Food gift for people who don’t have internet
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Anonymous
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This is an odd request, but here goes:
My uncle and aunt live a 10 hour drive away. He just had to have major surgery (so not driving at this point) and she hasn’t driven for a few years due to her own health issues. My mother and I would like to send them a food gift to help while he recovers. Obviously we can’t send homemade food. I thought Uber Eats gift card or similar, but when I checked with my cousin (their daughter) I learned they don't have smart phones or a computer, so that won’t work. My mom just calls them on their landlines, she didn’t know. They are all in their late 70s/80s. Can anyone think of a way to make this work? Call up local restaurants that have gift cards and delivery and pay for a few and have the restaurant send physical gift cards over to their house? I’ve failed to figure it out this far but I’m thinking there has to be a way. Mom isn’t really into sending just a VISA gift card, wants it to be food specific. |
Anonymous
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You can purchase chain restaurant gift cards and mail them or order them from Amazon and deliver to them.
Your mom can call them and ask what they want for dinner and use her Uber/door dash account to place the order. They have gift order options. You can have groceries delivered. Many stores have prepared meals or send items from the deli like pasta salad, cold cuts, tuna salad, fruit salad, etc. |
Anonymous
| Yes to calling local restaurants and finding out who delivers. |
Anonymous
| You could do Edible arrangements or Harry and David type food gifts too. Harry and David might be better for easy type snack foods. |
Anonymous
| Or send the actual food, through Omaha Steaks, Zingermans or Honey Baked Ham. All will deliver meals that just need to be heated up |
Anonymous
| Spoonful of comfort can be a one time gift. I've sent it to multiple people and they all loved it. For a more ongoing food gift, I've done sunbasket. They have a meal option that is heat and serve so they can freeze the meals or heat and serve immediately and there's zero prep. My dad passed away but when he was still with us, I sent him these and he said they were really good. You would have to sign up, download the app. pick the meals etc. but if you put in their address, it get deliver straight to them with zero hassle. |
Anonymous
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Would they appreciate a grocery delivery? She could give you a list and you order it for them?
That seems like more meals and convenience than ordering from a restaurant. |
Anonymous
| I’ve sent premade food from Williams Sonoma before. |
Anonymous
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Call the local restaurant and order some food for them to be delivered.
Tell your relatives dinner is on me tonight ahead of time. |
Anonymous
| I’ve contacted a private chef in situations like this. The chef made the meals and delivered them. |
Anonymous
I was going to recommend this. A friend sent it when I had surgery a couple years ago. I liked it so much that now it’s my go to in those situations. |
Anonymous
| Send something like spoon full of comfort or the premade stuff from Omaha steaks. If they do not have internet, they might also not want to deal with gift cards at all. Or want to deal with calling and ordering. |
Anonymous
| Maybe a meal delivery service for a month - the premade meals they just have to reheat and you get a weeks worth at a time. You can select a menu or genre these days (eg, low carb, low sodium etc). I did that for my dad. |
Anonymous
| I just had a Harry and David meal delivered to a sick friend, and it was well received. Included entree, side, and dessert. |