lowest pence per mile for fast food delivery..
lowest pence per mile for fast food delivery..
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elephantstone

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2,176 posts

179 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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Just wondering as I work for dominos pizza and get 80p per delivery in a 3mile radius which is a total of 6miles you are expected to drive in one delivery. I'm wondering what the lowest legal amount is that I have to get paid cos surely that's not correct?

rfn

4,601 posts

229 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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Assume you get paid per hour as well as per mile?

Leptons

5,479 posts

198 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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elephantstone said:
Just wondering as I work for dominos pizza and get 80p per delivery in a 3mile radius which is a total of 6miles you are expected to drive in one delivery. I'm wondering what the lowest legal amount is that I have to get paid cos surely that's not correct?
Cheaper to stay at home.

carreauchompeur

18,300 posts

226 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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Sounds like a crap rate. I expect even worse if you're running your own vehicle and paying for business class insurance, etc.

Minimum wage provisions probably don't apply since you're a lone operator, if you're in your own vehicle, fully insured and all.

DrTre

12,957 posts

254 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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a moped.

ETA..er, is the answer to a question that hasn't actually been asked..

Wacky Racer

40,531 posts

269 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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Your moped and petrol or theirs?


carreauchompeur

18,300 posts

226 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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Or car maybe. Fully insured of course.

elephantstone

Original Poster:

2,176 posts

179 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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I get paid min.wage and use my own car.

rfn

4,601 posts

229 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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You're getting paid minimum wage - so you accepted the conditions and took the job?

OdramaSwimLaden

1,971 posts

191 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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I used to get 35p per delivery in my own car; max 6 miles. £2.15 ph

.....it was in 1991 though.

carreauchompeur

18,300 posts

226 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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Do they provide additional insurance cover? Because, to be blunt, if you're driving on a standard policy then you are definitely uninsured. Whilst being paid very badly for delivering pizzas is not a good thing, crashing whilst doing so under said circumstances is a massive world of pain. Weigh up the risks...

Wacky Racer

40,531 posts

269 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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elephantstone said:
I get paid min.wage and use my own car.
So you get minimum wage, PLUS .80p per three mile delivery and YOU provide the petrol.

Is that correct?

scratchchin

rpguk

4,508 posts

306 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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That is pretty crap but presumably most jobs will be less and will average out a bit better? Can you pick up multiple orders per delivery?

elephantstone

Original Poster:

2,176 posts

179 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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rfn said:
You're getting paid minimum wage - so you accepted the conditions and took the job?
Yes but when I took the job we could take multiple deliveries at once, now we can't due to the "stats"

JB!

5,255 posts

202 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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3mile radius isn't too bad.

The ones in MK are paying 75p per drop and are expecting their drivers to work a 5 mile radius.

Insurance is dealt with by the store. You crash on the clocks it's against them.

It's all about finding ways of getting extra hours out of them, the deliveries don't pay, didn't at £1/drop, certainly don't now!

carreauchompeur

18,300 posts

226 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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JB! said:
Insurance is dealt with by the store. You crash on the clocks it's against them.
Fair enough, didn't realise that! I did about a week's work for a shop back in Uni and realised that I most definitely was NOT insured by them therefore knocked it on the head. Wasn't a Dominos though.

ruff'n'smov

1,092 posts

171 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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I had 2 Domino's pizza in 1999-2001, as a franchisee I paid basic wage (over minimum by about 20% at the time and 75p per delivery upto 15 deliveries and £1 per delivery after that.

Domino's will have the golden mile and most of your deliveries should'would come from within that mile so a majority of deliveries will be 2 miles max. you will also get double drops and get paid £1.60 for what is effectively a single journey.

If you aren't getting doubles and 1 mile runs the Manager is a donkey so move on.

But in answer to your question no legal minimum is set.

JB!

5,255 posts

202 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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ruff'n'smov said:
I had 2 Domino's pizza in 1999-2001, as a franchisee I paid basic wage (over minimum by about 20% at the time and 75p per delivery upto 15 deliveries and £1 per delivery after that.

Domino's will have the golden mile and most of your deliveries should'would come from within that mile so a majority of deliveries will be 2 miles max. you will also get double drops and get paid £1.60 for what is effectively a single journey.

If you aren't getting doubles and 1 mile runs the Manager is a donkey so move on.

But in answer to your question no legal minimum is set.
Yeah when I used to work for them it was 1 close, 1 far if we were doing doubles. Used to haggle extra with the shift manager for ones that were miles away, or double drop to the same grid square.

Wasn't amazing money back then and defo isn't at 75p/drop considering fuel is up 30p/litre!

Iain XR4i

1,703 posts

174 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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Record all your business mileage and mileage reimbursement to get the effective rate per mile you are being paid.

Then you can at least claim tax relief on the difference between your actual ppm and 45p/mile for up to 10,000 miles per annum, and 25p/mile thereafter. It's not much, but it helps.

You have to be able to produce satisfactory records if requested by the taxman but the delivery dates, addresses covered in each run and start/finish miles should do - so long as the taxman can dial it into Autoroute or similar and get something close to the miles claimed.

CzechItOut

2,156 posts

213 months

Wednesday 21st December 2011
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elephantstone said:
Yes but when I took the job we could take multiple deliveries at once, now we can't due to the "stats"
Do you earn much in tips?

I always try to tip delivery guys a couple of quid if I've got any change.