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This must be store-specific, because where I worked, hood deliveries went to all drivers -- not to mention, in my experience tips evened out, there were stiffers in good areas, and $5 spots in bad areas. IMO lower-middle class people tipped the best.
Much of the time, drivers were in charge of dispatching themselves. Some would abuse the system and take runs to addresses that they knew tipped well, and/or would take runs with the guaranteed tips already prepaid via credit card.
Well, I have to admit that not all the hood runs were passed off to the guys all the time, but it happened a lot, especially when the orders were phoned in at about the same time so it wasn't so obvious. Other times it was very obvious. The way it's supposed to work, is the pizza's are made in the order recieved, and delivered by the driver that has been waiting in the store the longest time. When it does not happen that way, it can get ugly. You cannot have drivers routing their own runs, especially durring evening rush. Usually the volume is small enough that it's easy to determine who delivers what. But when a flood of pies are stacking up, the manager (one that knows the delivery area very well) must moderate the process. Drivers compete with each other to get the most deliveries, and they fight with each other when they think their getting hosed.
Low volume stores have low ambition drivers that have no incentive to get back to the store as fast as they can, to deliver another pizza that probably won't be there, especially if they know there's no other runs up for delivery, or other drivers out on the road to compete with. A high volume store is a drivers shark fest, and I was the shark that paid off his small house, his beautiful new ford festiva, and all his speeding tickets while the other fishes could barely keep their old junkers running. I could get up 5 flights of stairs in 15 seconds to get that hood rat his pizza, so I could get on to my next delivery and back to the store for more. Some of my best nights I would push 60 or 70 deliveries and sell close to $ 1000 worth of pizza. If the owner was smart he would pay me a little better and not try that galley slave routine on me. If he was dumb, I would take my smiling face and as many of his customers as I could to another pizza store and try as best as I could to destroy his business, by building up the other guys business.
Ah, those were the good old days of the 30 minute gaurantee, the big snow storms that eliminated all my driving competition, the action and adventure of not knowing what the night would bring. Blasting those tunes and smoking 2 packs of cigarettes every day, with foot to the floor and back for more. I miss the life, but I won't play without the pay.
Your right about lower middle class people being good tippers, but you're wrong if you think they will balance out a poor neighborhood against a rich one in the tip department. What would get my goat, is delivering to waiters, ex pizza delivery drivers, strippers ect. where I knew they once worked for tips, or were just getting off work from their tipping job, or in the case of the strippers, just got off the pole with a wad of cash to come pay me for the pizza they ordered..........and then NOT tip me !
Round Table's a mere 1.8 miles away from me, via low-traffic tertiary streets. Can't imagine having it delivered, as long as my car and truck are running at least.
To avoid the delivery charge, I'll instead pick up the pizza if we order from a chain. We normally like getting take-out pizza from the local mom & pop store though, but it's farther out than a Domino's that is within walking distance. Even so, we will order 9 times out of 10 at the local place. Delivery charge is some profit for the restaurant, and maybe mileage reimbursement but that's been answered already.
Drivers punch in as Minimun wage employees, whatever it may be in your state.
They make boxes...so on and so forth..
When they have to leave on a delivery they have to go on a server type of payscale.
The tips..they keep to cover the gas (has to be a no money maker anymore)
It's all about the high price of insuance and 9.99 for 2 pizzas
I work at a small pizza place and they have a $2 delivery charge that does go towards the driver i dont know if that goes for papa johns and dominos but it does where i work. maybe the artice u read was not true and was just trying to make some bs point that they feel is nessecary
wrong as wrong can be. i work at a pizza place and the drivers just grab as many pizzas as they can and go. i have friends who work at other pizza places and they said they dont do it that way either and they work for big name pizza places
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