I used to when I was working, usually a fiver.
I haven't done grocery shopping online for ages now though

So after you've paid £5.50 to the supermarket for having it delivered, you then pay another £5 to the driver? Eeek. That makes it expensive!

I've never grocery shopped online Jenny, but my mum does it every week. I'm pretty sure she never tips him, maybe just at Christmas?

Thanks Ducky. I don't want to be tight, but that was what I was wondering. Christmas, I can understand, but I really wasn't sure about during the year.

I didn't think they were allowed to accept money

That's a good point Cagney. But it's not something they would declare!

I usually give a quid or two to the pizza delivery bloke each time.  And possibly a fiver to the postman at Christmas.

I wanted to give one to the young Mormon who last called too but I didn't think it was appropriate. 

Was he good looking then?

i tipped the driver of a funeral car we went to the  burial in, i got  weird looks.

They always are!

It's Satan in disguise, trying to tempt me.  I know this, the voices in my head say so.

I did on my first delivery, then l found out that they are salaried staff employed by Tesco's (l don't know the others) so l stopped. I usually tip my freemans courier at christmas, he's fantastic. If l'm not at home he will come round to my workplace to deliver.

<Ebenezer mode> I don't tip anyone these days </Ebenezer mode>

I've been wondering about this as well.  For our Christmas delivery, we're paying £6 to Tesco.  If we then tip the delivery person, it's going to be a very expensive delivery.  I mean, would you tip the person on the check out at the shop at Christmas?  It's more stressful for them than the van drivers...  Hmmm, moral dimella.

Nope I don't tip them and never have.

oh hell no, they charge you a fiver to have it delivered!

I always tip takeaway delivery men through the year but never think to tip Iceland/Tesco etc drivers.  Xmas is getting out of control with the amount of people my OH likes to tip!

Thanks for all your replies. I ended up not tipping him. Feel a bit guilty, but hey, I've already paid for the delivery, and he (the driver) probably gets more per hour than I do!

That point about not tipping the supermarket cashier is valid, they do work hard, and the person who actually picks my shopping, works harder than the van driver too, I reckon.

I don't tip them either simply because of the £5+ delivery charge.

For that same reason I don't tip taxi drivers either because it costs a few quid before the taxi has even set off.

Last taxi I used totted up £1.60 and that was just for me opening the door to get in!



I wouldn't tip grocery delivery, no.

I'm feeling less guilty as this thread rolls on!

I'd tip them if they delivered the stuff and put it all away for me....

No, I rarely tip.  Things are expensive enough as it is.  We tip the waitress when we go for a meal, but rarely any other time TBH.  It proper grated on me when we went to America., as we had to tip EVERYone, and when we had a meal, they added 15% on to the bill.  I mean, how did they know that we were happy?  Very very annoying.  And we were told that if our cab fare is $20, that we should tip $5 on top!  It annoyed me!


We do tip the paper boy, chinese food delivery guy, milkman, bin men etc at Christmas though, or buy them a gift. But why should we give 'tips' when we have already paid for something, and they are getting a wage for it?    MAYBE they're on minimum wage, but so are millions of others doing unskilled labour.

I only tip in restaurants and nowhere else.

Home shopping....tipping? Never....I already pay delivery for £5.50-£6 depending what slot I have!