Supermarket home delivery services

1664kronenbourg said:
While I understand that somepeople genuinely can't get to the shops or have anybody to do their shopping so they need the home dleivery service.
But then there are people who decide, well I'm a customer and i can always take my custom elsewhere as as I'm too lazy to just take the ten/twenty minute walk up to the supermarket, i'll get one of the staff to do MY shopping for me and get somebody to bring it to my place.

I'm not making thse three cases up but:-
Case 1-some lazy ***** calls the co-op whereI work and wants some cans of laget and cigggies delivered.
Case 2 (i swear I'm not making this one up either)- another lzay ***** callsthe same co-op and has a packet of twenty cigarettes delievered to their house.
Case 3 Somebody decides to amuse themselves by wasting everybosdy elses time by ordering some cat food which they want delivered to their house. They tell the driver that they don't want it and he has to drive all the way back with HIS and the CTM who picked their order out for them's time. I would have masde him come back, himself and put EVERY single item which timewasters like them take off the shelf, put in baskets then leave

People're who take the **** like that SHOULD BE MADE TO GO AND TO THEIR OWN SHOPPING, THEMSELVES, IF THEY'RE PERFECTLY CAPABLE AND DON'T HAVE A REASON NOT TO OR BLACLISTED FROM THE SERVICE IF THEY'RE GOING TO TREAT THE HOME DELIVERY SERVICE LIKE THAT!

There're pensioners who genuiinely can't leave the house or're too frightenEd to do so again after being mugged that need people to do their shopping and appreciate it and swon't abuse the service
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Not having to take the kids with you on the weekly shop is a perfectly valid reason for having home delivery.

The fags only order made me laugh- that is a bit cheeky.
 
i have my shop delivered from Tesco because its a 35 / 40 minute drive each way on horrible Welsh roads and its not much fun being in a supermarket either, i hate the places after working in one in the 90`s and it was about a miserable as a workplace can get with horrible jumped up managers, so i think its fantastic to get it delivered
 
@1664kronenbourg I'm a bit confused here - Are you a delivery driver for the Co-Op? Are you upset that people are making you do your job?

We do all our shopping by home delivery now. It's more convenient for us. What's the problem?
 
robfosters said:
This thread reads like it’s some kind of free service supermarkets offer.

Delivery costs money in 99% of cases. It’s another product they are selling us. No one should feel any kind of guilt for getting their shopping delivered.
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Yep - we use Tesco and pay a monthly sub for the delivery option, so a choice you have to pay for to reap the benefit.

We could quite easily go in store and shop, but the convenience helps to free up more time for other more enjoyable pursuits, and like many people who work long full time hours your spare time is at a premium, especially through the week, so any chore saving option is valuable. Also saves the hassle of dragging a couple of kids in tow round the supermarket.
 
Basher said:
I did once accidentally get a single banana delivered via Tesco home delivery.
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I've been there - I ordered a 4 pint of milk to lock in a slot (with all intention of going back to finish). Totally forgot and I think was charged something like a tenner for it (I paid for the slot).

Oops! haha
 
montymint said:
I've been there - I ordered a 4 pint of milk to lock in a slot (with all intention of going back to finish). Totally forgot and I think was charged something like a tenner for it (I paid for the slot).

Oops! haha
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Exactly my situation too (but with a banana). We got charged, but it was worth it for the look on the delivery drivers face.
 
Reminds me when there was a crazy offer stack on ...... Waitrose? The driver pulled up outside and literally had a van filled to the brim of Moet. Seemed that was the go to for people who wanted to act quickly and stack the various offers. Think I paid about £10 a bottle all said and done.
 
I've always got 3/4 weeks booked ahead with Tescos and the basket contains 2 or 3 joints of expensive beef to take it over the £40 threshold. We had one week a few months back where we had re-done the shop the night before delivery but for whatever reason, it hadn't updated. Cue a very confused driver and wife the next day being delivered 2 £20+ joints of beef.

As others have said, it's convenience, my time is at a premium, £8 a month for 4 weekly slots delivered, takes 10 mins to do the online shop as it's mostly rinse/repeat items from the week before. Substitutions are minimal and when we do get them, our local store seems to have sensible pickers who replace like for like.
 
With 2 kids and no car we have to get home delivery. It also allows us to not buy impulse purchases when in store and so we keep our shops to a very good budget £80 most weeks with a £90 to £100 on weeks where we need washing/cleaning products. Used to be about £120 with all the baby milk etc. Thank **** that period is over.
 
We use deliveroo for our local co-op probably once every few days.

I've even been in the position of what the OP is complaining about. Order a few cans, a bottle of wine and some rolling papers. Sure, I could get to there and back within 20 minutes but they also deliver for 99p within 15-20 minutes and I don't have to leave the house.

We do our big shop online and if we need small bits sometimes we'll go to the shop or sometimes we'll order it on deliveroo
 
1664kronenbourg said:
No.
It'sjustthat there're people who decide that supermarket staff can do the shopping for them and there're peple who tjink, a bit of rain? I'm not going shopping now. There are people who're perfectly capable of doing their own shopping, themselves, if there's no reason why they shouldn't.
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People shouldn't be allowed to use a service provided? Should clothes shops stop delivery, I'd your capable of going to the shop too? What about computer shops?

I pretty much only order online for my food now, my time is far too important to me to waste it driving, walking about a store etc. I'll just pay someone instead.
 
You sound better suited to Aldi or Lidl where on the checkout you can scoot the stuff down the checkout at the customer and not give a crap about the customer wanting to pack their goods.
 
Liquid_Entity said:
With 2 kids and no car we have to get home delivery. It also allows us to not buy impulse purchases when in store and so we keep our shops to a very good budget £80 most weeks with a £90 to £100 on weeks where we need washing/cleaning products. Used to be about £120 with all the baby milk etc. Thank **** that period is over.
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My parents started online shopping a little while back and its so much better, its easier for them as they occasionally look after grandkids, and also they get some shopping for other elderly relatives in the family so saves multiple journeys to the supermarket.

I do feel a bit sorry for the delivery drivers who have to venture up blocks of flats with no lifts, any delivery drivers on here, how does this work, do you not deliver to flats with no lifts or do you have to carry the heavy crates up flights of stairs?
 
A family friend who lives in a flat has started home deliveries occasionally but has to go down and get their shopping from the ground floor front door.
 
montymint said:
I've been there - I ordered a 4 pint of milk to lock in a slot (with all intention of going back to finish). Totally forgot and I think was charged something like a tenner for it (I paid for the slot).

Oops! haha
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Need to put a two bottle of spirits in instead. It's over the min spend so you don't pay extra and also you get two surprise bottles. :p
 
A while back Waitrose started or trialed a service where they'd come into your house and put the shopping away. Presumably you had to have a smart lock for them to gain entry. I think they were kitted out with some form of go pro camera to presumably cover themselves against false claims.
 
We must be the exception, but still do the food shops in person. Initially our rationale was to not take delivery slots from people who really needed them. Missus prefers to be able to select stuff herself and also check the sell/use by dates match what we need when doing the weekly shop. For odds and ends the local Tesco express is a convenient distance when doing my daily healthy walk.
 
montymint said:
I've been there - I ordered a 4 pint of milk to lock in a slot (with all intention of going back to finish). Totally forgot and I think was charged something like a tenner for it (I paid for the slot).

Oops! haha
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Have done this too, ended up with £40 worth of chicken :D
 
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