Grocery delivery services

[Anonymous No.17833823]

Anyone use instacart or any other grocery delivery? I've never done it and would like to be even more shut in than ever before.

Got tips and tricks?

[Anonymous No.17833840]

I tried it once only because someone gave me a 50 dollar gift certificate so I figured fuck it, 50 dollars of free groceries. I put in the order for the next day and they said it would be delivered between 4 and 6 PM. Then 6 PM came and went and no groceries. They sent me a text saying the delivery time was updated to 8 PM. Then 8 PM came and went. Then I got a text saying 9 PM. Then I called their customer support asking where the fuck my groceries were and they told me they hadn't been delivered because none of the instacart shoppers picked up my order. Told me sorry for the inconvenience and offered me a 5 dollar coupon.

[Anonymous No.17833867]

>>17833823
>yes, I love the convenience of ordering through the app!
>it gives me more time to watch superhero movies

[Anonymous No.17833917]

>>17833823
Avoid vegetables/fruits and be prepared for anything with a short shelf life (bread, milk) to expire in a few days sometimes. The instacart shoppers don't give a shit in most cases and just grab whatever the first thing is so they can say they got you the thing even if it's half rotten.

>>17833840
You forgot the part where you got your 50 dollar coupon back as well as any other costs you put into it, so you still have 50 bucks in free shit and 5 more dollars on top of it and lost nothing aside a waste of a few hours of waiting. It does suck but I've had this happen one time out of a lot of times.

[Anonymous No.17833923]

It varies.
If the store has their own its usually okay
If you use instacart or something you get a non English speaking brown person, or someone who is too lazy to even be a wagie.
They'll get the wrong things all the time. If they are out of what you want, they just fucking wing it.
>out of the rolls I wanted
>they gave me bagels
>ordered pork loin
>got beef round
It all gets refunded or replaced for free, but its a pain in the ass.
Also they call to clarify sometimes, so you have to give directions to M'Koumbia over the phone about what percentage fat of ground beef you're looking for and he ends up with shrimp or some shit

[Anonymous No.17833933]

>>17833923
Depending on where you're shopping some websites allow you to put notes with each item and you can specify what substitutions will work for you. I usually specify other possible options and then say if they aren't there just cancel them too. I don't want Mo'queesha calling me to ask if 'day aint got nun that breyed is buskets okay'

[Anonymous No.17833937]

>>17833823
I just went three weeks without a car and had to use Doordash to get my groceries. It works fine enough but between the fees they fuck you over with and the tip you have to leave if you want your stuff quickly, you'll be paying a lot more. My advice is to you is don't use them and try become shut in a little less instead.

[Anonymous No.17833939]

>>17833923
>someone who is too lazy to even be a wagie.
kek this is me

[Anonymous No.17833948]

>>17833937
I wouldn't use doordash for it, that's pretty much just for fast food/restaurant pick-up and the 'employees' treat it as such. Having them shop just annoys them.

Use instacart or the store's own delivery service and they usually have you tip after the delivery via an email or in whatever app/website so they don't screw you over for low tip anyway unless you're repeating customer who keeps giving them nothing or something, I suppose.

[Anonymous No.17833950]

>>17833823
it's funny how the pic depicts a person that was hired specifically to handle the roll of spot cleaning being mad about doing the job the was hired for.
op's pic was made by a 15 year old.

[Anonymous No.17833957]

>>17833950
Exactly. That's why every time I pass the juice isle, I pour a bunch of fruit punch out. It keeps them employed, so really they should be thanking me

[Anonymous No.17833965]

>>17833917
Yeah, I had a free coupon and even then the service was shit. Why would I spend my money for a good chance that some lazy dipshits aren't even going to pick up my order, thus leaving me out of food, when I could just go get it myself and be guaranteed to get my food exactly as I wanted it? That's a fucking retarded business model.

[Anonymous No.17833968]

FUCK YOU IF YOU USE THESE SHITTY FUCKING THINGS
It was one thing before when your fatasses blocked up the aisle but now they have employees bring these giant carts around in the aisle taking up even MORE room. Just so you don't have leave your car, you lazy fat faggot

[Anonymous No.17833972]

>>17833968
Get fucked idiot.
I'm living in the future, and you're mad that your cart wheel is stuck AGAIN

[Anonymous No.17833978]

>>17833965
I don't know, I used this stuff because I had a spinal surgery and I don't live near my family, but if there's no need for it it's never going to be a better option than going yourself or at worst doing the pick-up where you just drive up and they load your stuff (which I recommend way more than delivery). The actual store staff do those orders so they always get done, though I've had one of those actually be delayed an hour too - but it was like the day before a big storm so it's understandable.

