How much to tip for grocery delivery?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least 10%. Otherwise, go pick up your own groceries.

OP here. If everyone tipped 10%, these drivers would be making approximately $42 per hour by my calculations. You don’t think that seems a bit high?

Most people don't have $200-300 orders. My last order was $100 and I tipped $5.

This is the OP. I calculated that using the total amount of groceries they are delivering on a shift, which is $2500 (across 17 deliveries, so $147 is the typical delivery total). So I'm taking that into account in my calculations. $2500 x 10% = $250. Divide by 9 hours (length of shift) and that's $28. Add on the $14 base pay, that's $42 per hour.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I feel like this thread is kinda useless because everyone seems to be assuming that I'm doing Instacart or some other service where I'm paying a person to go into the store and shop for me, which 1) takes WAAAAAAY more time, particularly with so many groceries and 2) is less well paid.

That's NOT the case. I'm talking about the grocery store's delivery service (used to be called Peapod, now it's Giant Delivers). These are delivery truck drivers who arrive to a fully packed truck and are just driving the food to my door. I do want them to be paid well, but I'm not made of money and don't want to be insanely overtipping.

I mean, no one is routinely tipping the Amazon/UPS delivery trucks that bring all their prime packages? Just around the holidays? This is basically the same thing!

I should have been clearer in my original post.

[Anonymous]

OP, I agree with you with one change. I would tip more if the items you're getting are heavier/bulkier (packs of sodas, water etc.) then you pay extra because it's more work for the delivery guy. If your items are regular, then tip less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least 10%. Otherwise, go pick up your own groceries.

OP here. If everyone tipped 10%, these drivers would be making approximately $42 per hour by my calculations. You don’t think that seems a bit high?

Most people don't have $200-300 orders. My last order was $100 and I tipped $5.

Really? Last year, we ordered every week $250-$350 worth of groceries for a family of 5 and paid 25% tip. Very happy to be able to shop in person now.

[Anonymous]

Amazon suggests $10 tip per delivery for our large orders. Money only goes to the driver - not the shopper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least 10%. Otherwise, go pick up your own groceries.

OP here. If everyone tipped 10%, these drivers would be making approximately $42 per hour by my calculations. You don’t think that seems a bit high?

Who cares? I’m not the “your pay is too high” police.

+1


Shopping, waiting line line, driving to your house, dragging all the groceries in --- you could not PAY ME $5.00 to do this for MY OWN family.
We have been tipping 20%.

[Anonymous]

$10 on a $100 delivery, $20 on a larger one.

[Anonymous]

OP, it sounds like you have already decided what you want to do and are disappointed people didn’t suggest what you had in mind. You could ask the company about tipping suggestions, or do grocery shopping yourself like people who can’t afford to outsource if you want to save money on the tip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amazon suggests $10 tip per delivery for our large orders. Money only goes to the driver - not the shopper.

There is no way to tip the shopper in that case?

[Anonymous]

I always order about 100-125 and always tip $12. I don't like the percentage tool since it penalizes people for low inventory and encourages people to make weird substitutions

[Anonymous]

$5-$10 is perfectly fine, OP. And this is not an area where DCUM opinion is representative, so I wouldn’t worry much about posts to the contrary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least 10%. Otherwise, go pick up your own groceries.

OP here. If everyone tipped 10%, these drivers would be making approximately $42 per hour by my calculations. You don’t think that seems a bit high?

Who cares? I’m not the “your pay is too high” police.

+1


Shopping, waiting line line, driving to your house, dragging all the groceries in --- you could not PAY ME $5.00 to do this for MY OWN family.
We have been tipping 20%.

+1. Why are you counting the delivery guy’s money? If you think he’s being paid too much, pick up your own groceries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least 10%. Otherwise, go pick up your own groceries.

OP here. If everyone tipped 10%, these drivers would be making approximately $42 per hour by my calculations. You don’t think that seems a bit high?

Most people don't have $200-300 orders. My last order was $100 and I tipped $5.

This is the OP. I calculated that using the total amount of groceries they are delivering on a shift, which is $2500 (across 17 deliveries, so $147 is the typical delivery total). So I'm taking that into account in my calculations. $2500 x 10% = $250. Divide by 9 hours (length of shift) and that's $28. Add on the $14 base pay, that's $42 per hour.

Where do you get they do $17 deliveries a day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amazon suggests $10 tip per delivery for our large orders. Money only goes to the driver - not the shopper.

There is no way to tip the shopper in that case?

For Amazon Fresh they're not going into Wegmans or wherever and picking things off the shelves. They're not shoppers, they're warehouse workers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least 10%. Otherwise, go pick up your own groceries.

OP here. If everyone tipped 10%, these drivers would be making approximately $42 per hour by my calculations. You don’t think that seems a bit high?

Most people don't have $200-300 orders. My last order was $100 and I tipped $5.

This is the OP. I calculated that using the total amount of groceries they are delivering on a shift, which is $2500 (across 17 deliveries, so $147 is the typical delivery total). So I'm taking that into account in my calculations. $2500 x 10% = $250. Divide by 9 hours (length of shift) and that's $28. Add on the $14 base pay, that's $42 per hour.

Where do you get they do $17 deliveries a day?

OP here. I found this “day in the life of” article. Not a representative sample, but it’s the best I could find.

https://www.grocerydive.com/news/grocery--peeking-inside-the-pod-a-deep-look-inside-peapods-grocery-delivery-business/533816/