Yes I understand the issue about insurance, but reporting people for it when they’re just trying to earn some money is ridiculous, imagine being such a sad little grass, I’m not one of these people using cars whilst registered as bike. But i genuinely do not understand why you report people for it? What are everyone else’s opinions on this? Thanks
I currently have a full-time job where I work a rotating 5 days on, 5 days off pattern, which repeats throughout the month. This works out at roughly 16 days at my main job per month, and I take home around £600 a week after tax.
I’ve recently started doing Uber Eats on a bike during my days off. I’ve done around 30 deliveries so far and actually really enjoy it, so I’m now considering signing up for Deliveroo as well so I can switch between the two when one is quiet.
During each 5-day block off, I’m thinking of doing deliveries on around 3–5 of those days. Overall, I’m estimating around 12 delivery days per month, alongside my main job.
I’m not sure exactly how much I want to earn per day yet. I’m also still figuring out how long I actually want to spend delivering, but I’m thinking somewhere around 4–8 hours per delivery day, depending on how busy it is and how I feel.
My main concern is understanding how the tax works when you already have a full-time PAYE job and then earn additional self-employed income through Uber Eats/Deliveroo.
For anyone in the UK who does this alongside a fulltime job,
IS DELIVEROO WORTH GETTING
How does the tax work in practice?
When would I need to register for Self Assessment?
How does the £1,000 trading allowance work alongside a PAYE job?
Are my Uber Eats and Deliveroo earnings simply combined for tax purposes?
Could this change my tax code or reduce the take-home pay from my main job?
Is there a point where earning more from deliveries isn’t really worth it because of tax?
Is there anything you wish you’d known before doing delivery work alongside a full-time job?
I’m not trying to avoid paying tax. I just want to understand what I’m getting into before I start doing more deliveries and make sure I’m putting enough aside.
Would really appreciate advice from anyone doing Uber Eats/Deliveroo alongside a PAYE job, especially anyone working a similar shift pattern.
i’ve just been accepted and went online in St Helens using my bike, i drove around for like 20 minutes but didn’t get anything, am i sort of shadow blocked until my kit arrives or is it genuinely just slow. I haven’t made a single delivery yet
I know this sub is for Deliveroo drivers but r/Deliveroo doesn’t seem to be very active.
The use of AI-generated photos of food on the app is getting out of hand.
I used to really look forward to the rare occasion where I’d indulge in a takeaway on a Friday. Now when I open the app I have to wade through a swamp of AI slop and ghost kitchens just to find something that looks somewhat appetising. Many of the photos look like the items are made from Play-Dough or plasticine. It’s deterred me from ordering at all to be honest because the process is not enjoyable.
I’m surprised that the delivery apps have yet to crack down on this. Do you think they will tighten up guidelines in the near future?
I made a Chrome extension which displays the food hygiene ratings for vendors on Deliveroo in the UK: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/food-hygiene-badge/eapoamelcbjimhajlchkeocccndojhkb
You will see a colour-coded rating from 0-5 from businesses that have a hygiene rating that can be identified. Additionally, likely ghost kitchens are flagged in purple.
Hope some of you find it useful, let me know if you have any questions or feedback!
Curious to hear from riders who’ve done pickups from supermarkets, pharmacies, convenience stores or other retail shops rather than restaurants.
- Do you generally find these pickups:
quicker or slower than restaurant orders?
- more likely to involve waiting around while staff find/prepare the items?
- more complicated because of substitutions, missing items etc?
- worth doing compared with a normal food delivery?
Also, slightly different question… if platforms started offering returns or exchanges as part of retail delivery, where you collect something from the customer and take it back to a shop, how would you feel about doing those jobs?
Would you be happy doing it for similar pay to a delivery, or would it need to pay noticeably more because of the extra hassle/time?
Interested in actual rider experiences rather than what the apps claim it’s like.
EDIT; Thanks all for your very helpful insights !
The app has started randomly taking me offline while I’m working. There is no apparent reason for this that I can see. Anyone else having this issue?
Absolutely gobsmacked that this has just happened to me. Just went into Morrisons for a double order pick up and both bags were ready and waiting for me. What on earth is actually going on? I can’t cope with this!
I've made an order, local Afghan dealer has a problem with me (I don't touch their filth drugs).
Lost money on bnpl card, no food.
Advice to avoid smashing their faces in (local place) please.
Will the law help?.
Hi,
I am a business owner running an Indian takeaway and I my last order came through on 2nd August 2026 - Nothing since! It's crazy since we get thousands of £ per week via our own website.
