We have done it a few times but the higher prices and substitutions killed it for me.

Every week once or twice. I get free delivery but pay a $10 tip to the driver. Saves me an enormous amount of time and no lifting heavy groceries in and out of the car.

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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?

Anonymous wrote:Never. If my life was too busy to fit in grocery shopping, I'd have to make some changes.

How lovely for you.

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.

Never. I enjoy going out and picking my own groceries.

A lot.
I bought the Walmart delivery option for $100 a year. I can get what I need as often as I need when I need. No limit.
My husband does the fresh fruit, vegetables, any meat we like and milk. Everything else gets delivered. But I have to say honestly I am a prepper so my list is always small. I also order monthly from Sam's Club. I get that same day delivery. Their site says there is an $8 delivery charge for drivers but I never paid that. I never signed up for their delivery service. Sam's decided that for me. I am not charged for any delivery I get. I also live within 5 minutes of two grocery stores and delivery is available. I don't do it because I'm lazy. I do it because that hateful Covid f'd up my feet and I can't walk without pain.

I have literally never had groceries delivered in my life, including the pandemic. Grocery stores were empty during the early pandemic months! It was a non issue. But I live a 1-2 minute drive from a good enough, non-crowded grocery store. I also shop monthly or semi monthly at Costco and Sam's Club.

We exclusively get our groceries delivered through Fresh Direct, but we live in NYC where grocery stores are small and annoying. I do sometimes run out to buy the random item that I’ve forgotten, and it always reinforces how nice it is to shop from my sofa.

Anonymous wrote:These responses are funny! who pays for this? Its free with most orders AND you can turn off substitutions.

+1 OR you can ask for specific substitutions. I don’t do delivery but I do have someone shop for me and then I pick it up- saves so much time.

Anonymous wrote:Every other week-ish because I got a deal for the Instacart subscription so delivery is free. I get my meat and produce from Misfits Market though which is a subscription service.

Also, I exclusively shop from Wegman's and have had no problems with random substitutions. I am in contact with the shopper to ensure nothing I don't want ends up here.

Every other week-ish because I got a deal for the Instacart subscription so delivery is free. I get my meat and produce from Misfits Market though which is a subscription service.

We did it during the pandemic for about a year.

I have done it when we are sick a few times, or during a particularly hectic week when DH is out of town.

I did it over break at my parents' house because I was cooking and had a slight cold and just didn't want to deal with the back and forth of where to go and how to pick this or that tomato. So I ordered and it was delivered super early and DH unpacked it and by the time my mom got up everything was already in the house.

Agree it's not ideal with produce and substitutions, but in post-pandemic ordering I have found there are fewer subs, more available time slots, and people and maybe instructions are just getting better at picking good items. It would be more of a problem if you needed a ripe avocado or something.

The one thing that I think is probably true is that it keeps you to your list. I am super bad at going off-list. When I visited my parents I got a whole meal's worth of food plus some fruit and the total was far less than I expected even with the $10 fee and $10 tip. And it was Whole Foods, where I never shop!

Never. If my life was too busy to fit in grocery shopping, I'd have to make some changes.

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Anonymous wrote:These responses are funny! who pays for this? Its free with most orders AND you can turn off substitutions.

Right? Or people who think the stuff costs more, what are you talking about? Safeway prices are Safeway prices. I pay a yearly subscription but it's not that much.

Same. Where I live and at the store we shop at (big, not specialty grocery store) prices are the same as in store.