My house keeper does 95% of the shopping for us. Sometimes I stop by Whole Foods after the gym to pick up fruits/veg.

I started doing click and collects during the pandemic. Have since moved to a joint system of maybe one click and collect/several in-person trips per month.

Have recently tried delivery as I got 2 one-month free passes and I think that even if I was paying for it, it might save me money. When I only go to store once/week myself, I have a tendency to overbuy, because I don’t know when I’m going to have time to get to store again, then I wind up throwing out things that went bad because we didn’t get to them. When I know I have unlimited free deliveries, I order only what I need for 3-4 days. Less gets wasted.

I do like buying my own stuff, but I’m just in a season of life that makes that difficult right now, so I’m coming around to the idea of delivery, with maybe a once/week trip to rye farmers market that I can make an outing with a friend, or a date with DH.

Never

2x/week. Have it down to a science.

Anonymous wrote:Never. I’d rather pick my own groceries.

Same.

We do delivery on occasion, like when I’m putting the kids in bed and realize I’m out of milk and whatever I need for school lunches in the morning. But primarily I do pickup at Giant or Target so I can grab groceries on the way back from a sports practice or dog park.

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Anonymous wrote:Question for the posters who opt to pay for delivery rather than grocery shop with kids:

Why not send your partner to shop?

Or shop when the kids are at school/in care?

Or teach your kids how to behave while you shop?

I have a handful of kids, fwiw. I get it.

It's not about behaving, my three kids four and under definitely behave in the store. But do you know how long it takes to get three young kids out of their car seats, into their coats, into a cart, then all again in reverse? Plus the time it takes to shop? I would rather get that hour back.

Are you a single parent?

Why not leave the kids at home while the other parent shops?

Because we would both rather be spending time with our kids?
I'm not saying we don't grocery shop in store, we do 75% of the time. But if spouse is at work (they have a 10 hour day with commute) and I need milk, I'm not hauling all three kids on an hour long trip to the grocery store. This is the benefit of being me in 2024 and not my grandmother in 1954.

Actually just wanted to clarify that back in 1954, your Grandmother likely had her milk delivered straight to her door by a friendly milkman. 😃

Anonymous wrote:Who the heck is paying for this??? If you can't figure out how to get it for free....SMH.

Walmart has Walmart plus for either $50 or $100 if you get it on sale. It’s free delivery but a small fee of a few dollars for same day. Then, you just have to tip. They have another slightly more expensive with no tip.

Never.

once a week. this is how i shop. I almost never go into a grocery store bc we both work and it's literally not worth either of our time. I'd rather pay someone $30 and help my kid with homework or work myself or go for a run.

I will clean my own house, but I love grocery delivery because I avoid a lot of the random queen-bee run-ins that seem specific to the DC area.

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Anonymous wrote:Never.

Unless you are sick or infirm, there’s no reason to have groceries delivered.

Similarly: you should mow your own lawn and clean your own house.

And mend your own clothes, and maintain your own car, and teach your own kids, and control your own pests.

Do you own lawn care cut your own hair when does it end?

We actually do all of that ourselves (except for home schooling), but do either grocery pickup or delivery! Just not a great use of our time to hang out in the grocery store, and I use the store services (not instacart $$).

Anonymous wrote:I have noticed my really affluent 35-55 year old social circle don’t grocery shop anymore. It’s almost like a prole signal if you do your own grocery shopping. I think even if they’re not super busy, the rich (and strivers who try to emulate the rich) like to make it seem like they are too busy and ‘above’ wasting time in a grocery store.

Grocery store shoppers APPEAR to be less affluent and older these days. Just something I’ve noticed when looking around.

This is my demographic (late 30s, professionals, 7 figure income, 2 kids). We’ve been getting groceries delivered for maybe a decade now? And so have our friends. I agree on InstaCart upcharging, so we do Amazon Fresh. I’ve compared prices and they are generally competitive. If Amazon doesn’t have something, we do a Target drive up order. We also do wine and liquor delivery through WF and try to order in bulk to make the most of the $15 delivery charge.

I certainly don’t look down on those who do grocery shop in person. I figure they like it (I hate it) or at minimum, don’t mind it.

Who the heck is paying for this??? If you can't figure out how to get it for free....SMH.

Anonymous wrote:You know it’s free if you pick up bozos

If the store uses Instacart, the groceries are 20% more.