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Who shops for groceries on line and do you enjoy it.

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multicolourswapshop Tue 30-Nov-21 08:41:06

I shop occasionally on line for Sainsbury’s food and usually get a good delivery time and date. Unfortunately I’m always having to amend the list however they’re so good at changing my shopping list in good time, I find great pleasure in this type of shopping especially as I’m unable to get out and about as necessary.

I find I’ve to reign in my eagerness because I could shop until I drop.

62Granny Wed 01-Dec-21 16:42:01

I was doing a online shop with Tesco pre pandemic and also going to my local Aldi for a top up shop at the weekend, when covid happened I just continued with Tesco as my sole shop I don't really spend any more than I did as you can see what your total is. I book my slot 4 weeks ahead put a few weekly items in the online basket then go back to it be week before it due to be delivered for the rest. I do sometimes call into one of the other of our local stores but to be honest I hate doing it unless I really have to.

Mollygo Wed 01-Dec-21 16:35:13

Labazsisslowlygoingmadwhat a great idea. We are down to one shop within 15 miles for sewing and knitting stuff.

labazsisslowlygoingmad Wed 01-Dec-21 16:04:03

On the plus side, it means shopping online for saves me using my time off running around shops especially this time of year; there are not good shops in my town, so no choice when I go to get presents etc, saves also me asking OH to take me as I don't drive.
on the minus side, you cannot be sure of quality ingredients with food etc size etc properly online. I have just started a market stall in our small town as the only way to obtain haberdashery yarns etc was online or travel 40 miles plus and hated ordering yarn to find out that I did not like it when it arrived.
On my stall, everyone is welcome to inspect squish and touch my yarn!

sharon103 Wed 01-Dec-21 16:02:11

Online shopping's the highlight of my life.
I love ordering my weekly shop for Tesco although I spend too much. I like a good browse and a bargain.
I get carried away on Ebay and I'm a Next addict.

LostLaLa Wed 01-Dec-21 15:55:32

I love shopping online for everything including groceries, no more slinging that heavy cart around and being run over by anxious younger folks, besides I buy the same exact foods most of the time anyway, I drive to the grocer, pop my trunk and drive away, easy breezy!

CrazyGrandma2 Wed 01-Dec-21 15:51:36

I converted to online during Covid. Can't say as I miss going to the store. So much nicer - and less tiring - having someone carry it to the doorstep for me!

Elvis58 Wed 01-Dec-21 15:31:50

No never shop online for anything. As my friend says internet shopping is fraught with disappointment!l also feel its the death knell of the high street.

wildswan16 Wed 01-Dec-21 15:22:49

I have shopped online with Asda for a couple of years. Always found it a reasonably enjoyable and simple procedure ...... until yesterday when my order failed to arrive. No communication whatsoever. Only available route of enquiry was through a helpline number. Couldn't understand a word the man said (he was English) as he mumbled and gabbled so quickly. Would not slow down when asked to speak more clearly. (I am not deaf). Left the call not knowing whether my order is coming, whether to re-order, etc. etc.

Larsonsmum Wed 01-Dec-21 15:14:41

We have had ASDA online deliveries ever since they began doing it - at least 15 years. They have always been excellent and I hate to constantly see ASDA being knocked as being a 'poor' supermarket.

We live 7 miles from anywhere, including our nearest ASDA, and I choose a Wednesday night slot which costs only £1 for delivery.

It would cost me 14 miles round trip of fuel and take me 60/90 minutes to go to the supermarket and back, so ordering at my desk in our home office, and paying just £1 for delivery is great by me!

sundowngirl Wed 01-Dec-21 15:03:25

I have been having home deliveries of shopping since Tesco first started decades ago. First with using a catalogue and phoning through the order then by internet. In those days many of my friends thought I was strange, but they all do it now, especially since lockdown. I have a regular weekly slot on a Friday morning which was brilliant when slots were so hard to get last year. I have a browse in supermarkets now and then, but doing a big regular shop - never!!!

grannydarkhair Wed 01-Dec-21 15:03:23

I’ve recently started getting a Tesco delivery every second week, just for tins, other heavy stuff and frozen food. I usually start the list on the Thursday, and always make changes on the Saturday prior to the Sunday delivery. The weeks in between, I like to shop in person to pick up fresh foods. It’s been a different driver each time and they’ve all been lovely, very chatty and friendly. A credit to Tesco in fact.

jaylucy Wed 01-Dec-21 14:56:12

Have done shopping online every week since the first lockdown and occasionally before that.
I don't think that has been one week where the list hasn't had to be adjusted or items not there when the order is delivered.
It's annoying and frustrating at the very least, but not a lot that you can do.
Also having to choose from a narrower range of goods as well, but until I feel more comfortable about shopping in a supermarket, I will stick with the online shopping.

sandelf Wed 01-Dec-21 14:55:17

I get frozen fish and vegetables from Iceland. And we do a Sainsburys Smart shop in person between 7 - 8 in the evening. Always quiet and often cheap croissants etc. Cannot stand loud and crowded shops now (to the extent I take ear plugs - use them if they have music or wailing children).

grandtanteJE65 Wed 01-Dec-21 14:43:30

I have never shopped for groceries online and I do hope I shall never need to, as I like looking at the foodstuffs I am buying before handing over money for them.

