Logistics

Every time a delivery team member walks past a house that they have already delivered to is your delivery team’s time and money down the drain!

The logistics of the delivery round is crucial to your pounds per hour calculation. An average for new estates (One car length driveway) is between 6-8 hours per 1000 per person. Minimum wages are £7.70 per hour for casual labourers so £61.60 per day (8 hours), the incentive is, they walk faster, the higher the hourly rate, so if they do 1000 in 6 hours, they earn £61.60 divided by 6 = £10.27 per hour. If you have a car driver, remember fuel costs etc.

On average expect to pay a deliverer £55 per 1000 and the car driver £65 per 1000.

For heavier weights e.g booklets etc add 50p per gram per 1000. For instance, someone calls and wants 1000 booklets delivered. An average A5 leaflet weighs in around 5 grams but the booklet weighs 50 grams.

Your normal cost Solus is say £90 per 1000 in the required area for a 5 gram leaflet meaning your team can carry the entire load with them (no returning to the car for refills).

Take your normal cost per 1000 = 90. Take 45 (the difference between 5g and 50g) and multiply by 50p (half of 45) = 22.50 and add this to your standard price. 22.50 + 90 = £112.80 per 1000. I suggest you pass the extra on to your delivery team as they are the ones carrying the extra weight.

Take an average of your areas and time between two letterboxes. If longer than 28 seconds, you will need to adjust your rate for that area and pass the extra costs onto your client.