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Have you been dealing with middlemen? I've had great experiences so far with food delivery and with grocery curbside pickup. For food delivery, I've either cal

Have you been dealing with middlemen? I've had great experiences so far with food delivery and with grocery curbside pickup. For food delivery, I've either called the restaurant or used the restaurant's website directly to order. This has worked for chain restaurants, but most of my orders have gone to a local establishment which I've just called. For groceries, I've been buying from a small non-chain establishment: in the morning I send them a Word document with my order on it; they call me to discuss substitutions if necessary and to arrange payment; I pick up my food in the afternoon. I find it all to be wonderfully pleasant. And my money is going to those who are providing me with food.

throwaway0a5e 6y ago
Same here. I just show up at (get your pearls ready) Walmart <gasp>, check in on my phone, wait a few minutes and they put stuff in the trunk. The only problem I had was when they substituted (at no cost) many small burger rolls for a package of fewer big ones. I did accept the substitution though so it's on me. I wound up making sliders. It's basically a more streamlined version of picking up orders in a B2B context. There's just no forklifts trucks or flirting with the gatehouse lady (if you're driving a box truck you may as well act the part).