I got this fun fee after trying to order takeout from Buffalo Wild Wings (yes I'm naming and shaming). How exactly does adding a dollar help you operate takeout? It's literally less work than waiting on a table. This is nothing more than a shameful cash grab to pad profits.
I cancelled my order and got local street tacos instead.
Payment provider. BWW may have a contract with a payment provider, in which they don't pay the fee to use this payment platform for a flat fee of $1 per.
I could see it. Online billing probably uses a different payment provider than physical machines. And it's probably a smaller proportion of their business, so they're not willing to eat the cost like they do for physical machines.