on line grocery shopping

I used to shop for my Dad from 120 miles away - I consulted by phone with him and his carer and bought what was needed - using my Dad's bank details. Asda delivered it to his door. It all worked very well.

I'm really down with that. my grandson even found a discount for me (http://nutritionsguru.com/ ) I like shopping, but online grocery is incredible thing. the point is I can spend too much money purchasing in usually grocery stores
what online groseries do you usually prefer? do you buy online anything else (household stuffs etc)?

I get an almost weekly online shop from Asda. Most of their chilled/fresh items have a set number of days they are guaranteed to be fresh for. If I receive an item that has fewer days than it should have I can go into my order and request a refund using the drop down option of short date. As you get to keep the item and also get a refund it is a very fair system(I should think they can verify the date of items by the bar codes if they want to check).

I am so pleased that I found this thread. I buy groceries online for my son who lives alone and sometimes has mobility problems. I am living abroad so not used to online deliveries. I use Iceland. My son has been telling me for some weeks that the chilled foods often have very short use by dates usually rhe next day. Sausages with a use by date of the next day likewise milk and minced beef. Surely the pickers at the shop could choose products with a longer use by date? I have tried to explain to him that many products can be used after this date. Also that he could pop the sausages or mince in the freezer until he needs them. Just wondering if I could contact the store on this because nothing is ever said to him about the short dates as mentioned by a previous poster? It's either that or change to another supermarket.

I have also used Tesco delivery when I go to a holiday cottage - it arrives just after we do and means we do not have to wast time at the shops.

I only do an online shop once a month, with asda, and they have a minimum spend of £25. They also have lots of £1 delivery slots. I find this is perfect for getting my dog food, and heavy toiletries delivered

I started using Tesco online when I broke my leg and was unable to drive or get out much. It also gave me something to do, planning the week's meals!

I use their delivery saver scheme and pay for it with Tesco vouchers, when they are running a double-value promotion, so costs are almost minimal.

It also gives you free delivery of Tesco Direct items, which is handy at Xmas. When we've been away on holiday, I place an order for when we return. The Tesco scheme also allows you to deliver to different addresses so I've done orders for my mum when the weather is bad and can do an order.

As we're mostly just the two of us now, I don't buy enough to make up a £40 weekly order so it's usually every ten days/two weeks. Loo rolls are always handy for topping up to £40 and even things like bird seed! I hadn't thought of buying stamps but that's a good one I must remember.

I have Ocado deliver every week. No trouble spending £40 usually more and I live on my own but live very near daughters ( next street) so we sometimes share meals so I need more when it's my turn to cook. I subscribe to their smart pass which costs £3-99 a month but means I can have as many deliveries a month as I like and at whatever day/time I like . The food is fresh , they will take back and refund any substitutions and the drivers are pleasant and carry everything into the kitchen for me. What's not to like?

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I spend over £100 every 2 weeks or over and go for a cheap slot. I use Tesco and have not had a problem with them at all. Goods are fresh and anything that has a short sell-by date is drawn to my attention so that I can reject it if I want to. I have only had one barmy substitute (a Chivers strawberry jelly when I had ordered cranberry jelly) and several really good ones (including a whole huge brie "wheel", when they did not have the size of pack I wanted, and also two turkey crowns when I only ordered one - I offered to return it but the driver just shrugged his shoulders - who am I to argue?}.

There is also a price march guarantee which always results in a bit of cash back.

I have tried several other online stores but not found them as efficient.

I only started online grocery delivery when I had my knee replacement and found it absolutely wonderful. So even though I am recovered I still have it just once a month for all the heavy and bulky things. The delivery charge here is only £2 on a midweek afternoon,which isn't bad seeing that they are five miles away from me, and so far they have made no mistakes nor sent any unwanted replacements.
So, thank you Tesco's.

Iceland offer free delivery if £35 spent online but if you can get to the shop you can fill your trolley and they will deliver free if you spend £20.
We are lucky to have branch in the town centre that is easily accessible by bus. It is always full of people taking advantage of this offer. You can pick your own fruit/veg etc.too!

