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To offer a different perspective. I personally dislike both grocery delivery and pick-up options. Pick-up doesn't tend to list every option available. Pick-up

To offer a different perspective. I personally dislike both grocery delivery and pick-up options. Pick-up doesn't tend to list every option available. Pick-up also doesn't let you see the fruit or vegetables that are going into your cart until you've already paid. (I spend A LOT of money on fruit which approaches 50% of my diet on some days). Delivery there is a fee and I by principal don't try to use services that incur a fee when I can perform the task myself. This is also why I don't use delivery for pizza. I frankly don't trust strangers doing the pick-up. I've had to use this service a couple of times during self-isolation during the height of the pandemic and there was always something out-of-stock, which seemed implausible, as I never had an issue with my groceries being out of stock. I don't see how shopping is boring or tiresome, it can definitely be agitating to have to deal with the entire spectrum of your local populous in a cramped labyrinth but you are walking, searching, and making decisions. It is definitely a chore though. I'm visiting the grocery store at least once per day on average but I also live a mile away. With work-from-home/work-remote it helps to feed the social need in me, even if I'm not chatting with strangers, I'm seeing them.

Izkata 4y ago
> I frankly don't trust strangers doing the pick-up. I've had to use this service a couple of times during self-isolation during the height of the pandemic and there was always something out-of-stock, which seemed implausible, as I never had an issue with my groceries being out of stock. This is the big one for me. All current grocery delivery options in my area rely on gig workers, which is essentially having any random person on the street touch your food. I used to use Peapod, which had actual employees, so there's a bit of extra responsibility and in theory safety/reliability. Not really much worse than, say, a restaurant. Unfortunately they completely left the Midwest in Feb 2020 (great timing eh?).
- telesilla 4y ago
  >always something out-of-stock, which seemed implausible Maybe these services use dark stores, where they aren't running around your local supermarket picking up items but have a private warehouse in the city. So lots of things are out of stock. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_store https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_store

Izkata 4y ago

> I frankly don't trust strangers doing the pick-up. I've had to use this service a couple of times during self-isolation during the height of the pandemic and there was always something out-of-stock, which seemed implausible, as I never had an issue with my groceries being out of stock. This is the big one for me. All current grocery delivery options in my area rely on gig workers, which is essentially having any random person on the street touch your food. I used to use Peapod, which had actual employees, so there's a bit of extra responsibility and in theory safety/reliability. Not really much worse than, say, a restaurant. Unfortunately they completely left the Midwest in Feb 2020 (great timing eh?).

telesilla 4y ago
>always something out-of-stock, which seemed implausible Maybe these services use dark stores, where they aren't running around your local supermarket picking up items but have a private warehouse in the city. So lots of things are out of stock. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_store https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_store