I want a little rant. Home delivery from supermarkets

[SpeckledJim]

MikeOxlong said:

Purist. It's purist.

You're a purist. I'm purest.

[DottyMR2]

P-Jay said:

DottyMR2 said:

I've never understood why people use the home delivery so much. I don't mean for disabled/ill etc. as it's pretty good, but normal people.

Woman across the road from me is in all day, she doesn't work as she is "writing a novel"... gets her shopping delivered to her a couple times a week, then hops in the car that sits outside all day to drive down and pick the kids up from school. A school which is over the road from Tesco, which just delivered shopping 2 hours ago.

Can't figure out if she's thick, or just lazy...

I do because I'm super tight, Sainsburys offered me £15 off my first online shop, which I used, then they e-mailed offering £10 off and free delivery on the next 4 which I used, now I'm using Tesco's £15 off - I suspect if I re-register everywhere with my Wife's details I could probably do the same again, but I do have some shame...

I've probably saved £100 over 6 weeks or so through the discount schemes, special offer deals (they're clearer online) and in nectar points. It also avoided impulse buying of snacks and assorted ste the kids pick up.

Waiting for the delivery is a bit of a faf, but I asked them to drop it around when the baby is asleep and we're housebound anyway - with Tesco I "click and collect".

I've yet to be given manky bananas or stale bread or had fish fingers substituted for foie gra.

£100 in 6 weeks you say maybe it's not such a daft idea after all.

I don't know If I could bring myself to do it though, I live 0.2 of a mile from a morrisons. I think I'd just become a hermit if I started doing that. I pass a supermarket every day, to not just buy my own shopping as I pass seems insane.

[fulham911club]

vladcjelli said:

Don't you just send them back with the driver next time?

yes - this is a non-thread....

[lukefreeman]

DottyMR2 said:

I've never understood why people use the home delivery so much. I don't mean for disabled/ill etc. as it's pretty good, but normal people.

Woman across the road from me is in all day, she doesn't work as she is "writing a novel"... gets her shopping delivered to her a couple times a week, then hops in the car that sits outside all day to drive down and pick the kids up from school. A school which is over the road from Tesco, which just delivered shopping 2 hours ago.

Can't figure out if she's thick, or just lazy...

Very much thought like this, until I did the sums.


My missus is self employed, and earns per hour.

When we go shopping, it takes 1-1.5hrs, plus fuel to get there.

For the price we pay to get it picked and delivered (£3-5, depending on time), she can work around 10-15 minutes extra to cover the cost, and we both get the 1-1.5hours to ourselves, doing productive stuff.

It's brilliant for couples who work full time, go various clubs 3 nights a week, and dont' want to waste the time on a weeeknd getting stressed out goign to supermarket.

[Ki3r]

I work at Tesco and do the home shopping. I hardly ever go shopping myself, unless it's a couple of items after work.

The waiting is a pain, but click and collect is good. My mum uses it all the time (just got a discount code for staff to get yearly deliveries for £3, for the whole year!).

Ps if you live in a flat without a lift, we all hate you .

[Moonhawk]

DottyMR2 said:

I've never understood why people use the home delivery so much. I don't mean for disabled/ill etc. as it's pretty good, but normal people.

Makes sense for all sorts of reasons:

1. Time - you don't waste travel time getting to and from the shop or spend time actually doing the shop. For a large shop you could save 2 hours of your day - that's a decent sex session

2. Money - you don't have to spend money on fuel getting to and from the shop, and you are less likely to make impulse purchases or buy duplicate items you don't need because you can't remember whether you already have it in.

3. ECO - one van doing multiple deliveries is surely better than an extra 50 cars on the road.

All that said - I have yet to make use of home delivery for groceries.

[dazwalsh]

I use home delivery a good bit as i absolutely despise going shopping, and with a running total on the website there is no more of the "fk me how much??!??!" At the till, thus saving a fair few pennies.

Also when items get subbed replacements are generally to your advantage price or quantity wise.

Finally as a brucey bonus there is no more disrespectful s in the car park throwing their car doors open into my car. Its a real piss boiler of mine.

Edited by dazwalsh on Wednesday 3rd September 16:38

[SlidingSideways]

DottyMR2 said:

I've never understood why people use the home delivery so much.

