Ocado delivery charges

scot22_2

Is it just me, or does anyone else think a six pounds 99 charge for any delivery is excessive ?

Browntoa

Not really , minimum wage is well above that , you pay for the honour of having someone drop it at your door . It's not , and never will be, free or cheap , it's a business 

scot22_2

Fair point.  Probably me just being grumpy 😄

Spank

Browntoa said:

Not really , minimum wage is well above that , you pay for the honour of having someone drop it at your door . 

& pick and pack your order

Browntoa

Ocado use robots 

https://techhq.com/2020/11/ocado-technology-another-step-forward-as-a-retail-robotics-giant/

But I suppose still an overhead

dacouch

scot22_2 said:

Is it just me, or does anyone else think a six pounds 99 charge for any delivery is excessive ?

It probably costs them around that or more than that to deliver to you

calleyw

Of course it costs the supermarket nothing to hire staff to pick and pack and then deliver your shopping in special vans.  With no extra charges on actual food so they charge for delivery. 

 5 years ago these articles were suggesting it was costing supermarkets between 300-500 million to offer home delivery. Can't see its any cheaper now to offer the same service.  But then I have been told I don't know what I am talking about and if they were making a loss they would not offer it.  Wonder why the charges have gone up.

https://www.retail-week.com/grocery/supermarkets-losing-300m-a-year-from-online-grocery/5080540.article?authent=1

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-3828648/Deliveries-hit-Big-Four-supermarkets-500m-lose-5-7-online-order.html

https://www.consultancy.uk/news/2828/uk-supermarkets-lose-300-million-on-online-delivery

Yours

Calley x

Mnoee

Have you looked into their delivery passes? They don't deliver to my area, but I saw they do a midweek pass for £6.99 a month with a few extra benefits - so if a regular delivery costs that then you may as well get that instead, if you can cope with a midweek slot. Even if you only get a single delivery in a month it won't cost any extra. 

I think it was Asda where I first noticed this 'trick' as the slot I wanted was a fiver but a month pass was £4 or something similar, and Tesco certainly works out cheaper when you pay for a pass with clubcard points. It's currently costing me £7 in vouchers every six months with Tesco, which is pretty darn cheap. 

baza52

Browntoa said:

Ocado use robots 

https://techhq.com/2020/11/ocado-technology-another-step-forward-as-a-retail-robotics-giant/

But I suppose still an overhead

robots are only used to bring the totes to a human, it still needs a human to pick up an item and place it in the bag.
They are developing a form of hand that a robot will use to perform some of these tasks.

Spank

baza52 said:

Browntoa said:

Ocado use robots 

https://techhq.com/2020/11/ocado-technology-another-step-forward-as-a-retail-robotics-giant/

But I suppose still an overhead

They are developing a form of hand that a robot will use to perform some of these tasks.

Yeah that's what hand robot's are going to be used for 

giraffe69

Don't understand this thread. If £6.99 is too much then either

a. switch to a supermarket that charges less or
if that is unacceptable
b. be old fashioned and visit one taking your mask with you.