<Anchor> As the



food delivery market grows, many franchisees offer discount coupons through delivery platforms. At this time, the order volume also soars, but the store owners sigh deeply, saying that in addition to the delivery fee, the share of the discount event is large.



This is UBC reporter Bae Yoon-ju.



<Reporter> When



you turn on the delivery application, today's discount event will be announced.



If you select a menu, you can receive a discount coupon for each order amount ranging from KRW 1,000 to KRW 6,000.



[Kim Seon-gyu / ○○ Chicken Franchise: On Mondays and Tuesdays, platform A is discounting KRW 4,000, on Wednesdays and Thursdays, platform B is discounting KRW 4,000, and on Fridays, platform C is discounting KRW 5,000.]



Each discount event Although orders are pouring in, the concerns of self-employed people who run franchisees are growing.



This is because of the contribution you have to pay for each discount coupon.



Although there are differences between franchises, in most cases, the self-employed person pays a portion of the cost, but in some cases, as little as 1,000 won to as high as 5,000 won, the franchisee pays the full amount of the discount coupon.



Although discount events can be conducted voluntarily by franchisees, in reality, they have no choice but to follow the head office policy.



[Han Jung-woo / △△ Chicken franchise owner: It's not that they say they want to (discount event) and don't want to do it, but if 70% agree, they just do (progress), so what do we do... .]



Even if the number of orders increases due to discount events, the self-employed businessmen struggle for a day after paying delivery fees and commissions.



[Han Jung-woo / △△ Chicken franchisee: It is not an exaggeration to say that the net profit goes all the way there (delivery platform).

If you make a mistake, you will run into a loss.]



Each local government has introduced a fee-free delivery service, but the self-employed are saying that it is difficult to settle because large platforms have already dominated the market.



(Video coverage: Kim Young-kwan UBC)