Are there any tips please from fellow restaurant/ takeaway owners? Is there a way to do "smart offers" like on JustEat? Or is it just a manual create bundle and discount only option?
Thank you
Received this having not logged in for a week. I will come clean and say I’ve got 3 incidents recently because I’ve been riding a bit quick and aggressive this summer to keep earnings stable.
I’ll try not to do that while I’m at it. I’ve only ever got the these spillage incidents since July and I’ve been on the job for about a year now. But I’m guessing 1 or 2 of these means my contract’s gone??
woke up very url, like 6am cos I was way too hot, the sheets were sticking to my back
fancied a big breakfast at 7am so ordered one from a cafe in town and got Deliveroo to deliver it
who turned up? yeah the same scumbag who’s been before, the guy reeks, I could smell him 50 yards away.
he’d got these jeans on covered in crap, all stains and ripped, his trainers didn’t have any bottoms still, they stopped at his ancul, he hadn’t washed his hair yet it’s all matted and in his eyes, his t shirt was just filthy and covwded in all sorts of stains
i sais to him not you again, he says he ain’t forgot me and I say you tried burglin me you bastard and he goes to throw the bag of food into the road, I step forward and grab it off him, I went inside because now he was shouting and swearing and I said piss off or I’ll call the coppers on him, he rode off on his shitty moped
it’s ruined my day I couldn’t finish the breakfast I had to chuck the eggs out, I wish I knew were he lives
my son signed up to lomi and he got the account of a guy (reported as a scammer, happy to give his name in private). He was paid the first week around £650, then he worked super hard and was due over £1000 but the account holder didn’t pay him and lomi is not replying. Has anyone had similar ? Will try to take Lomi to small claims court
I certainly did (as a customer)
And before anyone asks why, it often happens with major fuck ups from Deliveroo (the stores, not the riders). For example, today I ordered things including a razor with spare cartridges and dark chocolate. The rest of the stuff was fine, but they brought me milk chocolate (can’t eat dairy), no razor and somehow decided an acceptable substitution (?? I’m not quite sure what happened here tbh) was 2x8 packs of slimline tonic water, 2 onions, a potato, a tomato, and a cucumber?!
Not the only time I’ve got random stuff; about a week ago (same shop, Sainsbury’s Finchley Rd. Even though they’re close and have a short delivery time of about 10-15 minutes, the last couple orders of them ended up being closer to an hour. I’ve only recently been using them as they’re the only place I can find vegan Buttermilk chocolate bars which I’m obsessed with) not only did they forget 3 of my items, they bought me a giant tub of Greek yoghurt I didn’t order? And another time (a restaurant) I got an extra smoked salmon cream cheese bagel I didn’t order (though my food was fine)
But because there’s a reason I order this stuff ie I need it, I end up claiming as credit and using it to ordering the stuff I do need from somewhere else, often essentially getting a free or very heavily reduced order (like I got the dark chocolate I needed, plus a couple Alpro berry yoghurts - slight impulse buy - for £1.28 as credit covered everything else) and quite often it tends to be the same rider; not something I can control.
If the Deliveroo order wasn’t fucked up (tbh the amount of times Sainsbury’s FR are doing this, they must be losing so much money as they pay out) I wouldn’t do this.
I have a feeling this must happen fairly often? Even when not ordering from Sainsbury’s, I’ve had fuck ups like when my whole order was stolen, the guy showed up, tried to speak to me in French (don’t speak any French) then made me talk to the store manager who could only speak broken English (that one was bizarre: I didn’t reorder; as only cos I was in my grandparents place in France and Deliveroo drivers there do not seem to understand the very detailed instructions to my grandparents apartment in the complex give so I didn’t bother) so it’s reasonable to think if someone needs something and can’t go get it for whatever reason and it goes wrong, they get credit and reorder.
Have any riders been in this situation & how did you feel?
i forgot about the food i ordered and the deliveroo driver was waiting outside my house for like 4 minutes but I gave him a 2 euro tip and he called me boss so are we good?
Hi, I placed a £70 order (had friends round) via Deliveroo on 1st August, it never arrived I been in touch with Deliveroo twice and they said they couldn’t get in touch with the restaurant either but couldn’t refund me. So I created a chargeback with my bank on 5th August.
Has anyone else ever did a chargeback and how long did it take?
I received an email which showed a list of perks we can gain from joining GMB. One was two weeks sick pay. Has anybody recieced this, if so do you have any info ?