Seven Sharp host Hilary Barry has called Uber Eats out on a tone deaf email sent to their customer base.

It reads: "Restaurants are opening up again in New Zealand, and starting 10am tomorrow, 28 April, the Uber Eats app will be open for business again too.

"To help support your local favourites as they get back on track during this difficult time, we've launched some new restaurant initiatives."

This comes after restaurants called on the Government to intervene, as Uber Eats charges a commission about 30 to 35 per cent for most purchases, considerably more than many other delivery services.

BEVAN READ 'NZ hospo businesses will get 100 per cent of my spend,' says Hilary Barry.

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"I never realised until Covid-19 the astronomical amount Uber Eats takes from restaurants (between 30-35%). Today they sent me this email. I'm now deleting/unsubscribing from Uber Eats right now. NZ hospo businesses will get 100 per cent of my spend," Barry tweeted.

The email goes on to detail a list of ways the global tech giant plans to assist New Zealand restaurants.

At the top of this list is the $5 million support package, which includes funding for businesses across Australia and New Zealand to run promotions, and no activation fee for new businesses signing up until early May.

Restaurants can also choose to receive their payments daily, the email said.

​In an earlier statement to Stuff, an Uber spokesperson said the company had no intention of changing their commissions.

"We understand that this is an incredibly difficult time for the restaurant industry and particularly small business owners. Our goal at this time is to support restaurants to stay open for business for as long as they can and to continue to capture the demand from customers through pick-up and delivery," it said.

Which brings us to the last piece of support they claim to offer in the email: "You can add a tip to your order - the restaurant will receive 100 per cent of it."

That's correct, Uber Eats plans to support local New Zealand businesses by asking you - the customer - to pay for the food itself, which they take at least a 30 per cent cut on, the delivery fee and then to tip, so that some of the profit trickles down to the people working for it in the first place.

UNSPLASH Uber Eats charges a commission about 30 to 35 per cent for most purchases, considerably more than many other delivery services.

Restaurant Association NZ's chief executive Marisa Bidois said, "Uber Eats is essentially taking the shirt off the industry's back" when she wrote to Finance Minister Grant Robertson and other ministers asking for a cap to be put on the amount of commission an app can charge.

"These are the hardest three months this industry has faced in its history, and we are likely going to be looking at a one-in-five closure rate."

While the prime minister has said there will be no cap, she encouraged Kiwis to eat local and use restaurants that do their own deliveries under alert level 3.

"I would just encourage consumers, all New Zealanders who may be looking forward next week to accessing take away food ... to look at your favourite local eatery – and I do encourage you to support local businesses – and just look at whether or not they offer delivery directly themselves," said Jacinda Ardern.