How much do you really spend on food delivery?

By the FeedMeNot team. Updated 20 October 2026.

Delivery apps show you the dish price first and the rest later. By the time you pay, the total is often well above the menu price. Over a year, a few orders a week add up to more than most people expect.

What is in the total

• Dish prices. Menu prices are often a little higher than eating at the restaurant.
• Delivery fee. Changes with distance, time of day and weather.
• Platform or handling fee. A small fixed charge on most orders.
• Taxes. GST and packaging charges.
• Tip. Optional, but many people add one.

A worked example

This is an example, not a quote from any platform. Say your food comes to Rs 350. Add Rs 40 delivery, Rs 10 platform fee, Rs 30 taxes and packaging and a Rs 20 tip. The order costs Rs 450, which is about 29% more than the food alone.

Now order that twice a week. That is Rs 900 a week, around Rs 3,900 a month and close to Rs 47,000 a year. Cut it by half and you keep over Rs 23,000.

Find your own number

Open your delivery app's order history, add the totals from the last month and multiply by twelve. If you want it faster, put your numbers in the spend calculator.

What to do with the number

You do not have to stop ordering. Pick the orders you will really miss and drop the ones that were habit. For the habit orders, a pretend order in FeedMeNot gives you the same scroll, cart and wait for Rs 0, and the app shows how much you kept.

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