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Completely OT. Grocery delivery services
Apologies for posting this here but no idea where else to ask.
Ageing Mum lives on her own in a warden controlled retirement flat which has no facilities for mobility scooters. She can cook for herself but is not sufficiently mobile to do get to any shops. My sister and I both live at some distance and cannot be guaranteed for shopping all the year round. Does anyone know of any services that will deliver relatively small amounts? Delivery charge would not be a problem. Probably better to be an internet service that I or my sister could input. Mum is not very good at describing packet or can sizes over the phone! She is interested in real food rather than the chilled or frozen pre-prepared meals that are available from those catering for the elderly etc. Any ideas very much appreciated. |
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In article op.v5pu9pergtk8fg@admin-pc,
Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: Apologies for posting this here but no idea where else to ask. Ageing Mum lives on her own in a warden controlled retirement flat which has no facilities for mobility scooters. She can cook for herself but is not sufficiently mobile to do get to any shops. My sister and I both live at some distance and cannot be guaranteed for shopping all the year round. Does anyone know of any services that will deliver relatively small amounts? Delivery charge would not be a problem. Tesco, Sainsburys and Waitrose all deliver round here. Our local, privately run, "village shop" also does home deliveries. He has quite a number of customers who can't walk home with their shopping. -- From KT24 Using a RISC OS computer running v5.16 |
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Although I've never tested this myself, as far as I know the major
supermarkets - Waitrose, Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury's - have no minimum requirement for a home delivery. Bert |
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Any ideas very much appreciated.
Wot others have said (plus Ocado whcih I don't thijnk has been menmtioned). You can check online if they cover your mother's postcode. I can vouch that it works. Eg we once did an order for MiL from Australia after Skypeing her to establish what was needed. You may want to check which will take deliveries beyond the front door. I know that Tesco will do so if you order without bags but not about others. -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid |
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On 29/11/11 16:40, Hugh - Was Invisible wrote:
Apologies for posting this here but no idea where else to ask. Ageing Mum lives on her own in a warden controlled retirement flat which has no facilities for mobility scooters. She can cook for herself but is not sufficiently mobile to do get to any shops. My sister and I both live at some distance and cannot be guaranteed for shopping all the year round. Does anyone know of any services that will deliver relatively small amounts? Delivery charge would not be a problem. Probably better to be an internet service that I or my sister could input. Mum is not very good at describing packet or can sizes over the phone! She is interested in real food rather than the chilled or frozen pre-prepared meals that are available from those catering for the elderly etc. Any ideas very much appreciated. Tesco, Sainsbury, Ocado, Waitrose, Asda they're all at it. Except Morrissons I think. Use http://www.mysupermarket.com/ and that will tell you which supermarket is cheapest and automatically place the order with that one. |
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On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:16:12 -0000, Terry Fields
wrote: Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: Ageing Mum lives on her own in a warden controlled retirement flat which has no facilities for mobility scooters. She can cook for herself but is not sufficiently mobile to do get to any shops. My sister and I both live at some distance and cannot be guaranteed for shopping all the year round. Does anyone know of any services that will deliver relatively small amounts? Delivery charge would not be a problem. Probably better to be an internet service that I or my sister could input. SWMBO does this for her mother, using Tesco - but I think all the big supermarkets offer delivery, even for small amounts. MiL phones her list to SWMBO, who then puts the order together online. Once the drivers knew they were delivering to a lady of advanced years, they couldn't have been more helpful. You soon get to know the favourite items and how much of each is required. A dishy young lady used to deliver stuff here, but for some reason SWMBO switched to a different day... Terry Fields Thanks to all who have replied. We used to use Ocado for ourselves. They were incredibly efficient but quite expensive. Since they pick from their own warehouses they know exactly what will be available at the time when you order. Before that we tried Sainsburys who were a complete shambles. Loads of substitutions, some missing and some appeared to be somebody else's |
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Hugh - Was Invisible wrote:
