Alternates to supermarkets and deliveries

Yawny

Hi guys, 

This is probably a silly daft question, but how else can i get my food shopping as i am sick to death of walking around supermarkets , its so time consuming and I've had enough as I've been doing it for twenty years and all supermarket deliveries are terrible (understatement), they pick your food where everything expires the next day and sometimes things appear to be tampered with, so how are the delivery departments still in business lol 🤷?

People don't have time to get fresh food every day because they are too tired from working, so they need food to last

Any ideas would be appreciated cheers 🙂

oldernonethewiser

Yawny said:

Hi guys, 

This is probably a silly daft question, but how else can i get my food shopping as i am sick to death of walking around supermarkets , its so time consuming and I've had enough as I've been doing it for twenty years and all supermarket deliveries are terrible (understatement), they pick your food where everything expires the next day and sometimes things appear to be tampered with, so how are the delivery departments still in business lol 🤷?

People don't have time to get fresh food every day because they are too tired from working, so they need food to last

Any ideas would be appreciated cheers 🙂

Lots of people do manage.  Is your work too tiring?

If I want fresh stuff from a supermarket I can be in and out in under ten minutes, so not time consuming for something I need.

Never had a supermarket delivery so cannot comment on the quality.

YoungBlueEyes

If you don't want to go to the supermarket, and you don't want them to deliver, I'm not sure you've many options left.

Send a trusted friend shopping for you with a detailed list? Give the whole thing up entirely and buy a smallholding? Give up eating anything and just take those capsules that are meant to be everything you need in one go? 

Errmmm....*shrug* 

MattMattMattUK

If you do not want to buy it from shops and do not want deliveries then your only choice is going to be to grow your own, which is going to be a lot more tiring!

Do you live a long way from supermarkets? Most people will just pop in on the way home from work once a week, a full shop might take 15-20 minutes and they might needy to pick up a few additional items once a week if plans change, but that might only 5-10 minutes. 

Cairnpapple

Veg box, butcher delivery, milk delivery, fish van, bakery.  Depending on what is available in your area, or there are services sending meat and fish by courier. Then you're mostly using the supermarket for shelf stable products which are usually fine.

YoungBlueEyes

Himself (who is not the sarcastic mare I am) suggests buying a big chest freezer and shopping once a month. 

Katiehound

We have some independent shops in our town- greengrocer, 3 x health food shops, cheese shop, grocer selling local chicken & eggs etc but it would take you very much longer to do the shopping with queuing, paying etc &   walk between them.

I've never used a delivery service- it wouldn't warrant the delivery charge.
 Aldi sells pretty much everything I want & I can do that shop in half an hour, especially if I pick the 'right' time.

Rodders53

LinLui said:

I am disabled (and also work full-time, and I am not too tired to live) so deliveries are easiest for me. I find that what I get delivered is fresher than the supermarket because it comes from the warehouse directly and not via the supermarket where it could stay on the back or on the shelves for days.

Where on earth do you live, and which supermarket delivery service?

All the main supermarkets near me around Bedford have 'pickers' for the online shopping deliveries (and/or click and collect service)... getting in the way of mere mortal shoppers like me.

Misslayed

Tesco online delivery have an option to add a note for the picker, I often add 'Longest date please', or 'if non available please sub with xyz'. They rarely let me down

Brie

Perhaps a local care agency could help?  They seem to advertise on the radio about doing all sorts of helpful things, more than just the going in to a person's home and doing a bit of personal care and cleaning.  There would obviously be a set price per shop "visit" which would make it more expensive than a delivery but hopefully you'd get the quality you are looking for.  fyi - a carer for MiL cost £13 per visit plus £16 per hour so potentially you're looking at about £30 a shop as driving time would need to be included.

GingerTim

Rodders53 said:

LinLui said:

I am disabled (and also work full-time, and I am not too tired to live) so deliveries are easiest for me. I find that what I get delivered is fresher than the supermarket because it comes from the warehouse directly and not via the supermarket where it could stay on the back or on the shelves for days.

Where on earth do you live, and which supermarket delivery service?

All the main supermarkets near me around Bedford have 'pickers' for the online shopping deliveries (and/or click and collect service)... getting in the way of mere mortal shoppers like me.

I don't know where LinLui is, but I live in north London, not too far from an Ocado distribution centre, and the fresh stuff is always immaculate. I've never had a significant problem in five years until the delivery before last when the driver accidentally dropped a bag and it burst a the seal on a salmon side - but that was refunded straight away.