New York City - Local: Tipping Freshdirect

hello NYCers

how much do you tip FreshDirect delivery? 1 regardless of order? 1 per box? no tip? 2 to 5 for large orders?

TIA.

The guy has to walk up 1 flight of stairs to get to my apartment. I tip $2-$3, regardless of order size.

We have an elevator so no steps but he/she often carries 4-5 heavy boxes at once, so it can't be easy. I usually do $2-3 depending on what I have around. I feel bad when I don't have cash and have to give quarters.

We choose not to tip.

Couple of bucks, depending on the size of the order and his/her effort.

We do $1/box.

Couple bucks - elevator building.

...Or so it says in this thread's title.

How on earth can a thread be off-topic?

hey, I didn't put the OT in the thread title....

I've done $1 pretty much regardless, 2nd story of a walk up. Seems I'm on the low side....

They always seem very appreciative of the tip. I wonder if tipping is the minority position.

I'm wondering why the thread is not about tipping for all grocery deliveries or is there something unique to Fresh Direct that I don't know about since I don't use them?

I'm wondering why the thread is not about tipping for all grocery deliveries or is there something unique to Fresh Direct that I don't know about since I don't use them?

The only thing that may be unique is that Freshdirect has a lot of delivery folks so you may not get the same people twice. Local stores may mean you see the same people over and over. Having said that I've had the same FD guys a number of times.

...Or so it says in this thread's title.

How on earth can a thread be off-topic?

I added it to this and a few other threads (Jeans Repair and Good Tailor being some others). This approach is used in the BA Forum to designate threads that are not directly related to the mission of the forum, which for us is travel & tourism in NYC, but that are allowed in the forum because the community enjoys or finds value in them.

Safe to say that few, if any, visitors will have questions about whether or not to tip FreshDirect during their visit to NYC. :)

/Moderator

We choose not to tip. For all deliveries or just for FD?

You could make the point that the FD employees are already salaried, unlike the guy who brings your Chinese food.

For all deliveries or just for FD?

You could make the point that the FD employees are already salaried, unlike the guy who brings your Chinese food.

Even if they are salaried they are more than likely on minimum wage. I mean the local food delivery guy is probably not paid minimum wage because he's probably off books but still the difference between $6 and nothing is not that much.

We tip a fiver no matter how many boxes. It just seems like the right thing to do. :o

As noted upthread, I have allowed some leeway in keeping this thread in the NYC Forum for the benefit of local members who wish to participate. However, a recent post expressing general views on tipping, not specific to FreshDirect or even NYC, has been removed since such discussions belong in the OMNI Forum.

/Moderator

Extremely grateful occupant of a 6th floor walk-up here. I tip about five bucks-- or a dollar a box if over five (holidays or big family gathering).

These folks carry my groceries up five flights of stairs-- and this has seriously improved the quality of my life.