i will deliver food to peoples homes within my town. i am trying to figure out what that type of service is worth to people. so if you were at home in your pajamas and had a busting headache, how much would you pay to have advil delivered to you? or how much would you pay to have a roll of toilet paper, a small grocery list, milk for a recipe, diapers, burgers from a local restaurant, etc...?
2006-08-20 16:18:34 · 5 answers · asked by herronryan 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
Given the price of gas prices and insurance..10% seems reasonable
2006-08-20 16:24:47 · answer #1 · answered by gentlegiant255 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You're selling the convenience, and the immediacy of your service. Your best bet would be a flat fee (say, $25 plus the cost of whatever they are buying). If you charge a percentage, say, 10%, you'd best to set a minimum amount price per order, or you'll be delivering burgers and diapers for about 50 cents to a dollar a trip.
BTW, many larger grocery and pharmacy stores do deliveries during business hours, so your niche would likely be as an 'after hours' service, which could increase your price, but limit what you can deliver based on what you can actually get to deliver.
2006-08-20 17:46:04 · answer #2 · answered by Piggiepants 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the purpose of planning, imagine that you lease a car for the types of delivery you want to do. With insurance, that would be at least $800 a month. Working 5 days a week, you would need to make around $40 + gas per day to meet your basic expenses. Presumably you'd want to pay yourself at least $20 /hr. Eight hours x $20 + $40 + gas = $200 + gas per day. You have to average $25/hour + gas. Figure $30 - 40 per hour depending on the type of delivery you are doing. Keep in mind my assumptions assume a busy 8 hour day. I would pay $5 or $10 for delivery of foods or other items at odd hours, but I think you would need to charge at least $20 for most deliveries to make the business work. If you had some kind of regular accounts set up, you could lower your prices and in exchange have a more stable source of revenue. Consider a delivery service for more valuable items. The more valuable the item, the more insignificant the delivery charge will seem.
2006-08-20 21:03:54 · answer #3 · answered by JB 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
vegetarian is a huge concept.. in case your as much as the project... to start, think of with regard to the meals which you may not consume once you're a vegetarian. going completly vegetarian is extremely no longer straightforward... as a exchange of doing you will have meat in specific circumstances. initiate via looking up some wholesome vegetarian recipies on the internet.
2016-12-14 08:56:31 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on weight , distance , and space taken and whether it is a dedicated run or random .
2006-08-21 11:32:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