Apologies for posting this here but no idea where else to ask. Ageing Mum lives on her own in a warden controlled retirement flat which has no facilities for mobility scooters. She can cook for herself but is not sufficiently mobile to do get to any shops. My sister and I both live at some distance and cannot be guaranteed for shopping all the year round. Does anyone know of any services that will deliver relatively small amounts? Delivery charge would not be a problem. At least waitrose will. IIRC its a fiver for sub 50 quid deliveries. But a weeks shopping is probably getting on for that, if she has a freezer.. The people on the vans tend to be most helpful, too. Probably better to be an internet service that I or my sister could input. Mum is not very good at describing packet or can sizes over the phone! Yes. you could order (and pay for it I suspect) on her behalf. Or keep a record of her credit card and use that..you probably have power of attormey anyway which makes taht totally legal. She is interested in real food rather than the chilled or frozen pre-prepared meals that are available from those catering for the elderly etc. Yes. Although SOME of waitrose pre pack is simply excellent. we are addicted to microwavable stemed puddings for one...with dollops of fresh cream Other excellent things we have found are frozen chicken Kiev - they don't stint the garlic or the butter - and breaded cod portions. ih frozen peas and a baked spud its quick simple and pretty damned good. Any ideas very much appreciated. I suggest you simply check her postcode in waitrose online and see whether they will deliver, and browse their site. The web code is fairly ugly - its better at 'search' than 'browse' in terms of where things are to be found. And be careful when ordering thing's not to do as we did and instead of ordering ONE cheese, order one KG of cheese.. |
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On 29/11/2011 16:40, Hugh - Was Invisible wrote:
Apologies for posting this here but no idea where else to ask. Ageing Mum lives on her own in a warden controlled retirement flat which has no facilities for mobility scooters. She can cook for herself but is not sufficiently mobile to do get to any shops. My sister and I both live at some distance and cannot be guaranteed for shopping all the year round. Does anyone know of any services that will deliver relatively small amounts? Delivery charge would not be a problem. Probably better to be an internet service that I or my sister could input. Mum is not very good at describing packet or can sizes over the phone! She is interested in real food rather than the chilled or frozen pre-prepared meals that are available from those catering for the elderly etc. Any ideas very much appreciated. My first port of call would be to do a round of local shops and see which ones do a delivery service. Certainly in my part of the world, which has more than its fair share of elderly, that would cover just about all food needs. I doubt many of them sell on the internet, but, AIUI, they quickly get to know what their regular customers want and need. I have also had reports of a couple that even turned up to see whether an elderly customer was OK when they had not placed their regular order. Colin Bignell |
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Nightjar wrote:
On 29/11/2011 16:40, Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: Apologies for posting this here but no idea where else to ask. Ageing Mum lives on her own in a warden controlled retirement flat which has no facilities for mobility scooters. She can cook for herself but is not sufficiently mobile to do get to any shops. My sister and I both live at some distance and cannot be guaranteed for shopping all the year round. Does anyone know of any services that will deliver relatively small amounts? Delivery charge would not be a problem. Probably better to be an internet service that I or my sister could input. Mum is not very good at describing packet or can sizes over the phone! She is interested in real food rather than the chilled or frozen pre-prepared meals that are available from those catering for the elderly etc. Any ideas very much appreciated. My first port of call would be to do a round of local shops and see which ones do a delivery service. Certainly in my part of the world, which has more than its fair share of elderly, that would cover just about all food needs. I doubt many of them sell on the internet, but, AIUI, they quickly get to know what their regular customers want and need. I have also had reports of a couple that even turned up to see whether an elderly customer was OK when they had not placed their regular order. Colin Bignell I cant think of much that I cant get on the internet... In fact we hardly use shops at all unless we are in a hurry. Oh. I cant get the car tanked up on the internet. Have to drive to the fuel station. |
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On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:40:27 -0000, "Hugh - Was Invisible"
wrote: Apologies for posting this here but no idea where else to ask. Ageing Mum lives on her own in a warden controlled retirement flat which has no facilities for mobility scooters. She can cook for herself but is not sufficiently mobile to do get to any shops. My sister and I both live at some distance and cannot be guaranteed for shopping all the year round. Does anyone know of any services that will deliver relatively small amounts? Delivery charge would not be a problem. Probably better to be an internet service that I or my sister could input. Mum is not very good at describing packet or can sizes over the phone! She is interested in real food rather than the chilled or frozen pre-prepared meals that are available from those catering for the elderly etc. Any ideas very much appreciated. My mum, in a similar situation, uses Oakhouse Foods:- http://www.oakhousefoods.co.uk/ HTH - -- Frank Erskine |
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On 29/11/2011 17:29, Robin wrote:
Any ideas very much appreciated. Wot others have said (plus Ocado whcih I don't thijnk has been menmtioned). You can check online if they cover your mother's postcode. I can vouch that it works. Eg we once did an order for MiL from Australia after Skypeing her to establish what was needed. Yeah, I know someone who routinely does his Mum's weekly shopping for her that way: she has a phone but no computer, he has both and lives in California. It's a weird world! David |
