Delivered economics

Keep your cash. We’ll carry the goods.

A collection run costs more than the receipt. Put fuel, time away from the shop, manual stock lists and repeat journeys into the same calculation as delivery.

The receipt is not the bill

See exactly what collection takes from the business.

Use one normal month. The calculation runs only in your browser and these figures are not sent or saved.

Your collection routine

Collection trips each month Round-trip miles Vehicle economy, MPG Diesel, pence per litre Hours out of the shop per trip Stock-list and ordering hours per trip Value of working time, £ per hour Extra repeat trips after shortages Tallon delivery charge per order, £

The diesel starting point is the UK average for 17 August 2026, 181.38p per litre. Change it to your own figure. Official weekly fuel prices.

Your monthly comparison

Collection costs more by

£0.00

Fuel for collection runs: £0.00
Time out of the shop and admin: £0.00
Repeat trips after missing stock: £0.00
Total collection overhead: £0.00
Tallon delivery charges: £0.00
Working time returned to the shop: 0 hours

Keep the cash. Keep the hours. Let us carry the goods.

Goods are excluded from both sides because the basket price is shown separately on your quote. Lost sales are not included, so the result does not invent revenue that might have been missed.

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A worked example

Compare case size with sell-through.

A lower unit price can still require more cash and weeks of stockholding.

Order A · larger case illustrative figures

Line: Household surface cleaner 750 ml
Case size: 24 units
Relative unit price: Lower
Relative cash outlay: Higher
Weekly sell-through, this shop: 3 units
Weeks of cash on the shelf: 8
Units still unsold at week 8: risk of 0 to 6
Looks cheaper per unit: ties cash, risks waste

Two months of cash sits in one line. If it slows, the last units become dead stock.

Order B · smaller case illustrative figures

Line: Household surface cleaner 750 ml
Case size: 6 units
Relative unit price: Higher
Relative cash outlay: Lower
Weekly sell-through, this shop: 3 units
Weeks of cash on the shelf: 2
Units still unsold at week 8: near 0
Costs more per unit: frees cash, limits waste

The smaller case leaves more cash available for other lines. Whether it is better value depends on actual sell-through.

Neither order is always right. Fast lines can justify big cases, so judge each line on its own sell-through.

On every quote

What Tallon puts in writing before you accept.

Every quote itemises the same five things, so two quotes are always comparable.

Goods total ex VAT, line by line, at the case sizes quoted.
The VAT split, so standard-rated, reduced-rated and zero-rated lines are shown separately.
The delivery term, including the method, charge and timing agreed for the order.
Order multiples, the case or pack multiple each line is sold in.
The availability state of every line, so you know what is confirmed and what still needs checking.

A hard comparison, without made-up savings.

The calculator counts fuel, working time, list preparation and the extra runs you enter. It deliberately excludes missed sales, waste and cash tied in slow stock because those depend on your own sell-through.

Your quote shows the goods price, case quantity, VAT and delivery charge. Put that delivery charge into the calculator above and compare like with like.

Review itemised costs on your quote.

Quotes itemise goods, VAT, order multiples and delivery terms.

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