Permalink Submitted by Marilyn Wood (not verified) on Mon, 12/28/2020 - 15:50
Back in March, I started exploring grocery delivery and safe pick-up options. I found that local grocery stores and national chains, which had never offered delivery before were overwhelmed. Their websites were excruciatingly slow, often crashed for hours at a time, and delivery and safe pick-up dates and time slots were limited. Fast forward a few months and everything is very slick. I have regular, or flexible time slots and I get an email if substitutions are ever necessary. I also use an organic, delivery only warehouse for produce. They already knew how to do delivery - all they had to do was hire more staff and buy extra totes when the Covid rush began! In each case, I find the delivery charges very reasonable.
So what I want to say is that if you tried any of these options early on in the pandemic and gave up in frustration, give them another go!
Marilyn in Canada
Back in March, I started
Back in March, I started exploring grocery delivery and safe pick-up options. I found that local grocery stores and national chains, which had never offered delivery before were overwhelmed. Their websites were excruciatingly slow, often crashed for hours at a time, and delivery and safe pick-up dates and time slots were limited. Fast forward a few months and everything is very slick. I have regular, or flexible time slots and I get an email if substitutions are ever necessary. I also use an organic, delivery only warehouse for produce. They already knew how to do delivery - all they had to do was hire more staff and buy extra totes when the Covid rush began! In each case, I find the delivery charges very reasonable.
So what I want to say is that if you tried any of these options early on in the pandemic and gave up in frustration, give them another go!
Marilyn in Canada