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Mine are always one off orders. I'll log on, choose an hourly timeslot for delivery and then browse down a list of products i've purchased before (both online a
by KJKingJ 10y ago
Mine are always one off orders. I'll log on, choose an hourly timeslot for delivery and then browse down a list of products i've purchased before (both online and instore) and chose which ones I want to be delivered. It takes about 10-15 minutes to do and they will deliver everything right to my door. It ends up being a huge timesaver compared to having to go to and from the supermarket and pick everything out.
I tend to place an order about once every 2-3 weeks, and supplement it with "top up" shops for fresh items (meat, veg etc) in a mini-supermarket on my way home from work every so often.
- mfenniak 10y agoI feel like a "mini-supermarket" is just a market; the super and mini should cancel each other out. :-)
- KJKingJ 10y agoHeh yeah, it's a bit of a contradictory term, but it's the only 'generic' way to describe it that I know of. Most of them are branded with the store's name with a suffix like 'local', 'express' or 'metro'
- ghaff 10y agoThe US doesn't really have that class of store for some reason. Even in urban areas, there tend to be either full-fledged grocery stores or "convenience stores" like 7-11 which have minimal fresh food. There are certainly exceptions but they tend to be local one-off markets. AFAIK, there aren't any widespread versions of the express/metro markets like you see in the UK.
- gtk40 10y agoThere are sort of tiers in the U.S. I would think of something like this for things we have in the Southeast US: * Convenience Store * Dollar store (a little more food options at places like Dollar General/Tree/Family Dollar, usually with a small refrigerator section and eggs and milk and juice) * "Mini" grocery stores, like Piggly Wiggly Express or Dollar General Market * Stores with mostly food and limited selection like Aldi * Supermarkets like Kroger and Publix * Supercenters like Super Walmart and Super Target with full supermarket selection and lots of other stuff
- TorKlingberg 10y agoI think "supermarket" originally meant any store where you pick the goods yourself, rather than asking at the counter.
- bryanlarsen 10y agoMy stores would get a lot more of my business if they had better interfaces. I can pop over to the grocers, buy $200-$300 worth of grocers and be home in about half an hour. Using their website takes just about as long and then I have to wait a few hours for delivery.
- wiremine 10y ago> then browse down a list of products i've purchased before (both online and instore) and chose which ones I want to be delivered That's cool. So they keep a history of everything you've purchased? Do they do that by credit card or do you log in some how when you purchase instore?