How much to tip the pizza delivery guy

[JaxRed]

I posted this question on a local (Jax) message board and only got one reply. They said for 1 or 2 pizzas you should tip $5 to $6 dollars.

I was flabbergasted. Is that for real?

[Kinsm]

lol....no way

20$ pizza gets 3-4$ tip from me

But I almost never get delivery, as I find the best pizza places don't even have delivery - so I pick it up.

[Larry Schuler]

25-30% tip for me.

I've worked in the food service industry. I have family that work in it. That extra $1-4 means more in a delivery driver's pocket than mine.

[Wonderful Monds]

Having been a delivery guy in the past, I always appreciated getting at least 20%

[Redsfaithful]

Just do $5 across the board for food delivery - you really going to miss $5?

I mean as a minimum, if you order $100 of food or something, tip more obviously.

[RedTeamGo!]

I worked as a delivery driver for Jimmy John’s when I was younger. Not sure how pizza delivery works, but at JJ’s I was paid $3.50 an hour and had to pay for my own gas. Basically, without tips you make nothing as a delivery driver.

With that said, I’m giving 25-30% for pizza delivery on the rare occasions I get it delivery, my wife doesn’t like deliveries to our house because we have small kids and she’s paranoid. When I am out of town on business and order a pizza to the hotel I go 25-30%, though.

[757690]

We’ve discussed this in another thread.

The key is if if there is a delivery fee. If there is, that usually means the driver is getting more than minimum wage. If not, then they likely are only getting that.

If there isn’t, I always start with a $5 tip and go up from there, depending on the details. If there is, I start at $2 and go up from there.

[RFS62]

Anyone who has ever worked for tips tends to tip more.

Delivery guys in Miami are often riding bicycles, frequently in the rain in the summertime.

25 - 30% unless they are egregiously late or there's something wrong with the order.

[Redsfaithful]

We’ve discussed this in another thread.

The key is if if there is a delivery fee. If there is, that usually means the driver is getting more than minimum wage. If not, then they likely are only getting that.

If there isn’t, I always start with a $5 tip and go up from there, depending on the details. If there is, I start at $2 and go up from there.

It's been a long time since I worked in food (decades at this point) but I'd never count on a delivery fee going to the driver, just FYI. Even if they say otherwise, I still wouldn't trust it.

[Roy Tucker]

I usually tip at least $5 for a delivery pizza. I drove for Dominos back in the day when it was 30 minutes or get it free. I know how much they bust their ass. I can spare the bucks. I usually tip like a drunken sailor as long as the service isn’t awful.

https://www.npr.org/2005/05/16/46515...the-pizza-dude

[kaldaniels]

Anyone who has ever worked for tips tends to tip more..

As do people who share what they tip on the internet, I’ve noticed.

[UKWhoDey]

We’ve discussed this in another thread.

The key is if if there is a delivery fee. If there is, that usually means the driver is getting more than minimum wage. If not, then they likely are only getting that.

If there isn’t, I always start with a $5 tip and go up from there, depending on the details. If there is, I start at $2 and go up from there.

That isnt universally true at all. I delivered while I was in college and again a few years ago when we bought a new house and needed a 2nd job to make some extra scratch to help with a few home improvement projects I wanted to do. The delivery fee there did not go to the driver. Some places it does, to ensure the driver gets a very basic minimum to cover a bit of the gas they burn delivering what is otherwise essentially a free delivery if they arent otherwise tipped.

$3-4 is a rock solid tip for a couple of pizzas folks. $5 and you're awesome. If youre ordering a big order ie a pizza party for kids, school function or what not....a general 20% tip is then appropriate. But for the family ordering 2 pizzas and breadsticks or whatever....$3-4 is rock solid and $5 is much appreciated.

[cumberlandreds]

This past Saturday I gave the delivery $5 for a medium pizza. I can spare the $5 and thought it was worth it not have to out into northern Virginia traffic and pick it up.

[Boston Red]

If you can afford it, you should tip those guys/gals generously if they successfully deliver your order more or less on time (the $5 minimum suggestion makes sense to me). We live in a society here people!

[BuckeyeRed27]

I use Uber Eats and GrubHub a lot and I’m never sure how to handle it with the delivery fees, so this thread has been helpful.