I buy books, printer cartridges, remedies for getting rid of cat fleas and ticks etc. sewing cotton and the like online.

Some websites are easy to use, others are a right pain, this morning it took me over twenty minutes to order ink cartridges and pay for them! Grr!

DiamondLily Wed 01-Dec-21 14:29:43

We can’t go normal food shopping easily, because of health, so online is essential for us.

I think it’s great. I am a delivery saver with 4 of them, and can juggle about getting everything we need.

Christmas slots all booked and organised.?

Daisytwoshoes Wed 01-Dec-21 14:20:50

Have done online grocery shopping with Sainsburys for about 12 years no complaints here .
Done all my Christmas shopping on line too.

Daisend1 Wed 01-Dec-21 14:04:43

Prefer to personally shop but will book a slot ready for all the extras I will be heeding for xmas.

Visgir1 Wed 01-Dec-21 14:03:51

I have been doing on-line shopping for at least 15 plus years when my children were younger first with Asda, each week plus order for my elderly parents, top ups Waitrose. After a while it got more popular and my delivery came from a small store so a lot of products not available, drove me nuts. So I
reduced it down to once a month, for essentials.

However, lockdown happened even though I was a frequent shopper, I had problems getting a slot.
Tbh I wasn't that miffed as there were more in need than me.

Then post Lockdown disaster struck, they shut my local Waitrose!
So it's online from Waitrose and top ups, M&S and Lidl.

Ali23 Wed 01-Dec-21 13:56:26

I do click n collect with Asda which is a great service for 50p and i visit smaller independent shops for bits in between. The best of both worlds!

albertina Wed 01-Dec-21 13:55:38

I started online shopping when I had a bad back injury. Sainsbury's. Always good till recently when I have been given perishables like chicken that are past their use by date, some rotten fruit and other problems.

I am lucky enough to have an excellent Co-op round the corner. Recently I have been unable to leave my little dog as he has had a rather nasty operation and I have put an order in at the Co-op ( you have to spend at least £15) and they deliver it within the hour when they are not too busy. Fantastic.

Nannina Wed 01-Dec-21 13:43:50

I started on line shopping about 5 years ago, mainly for the heavy or bulky items I struggled to carry up the steep hill I live on. I shielded for the best part of a year and online grocery shopping was my lifeline. The drivers have all been really friendly and followed Covid regulations to the letter. I still have a delivery every 2 or 3 weeks and top up locally. Only let me down once when they couldn’t get the van up the hill in deep snow but rescheduled via a very apologetic email. I keep a list on the go so it’s ready for when I place my order and stops me going wild?

GrammaH Wed 01-Dec-21 13:37:12

I started online shopping as soon as Tesco started delivering and that's a very long time ago now. At the time, I was working long hours and really begrudged the time spent in crowded supermarkets. I've now been retired 7 years but have continued with Tescos online - they're brilliant! We've rarely had any sort of problem, they're good value for money, their delivery drivers are first rate and they have everything I need. It takes me just a few minutes to do a fortnightly shop although inevitably I add things, which it's very easy to do. I did register with Asda, Morrisons & Waitrose during lockdown but have never bothered to use them - I'm happy with Tescos thank you!

MayBee70 Wed 01-Dec-21 13:30:51

EthelJ

Since covid I have done shipping online for click and collect. Alternate week Sainsbury and Tesco. Then my husband who is the car driver picks it up. He hates shopping so it works for us.
I book it a week in advance and then keep changing the order as and when I think if things we need. I like it they send an email the day before with the final list including any substitutions so it's easy to reject them
A couple of times they have send things too close to the use by date. But when I've pointed it out to them I have received a refund.

Yes. We bought two fresh chickens that were very short dated (use by next day)The plan had been to cook one straight away and the other one a few days later (we eat more chicken than any other meat because we share it with the dog). They refunded us for both of them.

grannyrebel7 Wed 01-Dec-21 13:22:48

We shopped online during the lockdown but I hated it. I love doing my own shopping. I love shopping of any type though. I do give my Amazon account a good bashing quite frequently though.

EthelJ Wed 01-Dec-21 13:15:24

Since covid I have done shipping online for click and collect. Alternate week Sainsbury and Tesco. Then my husband who is the car driver picks it up. He hates shopping so it works for us.
I book it a week in advance and then keep changing the order as and when I think if things we need. I like it they send an email the day before with the final list including any substitutions so it's easy to reject them
A couple of times they have send things too close to the use by date. But when I've pointed it out to them I have received a refund.