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In article op.v5pu9pergtk8fg@admin-pc, Hugh - Was Invisible
scribeth thus Apologies for posting this here but no idea where else to ask. Ageing Mum lives on her own in a warden controlled retirement flat which has no facilities for mobility scooters. She can cook for herself but is not sufficiently mobile to do get to any shops. My sister and I both live at some distance and cannot be guaranteed for shopping all the year round. Does anyone know of any services that will deliver relatively small amounts? Delivery charge would not be a problem. Probably better to be an internet service that I or my sister could input. Mum is not very good at describing packet or can sizes over the phone! She is interested in real food rather than the chilled or frozen pre-prepared meals that are available from those catering for the elderly etc. Any ideas very much appreciated. Worth seeing if Able and Cole deliver in her area. Very pleased with their services and produce:)... http://www.abelandcole.co.uk/ Tried and gave up with the supermarkets.. -- Tony Sayer |
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Lobster wrote:
On 29/11/2011 17:29, Robin wrote: Any ideas very much appreciated. Wot others have said (plus Ocado whcih I don't thijnk has been menmtioned). You can check online if they cover your mother's postcode. I can vouch that it works. Eg we once did an order for MiL from Australia after Skypeing her to establish what was needed. Yeah, I know someone who routinely does his Mum's weekly shopping for her that way: she has a phone but no computer, he has both and lives in California. It's a weird world! Actually, its thios bit of te world that fills me with something less than the usual despair I encounter when 'going shopping' or 'watching politicians on TV' or reading the Murdochian press. This sort of thing actually is one of the 'green shoots' of recovery..a way to use what's cheap to make life better and develop business models that work in the 21st century. The current 'crossover' mode of the supermarkets exactly suits today's conditions,. Drive by shopping if you are near, or online if not. Contrast the sheds falling like dominoes in the retail parks.. David |
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On Nov 29, 5:41*pm, "Hugh - Was Invisible"
wrote: On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:16:12 -0000, Terry Fields wrote: Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: Ageing Mum lives on her own in a warden controlled retirement flat which has no facilities for mobility scooters. She can cook for herself but is not sufficiently mobile to do get to any shops. My sister and I both live at some distance and cannot be guaranteed for shopping all the year round. Does anyone know of any services that will deliver relatively small amounts? Delivery charge would not be a problem. Probably better to be an internet service that I or my sister could input. SWMBO does this for her mother, using Tesco - but I think all the big supermarkets offer delivery, even for small amounts. MiL phones her list to SWMBO, who then puts the order together online. Once the drivers knew they were delivering to a lady of advanced years, they couldn't have been more helpful. You soon get to know the favourite items and how much of each is required. A dishy young lady used to deliver stuff here, but for some reason SWMBO switched to a different day... Terry Fields Thanks to all who have replied. We used to use Ocado for ourselves. They were incredibly efficient but quite expensive. Since they pick from their own warehouses they know exactly what will be available at the time when you order. Before that we tried Sainsburys who were a complete shambles. Loads of substitutions, some missing and some appeared to be somebody else's My mother tried out Sinsbury's delivery and had too many (not very close) substitutions, too. They would always take them back and credit her, but that's not much help if the missing item was something needed that day. She finally gave up on them when she received a pack of smoked fish which was supposed to be sealed but had leaked over the rest of the shopping in one bag - probably carelessness when opening the box the packs would have come in... Unfortunately there isn't a Waitrose close by. |
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On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:23:24 -0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote: Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: Apologies for posting this here but no idea where else to ask. Ageing Mum lives on her own in a warden controlled retirement flat which has no facilities for mobility scooters. She can cook for herself but is not sufficiently mobile to do get to any shops. My sister and I both live at some distance and cannot be guaranteed for shopping all the year round. Does anyone know of any services that will deliver relatively small amounts? Delivery charge would not be a problem. At least waitrose will. IIRC its a fiver for sub 50 quid deliveries. But a weeks shopping is probably getting on for that, if she has a freezer.. The people on the vans tend to be most helpful, too. Probably better to be an internet service that I or my sister could input. Mum is not very good at describing packet or can sizes over the phone! Yes. you could order (and pay for it I suspect) on her behalf. Or keep a record of her credit card and use that..you probably have power of attormey anyway which makes taht totally legal. She is interested in real food rather than the chilled or frozen pre-prepared meals that are