FEMA.
In early July, I visited five communities still recovering from the Vermont floods — Killington, Ludlow, Weston, Barre and Montpelier — and in the coming weeks, I’ll visit the state’s Northeast Kingdom. I spoke with leaders and recovery workers in every town who were exhausted and frustrated.
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Their recovery has been set back by constant staff turnover, endless paperwork and waiting, and now the threat of funding freezes and other uncertainty. Local leaders need the system to change.
Disaster-stricken towns and cities need to be empowered and need more authority to make decisions in the recovery process. Bureaucracy needs to take a backseat.
The AID Act helps local communities tailor recovery solutions to their unique needs by cutting through red tape in FEMA’s public assistance program and easing burdensome requirements that slow recovery.
It will get federal funding out faster once a disaster hits, so our communities don’t waste time or overextend their budgets on repairs.
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It will provide more training and technical assistance to towns and cities. Many rural towns have only one or two full-time employees. They have little-to-no capacity after a storm hits to begin the complicated recovery process.
It allows FEMA to cover the cost of relocating a government facility that has been damaged, such as a wastewater treatment plant. It allows counties and regional planning commissions to work with local towns in submitting FEMA applications and paperwork.
The “Disaster Assistance Improvement and Decentralization (AID) Act” has a simple premise: local leaders know their local community best. They should be empowered to make decisions.
Frequent staff turnover at FEMA only sets recovery back. The Disaster AID Act would make it easier to bring back experienced current and former FEMA employees and help limit this staff turnover, rather than force them out by compromising their pensions.
The Disaster AID Act protects FEMA’s pre-disaster hazard mitigation funds, so communities can better prepare for disasters. These funds are currently frozen, and many communities in Vermont and across the United States have been forced to pause or stop these projects as a result.
Like any reform effort, details matter. Accountability will be crucial, and this bill includes safeguards to avoid waste and fraud. But accountability cannot come at the expense of efficiency. I know we can find a workable solution that protects taxpayer dollars while fixing these broken processes.
Washington tends to think that more federal control is better. But I believe that we need to trust and empower the people working every day to improve their communities. This is a policy I can find common ground on with my colleagues across the aisle, and I look forward to working with them to help disaster victims from Vermont to Texas. We all want to improve FEMA, and we’ll need to work together to make it happen.
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Historic Grand Canyon Lodge destroyed in wildfire, which closes North Rim for season

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A wildfire tore through the Grand Canyon’s North Rim on Sunday, destroying the historic Grand Canyon Lodge and dozens of other structures, and forcing officials to close the area for the season.
Flames from the Dragon Bravo Fire engulfed the lodge, visitor center, gas station, wastewater treatment plant, administrative offices, and employee housing, according to park Superintendent Ed Keable. The National Park Service (NPS) estimates between 50 and 80 structures were lost.
No injuries were reported. All staff and residents cleared the area before the fire advanced, NPS said.
Lightning sparked the Dragon Bravo Fire on July 4. Authorities initially managed the fire with a “confine and contain” strategy. A week later, amid scorching heat, low humidity, and high winds, officials shifted to full suppression as the growing blaze scorched 7.8 square miles.
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The Grand Canyon Lodge, the only lodging on the North Rim, was a landmark known for its sloped roof, massive ponderosa beams, and limestone facade — the first sight for many visitors approaching the canyon.
Aramark, the company that operated the lodge, said all employees and guests were safely evacuated.
“As stewards of some of our country’s most beloved national treasures, we are devastated by the loss,” said spokesperson Debbie Albert.
The charred remains of a building at the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, in northern Arizona, on Sunday, July 13, 2025. (National Park Service via AP)
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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs called on the federal government late Sunday to investigate the NPS’s response to the wildfire and deliver a report “detailing the decisions that led to this devastating outcome.”
“They must first take aggressive action to end the wildfire and prevent further damage,” she said in a post on X. “But Arizonans deserve answers for how this fire was allowed to decimate the Grand Canyon National Park.”

The Dragon Bravo Fire on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park has scorched 7.8 square miles. (National Park Service)
Meanwhile, firefighters made progress on a second blaze north of the canyon. Containment lines held on the White Sage Fire, which had forced evacuations at the North Rim and the community of Jacob Lake. By Sunday afternoon, it had burned 63 square miles.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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