What should I get from Ocado?

sue-y

I'm about to place my first order with Ocado. I have never shopped there or at Waitrose before as I see it as far too expensive. Plus I'm addicted to spending my coupons at Tesco! But, I've a 15% off a £60 spend code so thought I'd take the plunge.

So could you tell me what's good and what you love there?

Is it worth bumping my basket to a £75 spend to get a free delivery?

Or shall I forget the whole thing?

I've looked at mysupermarket.co.uk, but your ideas would be helpful. TIA.

rebl43

Hi, I personally wouldn't bother as you will probably save £9 if you shopped at Tesco anyway (obviously depending on what you are going to buy). That and the lovely clubcard points you get!
Just my opinion though

Ammie

I shopped with them once when I got a voucher for £15.00 off a £85.00 shop. The food wasn't anything special for the prices I paid, and I estimated I could of got about 2 or 3 more bags of shopping if I'd stayed with Tesco. Then again that was when Tesco was a little cheaper.

I will say to stay away from their own label potato salad, it's as hard as nails and tastes rank!

All in all I found I had more grocery options with Tesco, and found myself upping my shopping budget substituting things I could of got with Tesco cheaper which defeats the purpose of using a discount voucher.

I think I was more excited about the colour coordinated bags they give you for your freezer, cupboards etc

anniemf2508

ocado are now doing price match on there grocery items with Tesco, so maybe worth a go.
I find there meat better quality than tesco too (they don't sell the cheap and nasty)

FluffyFiFi

Try Asda, I used to spend £80 a week with Tesco and now am only spending £60. I haven't noticed a difference in quality, they arrive on time and if they make a substitute it is for something of higher value which they don't charge you for - win win situation.

petshopgirlemma

I used to use Ocado before I had a Waitrose nearby. If you want some fancy items then they are worth using - they do have a very good organic range. I did only use them when I had a free devlivery code or a discount for spending £25 which they stopped doing and now you do have to spend a whopping great amount to make it worthwhile.

I found that the bread was always quite close to its best before date when I used them but that may have improved.

It's swings and roundabouts with the own brand goods I am afraid.

Delivery people were always cheery though!

sue-y

Thanks for the replies.

I’ve decided to go ahead with the order as they have some good deals at the moment. Mainly on stuff I buy anyway like PG Tips, Always, Coca Cola, chicken thighs. There’s definitely things in the basket I wouldn’t usually get just to reach the minimum spend. But, I thought, just this once, then back to Tesco.

I didn’t know about the colour bags – quite looking forward to getting those. I am sooo sad!!

BoingBoing_2

The bags are ace, almost as good as the bag for life lol.

As stated above, the own brands are a bit hit n miss, the cereals are ok tho.

Definately worth a try if buying for a party or special occassion and yes, the delivery staff are lovely