[Anonymous No.17833983]

>>17833978
Pickup is ALWAYS better, because if they fuck up, you just go in

[Anonymous No.17833990]

>>17833972
Fat

[Anonymous No.17833994]

>>17833990
>stickman

[Anonymous No.17834003]

>>17833990
says the guy who gets mad that isles are too thin for him to get down

[Anonymous No.17834014]

>>17833972
>>17833994
>>17834003
>letting minorities touch your groceries
Ewww

[Anonymous No.17834023]

>>17834014
>he's unaware of farmhands, factory workers, shelf stockers, and any single bit of produce from outside the US
jej

[Anonymous No.17834033]

I used amazon/whole foods a few times when i was quarantining for covid. I didn't have any issues with delivery or packaging. But it's frustratingly overpriced as I typically buy a lot of clearance / discounted / bulk items. (I refuse to pay more than $6/lb for meat). The bananas they gave me were super green. They took a 3 weeks to actually ripen after I got them.

[Anonymous No.17834151]

Thanks for the help everyone here's some (You's).

>>17833867
I don't care about your woke faggotry. Now, service my needs wagie.
>>17833917
>instacart shoppers
what about direct to grocery? I can afford the time for a trip to the market for fresh produce but I run out of pantry goods a lot.
>>17833923
I think I might just try store direct delivery.
>>17833937
Yeah fuck doordash and their fees. I'm not planning on using doordash and I'm buried right now with work. It also would be nice to have a consistent and quality delivery service to save time.
>>17833978
Also have spinal surgeries in my past. Having more time for /fit/ is very important to me. Also chronic pain, not always mobile.
>>17834033
Kinda pricey for what you get. I am thinking about trying a local brand called Sprouts. Basically the same thing and they have bulk items (oats, flour, nuts, etc.). Pretty good butcher and produce as well. I can at least get big spends from them and a little bit of produce then when I really need fresh produce head to the local market (which sucks).

[Anonymous No.17834667]

>>17833823
Got a delivery yesterday. $175 in groceries, $19 service charge, $13 tip, $4 miscellaneous. Fuck them.

[Anonymous No.17834679]

I love when they bring me shit I don't ask for, which is quite often; if I get charged for it Instacart always refunds me and if I don't then I don't lol.
Free food is great. Best thing I've gotten for free was 1.5 pounds of jumbo shrimp that somebody else ordered.

[Anonymous No.17834716]

>>17834667
What did you even use? Service charges for most grocery store delivery I've seen depending on the place is 6 to 10 dollars maximum, and you chose to tip that high so that's on you. I've never tipped more than $5 for anything in my life because it's not my job to pay someone I don't employ's salary.

>>17834151
Store delivery if they actually do deliver it themselves will be a lot better than third parties because the workers will just get the food from the back so it also usually is going to be newer/have further expiration dates/not be damaged - but be careful because most of those grocery stores claiming to do delivery will then tell you (either very clearly or sneak it in) that it's actually just instacart (or similar) rather than actually them. If you don't see anything like that just keep an eye out and see what they pull up in - if it's just a random SUV and a soccer mom or trashy black guy is delivering it it's probably instacart and not the store.

If you have the time to get produce then it's probably worth it to just do grocery pick-up where you pick a time (some, like walmart, make you pick a time when ordering but then you are free to come anytime in like 48 hours and they will be fine with it) and just call a number on a sign when you get there and they load that shit up for you. It usually only takes like 5-10 minutes because they prepare it all before your selected time so it's just sitting in the fridge storage area in boxes on a cart they pull out to load it with. It's cheaper too - no delivery fee, no tip, no up-marked prices.

You could even wait until they message you that the order is ready, drive down there, go in the store and get your produce, then go to the pick-up spot in your car and get the rest if you really wanted.

[Anonymous No.17834752]

I was hospitalized for a Pulmonary embolism last year and when I got home I couldn't drive for a while so I got groceries delivered from Walmart. Service was very good, but the fees were a bit high. Glad I'm able to go get my own groceries now.