Badenkate I used to give our delivery boy a 3p piece (anyone remember those) if he delivered one crate and 6p if he delivered two.

Now you have taken me back Anya! My mum and dad ran a village store and sub-post office, and they used to deliver 'orders'. I can remember collecting the goods off the lists and packing them in old cardboard boxes and dad taking them out - usually on a Friday evening. I became quite expert at packing orders in the smallest box available to save space?

There are companies who don't have a minimum spend for click and collect and as so many sell the same or similar products I avoid charges. I'm always thinking how much more am I paying for a product when the p&p or delivery charge is free or cheap though.

It's only the same as John Lewis imposing a minimum spend of £30 on click and collect. They don't allow older people a reduced minimum spend!
These companies carefully calculate where they can offer discounts or concessions and if they allowed OAPs to spend less, then what about disabled people, one parent families, those on benefits etc.?

Gosh you take me back in time with the handwritten note to the grocers. My dad liked shopping and he and I would go out together shopping on a Saturday morning finishing up at the Vintners (I think that was the name for a wine shop). I can remember the smell of the wooden counter and sherry. No wonder I like a drop now

Your description Anya of your walk home from the shops takes me back to my 20s when I worked in your lovely town.

I remember delivering a hand-written note to the grocers when I was a child and a mixed cardboard box of groceries being delivered weekly - left on the doorstep if we were out.

Isn't it best to make sure it is always over forty pounds by topping up on staples such as tea bags, loo rolls etc?

It just goes to show how spoilt we are with on line shopping (not only groceries) We all live different lives...I have given up my car, I feel very fortunate to have my freedom pass.So cost me nil to go shopping.When I do have a delivery £1 is a bargain, unfortunately if I spend less than £40 the charge is £7. Which is too much.

I used to do online shopping but like Anya found too many substitutes Iceland is free if you buy over £20 and as far as I remember Asda used to be free when I used it too

I use Tesco, and pay a delivery saver charge for midweek deliveries, of £36 a year, that`s for unlimited deliveries of over £40 a time.

How I would have welcomed on line shopping when the DDs were tiny. When DD1 was a baby we didn't have a car and Safeway on Streatham High Road was a BRISK 20 min walk with the pram from our flat. You can imagine it. Feed baby, burp baby, outdoor clothes on, steam off to Safeway (it did get her to sleep) , balance basket on pram if asleep, (no baby seats on the trolleys) or transfer to trolley, steam round Safeways, stand in queue, steam back at full pelt and she would be screaming her head off for the next feed as we rounded the corner. By the time her younger sister was born as had a car so I would DRIVE to the Arndale Centre in Wandsworth. There was a multi storey carpark over Sainsbury's but the trolleys were on the ground floor. So, carry baby, hold 2 year old's hand while going down in urine smelling lift to get our trolley and start shopping. Once completed wheel trolley plus 2 girls back to the car in stinky lift, unpack bags into boot, strap girls in, lock car and return the trolley to the shop several floors below ???
Now? DD composes her list doing a night feed and it is delivered by "the shopping man" the next day. The Ocado man /lady brings it into the kitchen and does everything short of putting it away.. Now that's what.I call progress.

I paid £60 for a year's deliveries from Sainsbury's - as many as I want as long as there's only 1 per day, and I spend over £40. It means I can put in an order for when I come back from holiday even if it is a weekend evening or bank holiday or put in a quick order if we have unexpected guests come to stay.
I've never had a problem with what I have delivered, although I don't allow substitutions. The crates are always clean and, although I was worried about getting old fruit and veg etc, they've always looked fresher than what's available in the shop.

I get the Ocado midweek (Tue-Thu inclusive) delivery pass which is only a few pounds a month, and make a weekly order so the per-order cost is less than £2. If I'm struggling to reach the £40 minimum spend I include a book of stamps or some greetings cards or similar - always useful to have.

I don't think being older should entitle anyone to a reduced minimum spend!