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Local governments are releasing a'public delivery app' one after another, saying that it will relieve the burden of order delivery fees paid by stores.

While there is a favorable response from merchants, there are also concerns that private apps may suffer reverse discrimination or waste taxes due to duplicate investments.



Reporter Lim Tae-woo reports.



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is an agency that delivers 20,000 foods a day in Daegu.



It recently turned to a surplus thanks to the expansion of more than 2,000 restaurant franchisees by attracting private investment two years ago.



However, as Daegu City recently invested 2 billion won for 3 years to promote the public delivery app business, an emergency took place.



The company selected as the preferred negotiator has a delivery agency as a subsidiary, so it is concerned about reverse discrimination.



The company complains that the franchisees it has secured can be lost to competitors who will enjoy indirect promotional effects.



[Lee Seong-young/CEO of delivery agency: From the point of view of the affiliated store owner, a public app comes in and the app is automatically linked to deliver the delivery.

In a word, there is a possibility that affiliates will leave us.] As



each region has its own services, there are concerns about wasting taxes due to duplicate investments.



Gangwon-do and Chuncheon-si each released public delivery apps at the same time at the end of last year, but merchants are confused about what to use and that they need improvement because they are uncomfortable in use.



[Restaurant President: The other POS is linked with the (order system), so you only need to turn on one, but the (public delivery app) is not yet linked and it is inconvenient…

.]



[Professor Seong-Hoon Lee/Sejong University Graduate School of Business Administration: Isn't local governments too much of a show-style administration?

That's why I have to build my mark by showing something.]



Currently, there are about 10 local public delivery apps that have started or are preparing to service.



The Public Data Strategy Committee under the Prime Minister's Office has entered into a survey on the state of public delivery apps nationwide to check the situation such as duplicate investment.



(Video coverage: Gyunjong Kim, Youngchun Oh, Hyungeol Shin G1, Video editing: Ki-deok Park, VJ: Hyun-woo Park)