[Anonymous No.17834774]

>>17833840
I fucking hate how wageslaves can just choose to not pick up your shit and let your starve. Youre getting paid to do it. So do it.

[Anonymous No.17834787]

>>17834667
hello sir tank you for the 32 dollas sir

[Anonymous No.17835195]

Just got the groceries delivered for the for time today, as me and the better three quarters have the coof, and I wouldn't do it again.

The veges they picked are shite, and they only tell you what they didn't have in stock on the receipt when they deliver the food.

[Anonymous No.17835203]

>>17835195
Never get vegetables with delivery. The other part, I've never encountered any place that does not tell you the substitutions and ask if you're okay with them and/or not let you refund/replace them for free (albeit being irritating). Maybe next time give them your phone number like they ask you to and let the nubian queen Sha'quarty ask if Pringles Pizza flavor is okay since Pringles Baconator are all out.

[Anonymous No.17835509]

>>17834774
Go pick it up yourself you lazy faggot. You have nothing better to do neet

[Anonymous No.17835518]

>>17835509
this

[Anonymous No.17835660]

>>17833823
I hate having to rely on Instacart, but have no choice when I'm too busy with work to buy groceries. They overcharge items since the items are almost always cheaper in store, and the drivers are fucking retarded. Even if you select a replacement preference for an out of stock item, they'll text you and ask what you want or straight up refund the item. Now I select to refund an OOS item because it's not worth the trouble. Oh, and you always either end up getting an item you didn't pay for, or missing an item.

[Anonymous No.17836276]

>>17834774
>wageslaves
Actually they're ALL contractors. You're basically asking the CEO of Retarded Worker, Inc. to give a fuck. Lol.

[Anonymous No.17836938]

>>17835660
How much do you work? I'm used to 6 day weeks and 60 or so hours a week for months in end and still like to wind down at the grocery store, maybe I just like shopping

[Anonymous No.17837041]

>>17836938
not him, but I work 8 hour days for the gubment, workouts before and sometimes after, social obligations like taking a painting class with people, bowling, or beer league hockey, my days are generally full. If I do my own shopping in person, I'm more likely to just pick uo random unhealthy shit because it's quicker to prepare, rather than order it online and go pick it up, where it is easier to plan out meals

[Anonymous No.17837057]

>>17833823
its pretty cheap in terms of delivery fees

their trick is to sell you expensive items and brands that have a high markup and low weight&volume

they probably wont deliver you a bag of potatoes

[Anonymous No.17837087]

>>17833823
no because i like to see what i pay for and don't trust strangers not to give me bruised fruits, wilted produce, bread products that weren't today, and meats close to the best before date.

[Anonymous No.17837209]

>>17837041
>social obligations
you sound like a fag
>>17837041
>for the gubment
why even live

[Anonymous No.17837277]

>>17837209
jealous little bitch lmao
I have friends and like to hang out with them
I work for the government because they're willing to pay me a fucking ass ton to do it. Morals can get fucked when it comes to work. I will do whatever pays me the most

[Anonymous No.17837733]

>>17837209
Government work gives killer pay and no overtime unless you want it

[Anonymous No.17837755]

>>17834023
I grow my own fruits and veggies
I go to a white butcher who sources all his meat from an ol' timey 80y/o white boomer rancher
I buy all my flour overseas from europe
Olive oil come from Northern Italy
Butter, eggs, chicken comes from local white owned family farms

Get fucked, tranny.

[Anonymous No.17837820]

>>17837277
You're a bad person and you're probably going to hell.

[Anonymous No.17837967]

>>17837820
hells not real

[Anonymous No.17837997]

>>17837041
At this point just order a mealkit, dipshit.

[Anonymous No.17838007]

>>17833823
Don't order meat, or produce. The people picking the stuff out doesn't give a fuck about expiration dates, ripeness of fruits, or the fat content of your meat.

Seriously, it's better to just get that stuff yourself. Otherwise it's very convenient to just use your local grocery app, and just wait outside the store for some one to load you cart up.

[Anonymous No.17838028]

>>17837755
>olive oil from italy

this dumb motherfucker has no idea that the mafia cucks him out of his olive oil every day by making italy sell fake olive oil

[Anonymous No.17838074]

>>17837967
You made it real.