Supermarket Home Delivery Shopping.

I like it (tesco) for the standard big shop. I can' s wandering round the big supermarkets. Takes a good hour and then some more for travel etc.
 
A[L]C said:
ocado are great. Nice little touches like buy back of carrier bags, decent length dates and a nice receipt which separates things by their use by date (good to put up on the fridge)
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best thing which all shops should do is allow order by price per.
such a great feature. online ordering is also so much easier to find unusual items/new products.
and generally cheaper, buy less crap.
 
I have used Tesco but I do prefer walking round looking. The downside to online food shopping is the ignorant people who do the collecting in store getting in the way blocking aisles with the trolleys.
 
Occasionally use Sainsburys ... more for ordering bulky things (like toilet roll) as i don't drive but not often as i don't normally order enough in my regular shop to make it worth while (I have an ASDA in walking distance) and it is actually quicker for me to do go and do the shop than to order online normally.

Tempted by Ocado as they keep offering me a discount off my first order and a free delivery pass for a year ...
 
TheVoice said:
Nowhere - any grocery products you buy online are picked from the shopfloor.
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Local Asda has built a dedicated warehouse next to a main store to cater for home deliveries. The choice dramatically went down after that with numerous items available in-store but not for delivery. Led to me to start getting delivery from Morrisons or Sainsbury's.
 
TheVoice said:
Nowhere - any grocery products you buy online are picked from the shopfloor.
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Not in my experience they are not...

Was chatting away to the Aldi driver that delivers mine regarding substitutes etc and i said the same thing, like it cant be difficult to get it right picking from the shelf in the store.

He said nope doesnt happen that way. he comes from a central storage depot that covers the whole county and that no vans run from the actual stores that may be only a mile from you.
 
Rincewindle said:
Not in my experience they are not...

Was chatting away to the Aldi driver that delivers mine regarding substitutes etc and i said the same thing, like it cant be difficult to get it right picking from the shelf in the store.

He said nope doesnt happen that way. he comes from a central storage depot that covers the whole county and that no vans run from the actual stores that may be only a mile from you.
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Not always, my local Tesco back home does online home delivery from the store.

Although I always see a huge Tesco depot at junction 25 ACW just before Holmesdale tunnel on the M25 which has loads of home delivery vans parked up outside, so I'm guessing some of it must be picked from large depots.

https://goo.gl/maps/xR8jF8gS4cN2 bloody HGV in the way :p
 
MooMoo444 said:
..also the guy who does the subs is a right bell. Ordered a Meat Feast pizza once and got send a veggie one as a sub. Must have been a joke surely.
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It's not the picker him/herself who chooses the subs, the "computer" does it. They just pick what it tells them to pick on their hand held terminals.

MooMoo444 said:
There's more to it - you can order things that are not available in the local store. Where do they get those if they're not put out?
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Not all stores run a home delivery operation, especially smaller stores so your home delivery could be coming from a branch further away from your local store.
 
The local co-op does free deliveries but only after you've trolleyed up and paid for the stuff instore yourself. Which kind of defeats the object as thats probably the worst part of the shopping experience.

VincentHanna said:
Used to do it occasionally, rinsing them with vouchers.

But I prefer to pop to Aldi or Lidl after 9 p.m when it's quiet - still a lot cheaper and it's about 3 minute drive from me.
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I go in in the evenings as a rule its very quiet then infact they usually have to open an aisle just to deal with my trolley as theres no way that lots going through the self service. Its literally round the corner I can walk there.
 
Blackjack Davy said:
The local co-op does free deliveries but only after you've trolleyed up and paid for the stuff instore yourself. Which kind of defeats the object as thats probably the worst part of the shopping experience.
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The intent for that kind of service is so you can continue your day / errands without having to worry about chilled/frozen goods sat in the back of your car. Or if you're on foot and don't want to carry it all home.

Probably helps some people :)
 
MooMoo444 said:
The intent for that kind of service is so you can continue your day / errands without having to worry about chilled/frozen goods sat in the back of your car. Or if you're on foot and don't want to carry it all home.

Probably helps some people :)
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The amount of time I've seen the trolley sitting there frozens have probably melted by the time they get there and you've still got to have someone at home to receive the delivery.

But if you don't have a car and/or elderly I guess its a handy service. :)
 
I used to use them regularly, but then they introduced "£4 added to baskets under £40" style policies.

That ruins the proposition for me - I'm only shopping for 1 person - I never spend £40.
 
We use it all the damn time! I hate shopping with a passion and it's such a waste of time driving to the supermarket to wander round and pick everything out. You can easily waste at least an hour of your weekend doing it. We generally use Asda and very rarely find things are out of stock. On the odd occasion they are, they usually sub it with a better item anyway for the same price!
 
Blackjack Davy said:
The amount of time I've seen the trolley sitting there frozens have probably melted by the time they get there and you've still got to have someone at home to receive the delivery. :)
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You don't want to know how long frozen and chilled deliveries to the store sit out on pallets and cages for. Sometimes enough to put you off buying frozen meat that's for sure. ;)

Also the shop yourself then have it delivered was how Iceland first started off with home delivery. It meant you could buy more without worrying how you would carry it, especially as most Iceland stores are on high streets and don't have a car park attached like other supermarkets.
 
We use Sainsbury's but have had a lot of issues, infact they got so bad we stopped using them but the lack of time meant we gave them another try and they have been better. The final straw was when our shopping turned up covered in black mud/dirt because it had been raining and the containers hadn't been cleaned when they were all stacked together. You quite often have items which go out of date that day, fine with some items from the bakery but a bit of an issue when you buy multiple chicken breasts etc. Items quite often end up damage, in fact the delivery guy said last week that we wasn't paying for £15+ of the shopping as the condition was so bad (we were refunded and allowed to keep the items).
 
LeeUK said:
It's not the picker him/herself who chooses the subs, the "computer" does it. They just pick what it tells them to pick on their hand held terminals.
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With Tesco it gives you a decent suggestion but you could scan anything as an alternative if you thought it would do better.

I work for Tesco so very rarely do a 'proper' shop but have used the click and collect several times. Can get a free time slot if you're not that bothered about having it early.
 
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