Australians may soon need to pay more for their delivery services, with price rises increasingly seen as the only viable way to save the industry.

On Wednesday, Menulog became the third delivery service app to close in Australia after nearly two decades in operation.

Transport Workers’ Union national secretary Michael Kaine warns that Australians may need to get used to higher costs, as the delivery service model is a race to the bottom.

“It is not helping any business to have a downward spiral because what it means is the margins of companies get smaller, the workers are getting less of a cut – even as they are paid below the minimum wage – and the restaurants themselves get squeezed,” he said.

“What we want to do is build an upward spiral and that might mean community members have to

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