Do I have to tip Domino's Pizza delivery guy if they're already charging me $2.50 online for Delivery Charge?

Please do not confuse this fee with the tip. You should tip the same as you normally would. The fee is a surcharge on your bill for the store and not given to the driver.



In national chains like Pizza Hut, Domino's, and Papa John's, the delivery charge does not go to the driver's tip. It is a disguised price increase for the store. With inflation, we're sorry to say it costs the store $2 more to produce your order. It's too bad they didn't tell you in the menu price. Pizza companies like to retain the appeal of low prices. They deceitfully snuck in a surcharge and hoped you didn't notice.



Drivers are tipped employees and receive minimum wage, just like in the years before 2001 when there was no delivery fee. Hourly pay for drivers did not go up when stores began the delivery charge. In fact, there has been a recent trend since 2008 by national chains to reduce drivers to sub-minimum wage while increasing the delivery charge. Delivery charges were in the $1-$2 range by 2007, but by 2008 they grew into the $2-$3 range. A company will pay the driver $4 an hour, have a $2.50 delivery charge, not give the fee to the driver, and expect tips to make up the difference. The fee is not called a "driver charge" but we know the phrase "delivery charge" is very misleading.



The surcharge covers the rising cost of ingredients, hourly wages, the store's automobile insurance for non-owned vehicles and all other business expenses. When Domino's began their delivery fee in 2002, spokesperson Holly Ryan said, "The cost of food in general, combined with the cost of gas, utilities, labor and insurance, called for a price increase by Domino's."1 Ryan said the company had a choice about how to make up for its expenses: charge a delivery fee, raise pizza prices across the board, skimp on ingredients or fire employees.1 Domino's and other national chains operate under the same conditions and chose the fee.



In addition, the delivery charge pays to subsidize discounts for pick-up orders. The fee is not charged to customers who pick-up their orders at the store. Those orders still require ingredients, hourly wages, and other behind the scenes business expenses.



It does not matter how large the fee might become in the future. If the price increase reflected in the delivery charge could expand to absorb 75% of the order's cost, the fee will not go to the driver's tip. Then it will be a question of what fraction of the bill to represent with a surcharge. Customers will pay the same amount to the store no matter how much they can disguise as a delivery charge. Enjoy your $9.99 large pizza. Oh, and there's a $10 delivery charge. The store makes the same profit with $17.99 and a $2 fee.Do I have to tip Domino's Pizza delivery guy if they're already charging me $2.50 online for Delivery Charge?
YES


The delivery charge is for Domino's.....the tip is for the driver.


I know....it's expensive. You can go out and get a damn good steak dinner for the cost of a pizza anymore, but you MUST take care of the pizza dude!

You must

You must

It's a moral imperative!

This is America! You phone someone up and they bring you a fresh, piping HOT pizza to your door! The pizza dude wields a lot of power to the smooth running of our society! PAY them.....and I've never...ever delivered pizza!
These guys have to make a living. I've got 2 daughters in the restaurant biz and they depend on their tips.



btw - One has been in the biz for 26 yrs and the other for 27 yrs.



These delivery guys no doubt have a low-paying non-union day job and need the income.



You've got a choice, 'nancy' - go get the pizza yourself or at least tip them a couple of bucks.



Thank you.Do I have to tip Domino's Pizza delivery guy if they're already charging me $2.50 online for Delivery Charge?
the delivery charge does not go the the drivers it goes to the store and the use it to pay for gas and things like that but the tip goes the driver so it depends on you but you really should
Yes. That $2.50 is to cover gas/mileage costs. Your delivery guy doesn't see a penny of it.Do I have to tip Domino's Pizza delivery guy if they're already charging me $2.50 online for Delivery Charge?
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yes. The delivery fee does not go to the driver.
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