available from those catering for the elderly etc. Yes. Although SOME of waitrose pre pack is simply excellent. we are addicted to microwavable stemed puddings for one...with dollops of fresh cream Other excellent things we have found are frozen chicken Kiev - they don't stint the garlic or the butter - and breaded cod portions. ih frozen peas and a baked spud its quick simple and pretty damned good. Any ideas very much appreciated. I suggest you simply check her postcode in waitrose online and see whether they will deliver, and browse their site. The web code is fairly ugly - its better at 'search' than 'browse' in terms of where things are to be found. And be careful when ordering thing's not to do as we did and instead of ordering ONE cheese, order one KG of cheese.. Thanks. I am the OP. As I mentioned earlier we used to use Ocado who deliver mainly Waitrose groceries. Excellent quality, practically no substitutions and 1 hour slots |
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On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:29:32 +0000, Robin wrote:
Any ideas very much appreciated. Wot others have said (plus Ocado whcih I don't thijnk has been menmtioned). You can check online if they cover your mother's postcode. I can vouch that it works. Eg we once did an order for MiL from Australia after Skypeing her to establish what was needed. You may want to check which will take deliveries beyond the front door. I know that Tesco will do so if you order without bags but not about others. Ocado will. -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On 29/11/2011 19:04, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Lobster wrote: On 29/11/2011 17:29, Robin wrote: Any ideas very much appreciated. Wot others have said (plus Ocado whcih I don't thijnk has been menmtioned). You can check online if they cover your mother's postcode. I can vouch that it works. Eg we once did an order for MiL from Australia after Skypeing her to establish what was needed. Yeah, I know someone who routinely does his Mum's weekly shopping for her that way: she has a phone but no computer, he has both and lives in California. It's a weird world! Actually, its thios bit of te world that fills me with something less than the usual despair I encounter when 'going shopping' or 'watching politicians on TV' or reading the Murdochian press. This sort of thing actually is one of the 'green shoots' of recovery..a way to use what's cheap to make life better and develop business models that work in the 21st century. The current 'crossover' mode of the supermarkets exactly suits today's conditions,. Drive by shopping if you are near, or online if not. Contrast the sheds falling like dominoes in the retail parks.. David Yes, some sort of crossover is the way forward. I certainly tend to look online for things, decide pretty well what I want and then nip into a shed for a physical lookover. If the price is right (often by buying online for collection from the shed) I'll buy from the shed, else I'll order online and put up with the hassles of home delivery. SteveW |
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On 29/11/2011 16:40, Hugh - Was Invisible wrote:
Apologies for posting this here but no idea where else to ask. Ageing Mum lives on her own in a warden controlled retirement flat which has no facilities for mobility scooters. She can cook for herself but is not sufficiently mobile to do get to any shops. My sister and I both live at some distance and cannot be guaranteed for shopping all the year round. Does anyone know of any services that will deliver relatively small amounts? Delivery charge would not be a problem. Probably better to be an internet service that I or my sister could input. Mum is not very good at describing packet or can sizes over the phone! She is interested in real food rather than the chilled or frozen pre-prepared meals that are available from those catering for the elderly etc. Any ideas very much appreciated. Any of the big names will do it. They will drop any quantity, and may do free delivery for larger orders. Delivery prices often vary with more desirable slots being a bit more expensive. In the past we have used tesco, waitrose, and occado. Occado were probably the best, but would not deliver to where we moved, so switched to waitrose (much the same selection but orders picked from the local shop rather than the main warehouse). -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:40:55 +0000, Steve Walker wrote:
On 29/11/2011 19:04, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Lobster wrote: On 29/11/2011 17:29, Robin wrote: Any ideas very much appreciated. Wot others have said (plus Ocado whcih I don't thijnk has been menmtioned). You can check online if they cover your mother's postcode. I can vouch that it works. Eg we once did an order for MiL from Australia after Skypeing her to establish what was needed. Yeah, I know someone who routinely does his Mum's weekly shopping for her that way: she has a phone but no computer, he has both and lives in California. It's a weird world! Actually, its thios bit of te world that fills me with something less than the usual despair I encounter when 'going shopping' or 'watching politicians on TV' or reading the Murdochian press. This sort of thing actually is one of the 'green shoots' of recovery..a way to use what's cheap to make life better and develop business models that work in the 21st century. The current 'crossover' mode of the supermarkets exactly suits today's conditions,. Drive by shopping if you are near, or online if not. Contrast the sheds falling like dominoes in the retail parks.. David Yes, some sort of crossover is the way forward. I certainly tend to look online for things, decide pretty well what I want and then nip into a shed for a physical lookover. If the