With Foodora exiting Finland and Uber Eats entering the market, Helsingin Sanomat explores the platform delivery business from a restaurant's perspective.
Restaurants' mounting distress is being driven by a slump in consumer spending and the growing popularity of home delivery services, according to Jon Niklas Knut Engblom, a co-owner of the now-bankrupt Guido's Pizza in Kauniainen and Tapiola.
HS reports that delivery platforms such as Wolt charge commissions of around a third of the price of each order, a burden for smaller operators, according to entrepreneurs.
At the same time, restaurateurs are reluctant to abandon these types of platforms, as they have become an indispensable source of revenue.
Engblom told the paper the fundamental problem with relying on Wolt is that it is "incredibly expensive" for restaurants.
Guido's restaurants paid the platform commissions amounting to roughly a third of each order's price. These are sums that, Engblom said, ran into tens of thousands of euros annually.
The land of fewer visitors
Hufvudstadsbladet explores Finns' cooling appetite for travel to the United States.
The number of Finnish travellers fell by nearly nine percent in 2025 compared with the previous year.
Tourism researcher Antti Honkanen suggested that, in light of tensions involving Greenland, the decline may deepen further this year, particularly among Danes.
Tighter scrutiny by American border officials, including checks of travellers' social media activity, is also unlikely to improve sentiment.
"Some say it is still merely a threat. Others claim it has begun in earnest. Personally, I would be reluctant to hand over my accounts, even though I have nothing to hide," he told HBL.
Still running on diesel
A story about diesel-powered cars' appeal is Kauppalehti's most popular story on Tuesday morning.
Car manufacturing giant Stellantis is bringing diesel models back into its lineup, arguing that demand for the fuel has not disappeared. Its brands include Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram.
According to Stellantis, there is a persistent market for diesel-powered vehicles, despite the industry's broader shift towards electric ones.
The European-American carmaker had previously set itself a target of selling only fully electric vehicles in Europe by 2030, with electric models accounting for half of its sales in the US.
According to the business daily, the shift is due to Chinese manufacturers not really competing in the diesel segment. In many European markets, diesel vehicles also remain cheaper than their fully electric counterparts.
