You want to make sure your customers get their food on time and just how they ordered it. One way to do that is to make sure your pizza delivery drivers have the right equipment to deliver your menu items. Here are some essential items you should have available for your drivers to ensure your customers get the best service possible.

Pizza Levelers

The seats in your drivers' cars are designed for comfort, not pizza delivery, and you don't want your foods stored in the trunk or on the floor of a vehicle. Pizza levelers offer the perfect solution for pies that slip and slide off of car seats. These devices fit in the space between the seat and seat back, and they are angled to keep your catering bags flat on the seat. This means foods are less likely to shift while in transit, helping to keep your pizzas, pasta, and other menu items in great shape.

Catering Bags

Catering bags are essential, particularly if your delivery zone is more than a few blocks. Food can cool off quickly, and a cold pizza is likely to disappoint paying customers. Catering bags feature heavy-duty insulation designed to keep foods hot, and durable zippers keep your items secure until they reach their final destination. These bags come in a number of designs to fit your needs, from smaller bags that can hold one pizza to large, multiple-compartment bags with integrated shelves, which can hold several pizzas or side dishes. Keep a variety of these bags on hand so your drivers can choose the right size for each order. Having multiple bags also means your drivers can load more than one order into the vehicle at a time for more efficient delivery times.

Beverage Sleeves

Selling 20-ounce or 2-liter bottles of soda or water can be a great way to expand your sales and give customers the convenience they want in a food delivery service. Keeping these beverages cold is the key to keeping your customers coming back for more beverage add-ons. Beverage sleeves offer a great way to do this. They come in six-pack capacities, which let your drivers deliver multiple bottles of soda or spirits, and you can find sleeves or coolers for single 2-liter bottles as well. These sleeves are soft, making them lightweight and easy to carry, which means they provide a handy alternative to traditional hard plastic coolers.

Consider having these items customized with your business name to help advertise your restaurant while your drivers make deliveries, and talk to your staff about which items might make their job of delivering your pizzas and other menu items easier.