Chilled food delivery in Central London, timed to the kerb.
Fleetable is a chilled food courier for Central London on contract rather than by the job, running dedicated routes for restaurants, hotel kitchens and multi-site groups. In the centre the miles are short and the minutes are long, so a round is built around kerbside access and a pre-service window rather than distance. Pricing is per mile with every cost shown, and the zone charges are separate lines. One route is proven alongside your current provider first.
The problem
Short miles. Long minutes.
A Central London drop is rarely a driving problem. It is a kerb problem: no yard, a loading bay that may already be taken, a one-way system that adds half a mile to a 200-metre move, and a goods-in door that only opens before service. A round of six restaurants inside the zone can cover under 10 miles and still take a morning, which is why the cost sits in loading and waiting rather than in the distance.
How it works
Proven on one route first
So the round is planned to the kerb and to the clock. Drops are sequenced to land before service, while the street is still empty and a bay is free, with a set driver who already knows the door and the goods-in contact. Vehicle class is matched to the street as well as to the load — a long van that cannot turn is slower than a small van that can. Loading and waiting are priced per minute, with 15 minutes included on each, so time at the kerb is visible instead of buried in a flat fee.
The zone
Two charges, two different rules.
Central London carries costs the rest of a route does not, and the two are not the same thing. The congestion charge applies to every vehicle inside the zone during its charging window. ULEZ is payable only by a vehicle that misses the emissions standard, so a compliant van pays nothing at all. Both are passed through at cost and itemised next to mileage, loading and the return leg, so a route shows the ones it actually incurs.
The estimator has no clock, and it says so rather than hiding it: the congestion charge is quoted conservatively on any route that touches the zone, because a route running at 05:00 owes nothing while the same route at 11:00 does. The line is itemised precisely so you can query it, and the charge that genuinely applies is confirmed when your route is priced.
Which delivery windows a central postcode really allows is the harder question, and it is part of food logistics in London — confirmed on your own addresses before anything is priced.
Proof
Reliability you can check.
A backup on every route
Primary and backup, always. A sick day never leaves a site short.
Chilled, checked before each job
Food-safe vehicles, kept to temperature the whole route.
Live tracking and proof of delivery
Time and temperature at every drop, with proof your finance team can check.
One named contact
One person who knows your routes — not a call centre.
Drivers checked to your standard. Chilled, food-safe vehicles. Proof at every drop.
Accreditations added as contracts require.
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FAQ
Questions, answered.
Who pays the congestion charge on our route?
Can you deliver before a restaurant opens?
What size vehicle actually works on a central street?
We have sites inside and outside the zone. One contract?
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