so, I just ordered a pizza from a national pizza chain, and their website notes that the 2.00 delivery fee they charge is not a tip for the driver-well then, what is it for (I've also seen language that says the delivery fee does not go to the driver at other pizza places)? I remember back when the big pizza chains began the delivery fee, they claimed it was due to higher gas prices. Do pizza delivery folks get paid for their mileage? if not, then how does the delivery fee not go directly to the driver for the wear and tear on their cars for bringing us our orders, which would be what a tip covers?
Isn't that why it is called a 'delivery fee' and not, say, a 'rising cost of vegetables fee' or some other fee that covers a completely different aspect of the pizza industry other than the actual delviery of pizza from store to purchaser? and if it goes to the company, and not the driver, then really, it isn't a delivery fee at all, but another way to trick us into thinking they're not raising prices.
Maybe I'm assuming too much about these fees, but I'm not cool on paying a 'delivery fee' when presumably 10 years ago it was no problem to build that 'delivery fee' right into the price of the products themselves. if the fee was going straight to the driver, then that would be fine, and I still would include a small tip on top of that. However, I hate 'hidden fees' that make you think you're paying one price, when in reality, it is a higher price.
There, my little rant is over. hopefully someone in the know can tell me the whys and whats of this fee, so I can have a better idea of what my delivery fee really pays for.
Isn't that why it is called a 'delivery fee' and not, say, a 'rising cost of vegetables fee' or some other fee that covers a completely different aspect of the pizza industry other than the actual delviery of pizza from store to purchaser? and if it goes to the company, and not the driver, then really, it isn't a delivery fee at all, but another way to trick us into thinking they're not raising prices.
Maybe I'm assuming too much about these fees, but I'm not cool on paying a 'delivery fee' when presumably 10 years ago it was no problem to build that 'delivery fee' right into the price of the products themselves. if the fee was going straight to the driver, then that would be fine, and I still would include a small tip on top of that. However, I hate 'hidden fees' that make you think you're paying one price, when in reality, it is a higher price.
There, my little rant is over. hopefully someone in the know can tell me the whys and whats of this fee, so I can have a better idea of what my delivery fee really pays for.
