I have been "between books" for a little while. I was not-so-guiltily enjoying the schadenfreude of Joe Torre's recent book, and I have stalled out a bit reading about Joba Chamberlain and the midges.
Anyway, I've been loafing a bit on the computer and following a link in a junk mail from Harris Teeter for curb-side pickup. One thing led to another, and I have now used the delivery service from Peapod (Giant) for my routine, bi-weekly grocery run. The first visit to the web site took about 35 minutes to set up my profile, payment information, and build my shopping list. I set the order for three days hence, on Saturday morning at ten am. Done. The fellow arrived at ten-oh-five, and was gone by ten-fifteen.
Everything was fresh, nicely bundled, and carried into the house. Total time: 45 minutes. The delivery fee was less than ten bucks, plus a tip.
This morning I had my second delivery. Shopping took less than ten minutes. The fellow was here at 9:45 and gone by 9:55. Schlepped into the house. He even asked me if the friend who had recommended Peapod had gotten his credit. Delivery was less than ten buck, plus a tip. Total time, 20 minutes for two weeks' worth of groceries.
I have no complaints with the service. The food comes from the same local distribution center the supply the stores with, so some of the perishables are fresher. The variety on the "shelves" isn't fantastic, but will get better. You can apply coupons.
Now that I have saved so much time energy, I have changed some of my shopping habits and often stop by the very expensive Whole Foods for the specialty items I need to pick up. This is going to be a recurring theme, saving time and investing in quality products.
When I cater large events, you can't imagine the amount of time I spend either in grocery stores or schlepping things from store to car to house to pantry. Now, click, click, click, delivered to the house.
"No complaints." Highly recommended. I bet city folks must love Peapod.
"No complaints."
