What Does Food Delivery Really Cost in Work Hours?
Menu markups, fees, taxes, and tips make the habit easy to underestimate. Use the final receipt—not the menu price.
- ✓ Uses the full charged amount
- ✓ Annualizes your real weekly frequency
- ✓ Lets you price convenience without judging it
177 hours
of take-home working life every year.
- Annual cost
- $3,536
- 8-hour workdays
- 22.1
- Five-year value*
- $4,959
The price tag is only the beginning.
$68 per week costs $3,536 per year. At $20 take-home per hour, that is 176.8 work hours—about twenty-two workdays.
Calculate your number →We make the hidden time cost of money visible.
A price can tell you what leaves your account. It cannot tell you how long you worked to earn it, what the recurring cost becomes over a year, or whether today’s purchase takes money already promised to next week.
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Before you decide.
Should I subtract what groceries would cost?
For the full habit cost, enter the receipt. For the delivery premium alone, subtract the realistic cost of the meal you would have made.
What if my spending varies?
Total the last four normal weeks and divide by four for a practical weekly average.