Extra pizza delivery box

[LynetteScavo]

So last night I ordered two for one pizza and three boxes arrived (one empty). At first I thought I'd messed up the order as I'd be having
trouble ordering from my phone and DC kept changing their minds about which topping and crust they wanted. But no, the box was empty with my name and "misc" on the sticker.

Having Googled apparently it's what happens with door step deliveries now, but I also read you're supposed to leave to empty box for the delivery person to take away . Have I committed some novice takeaway delivery faux pas?

Eh? Why would they give you an empty box to take it away again?

That doesn't make any sense though? They are only coming to your doorstep once, so why would they return for an empty box?

I'm watching this for an answer because I wondered the same!

This happened to us as well! I assumed it was used to pad out the delivery bag.

Maybe they’re supposed to put the empty box down first so the pizza isn’t sitting on cold ground??? Only thing I can come up with.

Did they leave the boxes on the floor? If so, that's probably why, the empty box was on the floor, saving the actual pizza boxes making contact with it.

We had the same - just a plain brown cardboard pizza box - and assumed that it was so our actual food boxes weren't on the floor.

It's an inside out one so they don't leave food on the floor.
Nothing more.

It's to leave the actual pizza boxes on, so they're not on the floor.

Oh god I got a dominoes delivery last night and took in the spare box too 😱

The delivery driver was already back in his car ready to go so I assumed the spare box was to be picked up too! I know it's there to keep the order off the ground etc.
For contamination purposes I thought it was to be taken in and disposed of. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. and never ordering a pizza again incase I'm wrong!

It’s so the box doesn’t touch the floor isn’t it? You only touch the boxes on top and they take the bottom box to reuse as a floor barrier for the next customer?

This happened to me and I can’t express the disappointment when I realised it wasn’t an extra pizza 😂

Is it so they can place it on the floor without your pizza getting cold, so you pick up the top two boxes and leave the bottom?

I've been overthinking about my nice takeaway being dumped on a doorstep, even if it is my own. That's where all the posties and delivery drivers cough surely

Oh no, I keep taking the empty box in. Am I supposed to leave it on the doorstep for the driver to take away and re-use?

Whitney101 lol that could have been me.

Well you'd think they'd explain all this on their website rather than people not know and pick up all the boxes, adding to cost and waste of boxes.

It's not like none of them have a whacking great 'Covid19' statement of some sort on their website is it?

But then, most people don't seem to read most of the information that is clearly put in front of them anyway.

We have this from Dominos.
Delivery person said it's because they have to put the food on the ground outside so the empty one goes on the ground first.
They never want them back though as they've already left and are near their car by the time door is opened.

It is so the other pizza boxes are not left on a cold ground. We had this last week.

We had this! I didn't realise I was supposed to leave it!

Has anyone actually left the box and had it taken away? Surely that's a contamination risk?

No, i just put it in the recycle bin. When he dropped them off, he didnt mention giving it back.

I worked out what it was for after I'd taken the empty box in. I'll leave it there next time.

We had this last week. Makes sense that our pizzas weren't put on the ground. Don't think the guy hung around for the spare box. Also seems a bit daft if he was supposed to as you might touch it when picking up your pizza and then the next person and so on - germ spread ahoy!

We had a delivery to our car on Monday... They put the whole pile in the boot, so presumably if they wanted the spare back they woul have taken it then?

(Food delivery drivers can't access our address, so we meet at the security checkpoint, they just ask you to open your boot and not get out he car(

If you order another take away - leave an empty box on your step for them to leave it on. Doesn't matter even if it isn't a pizza box - just anything you can put there to keep your pizza off the floor. It will save them wasting any more boxes.

I very much doubt many, if any, of the drivers hang around to pick up the box so I wouldn't worry about that.

Sounds very good, making sure the box on the floor has no pizza in it-well done them.

You're meant to leave the empty box alone, so that the driver can check you've collected the others I think?!