Fancy taking my 2 and 3 year olds with you while you do your weekly shop? Then you'd understand...
Plus, I get to avoid the other, bored, fretting children that are being dragged around by their increasing stressed and high pitched parents.

Not to mention the time saving, and that somehow the weekly bill seems to be about 30% lower online vs actually going into the store.

[JohnSW20]

My wife is at home all day and she always has the food shop delivered. It just saves time and money. If you are walking around in the shop you see things that you think I'll just have that and throw it in. I'm banned from food shopping for this reason. I once went to Tesco and spent an extra £65.00 on top of the list I was given. It's so easy to do. The way they keep track of the things you usually order is a great way of saving time as you tend to buy the same stuff each time.

[Rude-boy]

Ki3r said:

Ps if you live in a flat without a lift, we all hate you .

If I ever chose to get home delivery I'm going to make sure I also own a high rise BTL with no lift and each time I get some ridiculously stupid substitute will order four 6 packs of 2 litre Tesco Value water for home delivery to that address

[HTP99]

DottyMR2 said:

I've never understood why people use the home delivery so much.

Because shopping at Sainbury's/Tesco/Asda etc is an absolute fking nightmare, it makes me stressed and I hate it.

Getting it delivered means that a) we usually spend less and b) I can do something else with my time particularly as both myself and the wife work full time, I also work weekends and what little time that I do have I would rather not be spending it in Sainsbury's at 8:00pm and then getting home and spending another hour putting it away.

[TVR1]

Rude-boy said:

Ki3r said:

Ps if you live in a flat without a lift, we all hate you .

If I ever chose to get home delivery I'm going to make sure I also own a high rise BTL with no lift and each time I get some ridiculously stupid substitute will order four 6 packs of 2 litre Tesco Value water for home delivery to that address

You and the rest of the Arab population of Bayswater. Try 8 flights, top floor flat, 8 totes of bottled water. You know that machine they scan the stuff with? You can also leave notes.

[MikeOxlong]

SpeckledJim said:

MikeOxlong said:

Purist. It's purist.

You're a purist. I'm purest.

I'm the purest purist.

[slipstream 1985]

alock said:

To balance the rant and give an upside.....

We've just had a delivery. The driver apologised and said there was a mistake and two of the trays were picked twice. Would we like the extra two trays for no extra cost or does he have to return them?

The trays were from the alcohol and toiletries aisles and worth about £50. It would be rude not to enjoy a couple of free gin and tonics tonight!

Im not convinced that is right! Unless the dotcom manager has authorised it.

[John D.]

slipstream 1985 said:

alock said:

To balance the rant and give an upside.....

We've just had a delivery. The driver apologised and said there was a mistake and two of the trays were picked twice. Would we like the extra two trays for no extra cost or does he have to return them?

The trays were from the alcohol and toiletries aisles and worth about £50. It would be rude not to enjoy a couple of free gin and tonics tonight!

Im not convinced that is right! Unless the dotcom manager has authorised it.

Sounds odd to me too.

Unless bringing that tray back and re-stocking it is massively inefficient somehow?

[wazztie16]

Home shopping driver here.

I get people moaning about the amount of bags all the time, the main reason where I work is that the order can be picked by numerous people, it then gets consolidated down and instead of emptying each bag it's quicker to move bags to totes as they are. The driver should take any empties back next time, or obviously they can be used for other things.

Happy to Help

[The Nur]

Pit Pony said:

Despite the fact that my wife has ME (Chronic Fatigue), I have yet to pluck up the courage to trust anyone to get my shopping right.

Bit harsh making her go get it, don't you think?

[hilly10]

digger the goat said:

Go shopping yourself you lazy bd !!!

There.... Fixed.

+1

[PaulD86]

Having done a stint driving home delivery vans for one of the large supermarkets I know how ridiculous the bag situation can be. In the case of that supermarket it was due to how the order was shopped - it's not 1 person who does your whole shop, it can be 5 or 6 easily with different shoppers covering different sections of the shop. With the amount of time we had to load the vans there was no time to consolidate bags and it was discouraged due to people making errors doing it.

Anyway, it was a crap job, but did have some upsides. We have some great driving roads round these parts and you'd be amazed just how well modern 311 sprinter vans handle, especially when you're not paying for tyres! They also fly quite well.... apparently.

[N8CYL]

DottyMR2 said:

I don't mean for disabled/ill etc. as it's pretty good, but normal people.