Can I really save money online food shopping? 3 July 2014 at 1:44PM in Food shopping & groceries 15 replies 2.4K views

tim123456789

Earlier in the week the Mail's financial pages detailed how people were wasting money not shopping online

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article-2677245/440-penalty-not-paying-online-Millions-Britons-paying-choose-buy-goods-services-high-street.html

The largest amount - 175 pounds (I presume that's per year) was on food shopping.

But how can shopping online for food save me money?

FTAOD I think that the article was talking about real cash savings, not after applying some monetary value to my time, so surely after you have paid the 5 pounds (or whatever) for delivery it actually costs more (in cash terms)

I don't do online food shopping because I like to chose my own level of freshness for fruit and veg, so I have no idea of any discounts available (beyond the save 20 pounds off your first shop that I am continually being sent, but that doesn't scale up to 175 pounds - every year)

So can anyone enlighten me as to how I am missing out on these fantastic discounts available from buying my food online?

TIA

tim

Greenqueen_2

I also read this article and shared the same thoughts as you.
I presume they mean that by shopping online you would only buy the items you need rather than picking up extra temptations as you pass them in store.
Personally, after taking delivery charges into consideration, the only way I would save by online shopping would be to use websites such as approvedfood. But then I would miss the yellow stickered items that seem to be a main stock of my basket!

dlusman

Probably talking about the "impulse buys" that a lot of people stick in their trolley when they are physically buying stuff.

Personally I never do online supermaket shopping because I buy all my meat,fish , bread at discount/yellow sticker. Cannot remember the last time I paid over 50% for any of these.

dlusman

They may also be talking about the amount that some people pay extra for using small local or express stores , compared to the prices online

DPJames

If it's in the Mail it'll be because of foreigners, or because gays can get married now.
Awful paper.

Hermia

I do save money from online shopping. It's partly the impulse buying thing, but it's also because I can menu plan more easily. Before I sit in front of the computer I have a rough idea of the meals I will make. But, if I see that there are big discounts on a different kind of meat/fish/whatever than the one I was going to get I will grab my recipe books and rethink my menu. There is no way I could do this in the store because I know I would forget an ingredient and I am not good at making recipes up.

Ilona

I have never shopped online, and I am never likely to. I don't do impulse shopping full stop. I have a strong will and miss out whole aisles. Most of my shopping is yellow sticker.
Ilona

hieveryone

I have saved money shopping online, mainly because I don't do the 'impulse buying' thing.

I meal plan and write a list of everything I need and then just search in the search bar and filter from there. That way I am buying what I NEED, rather than what I WANT.

I do 'click and collect' with Asda which means no delivery charges.

Ryuu

Can't have large stashes of food, otherwise I would eat them sooner than intended. Also I'm trying to eat AM fresh food AP.

I of course do online shopping (for IT...), but not for food... Since even using a car to get to the store is waste of money for me, but this is thanks to having 5 stores < 1mile from the house and on the bike, it takes me about the same time as it would have with the car...

But one reason might be that it can actually save petrol money (at least it would have in my case, if I had used a car...). // I shop almost daily

davenport151

Ilona wrote: »

I have never shopped online, and I am never likely to. I don't do impulse shopping full stop. I have a strong will and miss out whole aisles. Most of my shopping is yellow sticker.

Ilona

Same here!

hieveryone wrote: »

I have saved money shopping online, mainly because I don't do the 'impulse buying' thing.

I meal plan and write a list of everything I need and then just search in the search bar and filter from there. That way I am buying what I NEED, rather than what I WANT.

I do 'click and collect' with Asda which means no delivery charges.

I do the same in store. Do whatever will work for you. I have occasionally used online shopping but now find I am very disciplined when shopping. I tend to think as I shop that the money is better for me in my pocket than going to supermarket profits!

Ryuu

Oh, I forgot - the only company with proper internet shop in Czech Republic (AFAIK) is T-boy (but you call it Mr T). And here is the problem - why shop online for prices, which are higher than in local supermarket...

AKA:
canned sardines (90g of fish), same brand&package:
T-boy (internet) - CZK25 (cheapest option)
Local Markets: CZK22-23 (to match the brand)

cheapest alternative option locally: CZK17 (and they even taste even better than the T-boy's choice)... (actually one shop just ended their promo for CZK13) :-)