price is right (often by buying online for collection from the shed) I'll buy from the shed, else I'll order online and put up with the hassles of home delivery. SteveW Being a bit of a web pioneer, I tried getting SWMBO into online shopping 10 years ago ... she finally relented in July, and now wouldn't have it any other way. It finally dawned on her that spending half a Saturday going round a crowded store in a wheelchair (let's not talk about parking) only to see they haven't got half the stuff you want was not the best use of time. We tried Tescos, and and (she !) discovered that subtle selection of special offers, and bulk buying, and you quickly make up the £3 delivery ... oh, and you get it delivered when you want (i.e. during the week). So we use the free weekend time to look round local butchers and speciality shops we never had time to when we did a physical shop. And surely it's greener for one van to deliver to 20 addresses, than 20 cars drive to the supermarket ? My only worry is at some point the government decides it needs a special tax[1] to encourage it's uptake. [1]like VAT on eBooks - I mean wtf ????? |
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On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:34:46 +0000, funkyoldcortina wrote:
On 29/11/11 16:40, Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: Apologies for posting this here but no idea where else to ask. Ageing Mum lives on her own in a warden controlled retirement flat which has no facilities for mobility scooters. She can cook for herself but is not sufficiently mobile to do get to any shops. My sister and I both live at some distance and cannot be guaranteed for shopping all the year round. Does anyone know of any services that will deliver relatively small amounts? Delivery charge would not be a problem. Probably better to be an internet service that I or my sister could input. Mum is not very good at describing packet or can sizes over the phone! She is interested in real food rather than the chilled or frozen pre-prepared meals that are available from those catering for the elderly etc. Any ideas very much appreciated. Tesco, Sainsbury, Ocado, Waitrose, Asda they're all at it. Except Morrissons I think. Use http://www.mysupermarket.com/ and that will tell you which supermarket is cheapest and automatically place the order with that one. Morrisons did say they would trial it Q3 ... I can't help but feel there's a boat they missed. |
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Robin wrote:
Any ideas very much appreciated. Wot others have said (plus Ocado whcih I don't thijnk has been menmtioned). You can check online if they cover your mother's postcode. Ocado bring the stuff into the house as standard, which makes a difference for an elderly person and you get a text message a few hours before confirming if anything is missing from the order. -- Tim Watts |
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In message , Robin writes
Any ideas very much appreciated. Wot others have said (plus Ocado whcih I don't thijnk has been menmtioned). You can check online if they cover your mother's postcode. I can vouch that it works. Eg we once did an order for MiL from Australia after Skypeing her to establish what was needed. You may want to check which will take deliveries beyond the front door. I know that Tesco will do so if you order without bags but not about others. Ocado will bring the shopping in and deposit it where you want (shame they don't put it away) -- Chris French |
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On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:28:42 -0000, Bob Eager wrote:
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:29:32 +0000, Robin wrote: Any ideas very much appreciated. Wot others have said (plus Ocado whcih I don't thijnk has been menmtioned). You can check online if they cover your mother's postcode. I can vouch that it works. Eg we once did an order for MiL from Australia after Skypeing her to establish what was needed. You may want to check which will take deliveries beyond the front door. |
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On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:04:22 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
The current 'crossover' mode of the supermarkets exactly suits today's conditions,. Drive by shopping if you are near, or online if not. On line provided you aren't too far away... I think the only one to deliver here is Asda. Tesco deliver to the town 2 miles away (out of 29 from the store) but not to us. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On 29/11/2011 18:38, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Nightjar wrote: On 29/11/2011 16:40, Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: Apologies for posting this here but no idea where else to ask. Ageing Mum lives on her own in a warden controlled retirement flat which has no facilities for mobility scooters. She can cook for herself but is not sufficiently mobile to do get to any shops. My sister and I both live at some distance and cannot be guaranteed for shopping all the year round. Does anyone know of any services that will deliver relatively small amounts? Delivery charge would not be a problem. Probably better to be an internet service that I or my sister could input. Mum is not very good at describing packet or can sizes over the phone! She is interested in real food rather than the chilled or frozen pre-prepared meals that are available from those catering for the elderly etc. Any ideas very much appreciated. My first port of call would be to do a round of local shops and see which ones do a delivery service. Certainly in my part of the world, which has more than its fair share of elderly, that would cover just about all food needs. I doubt many of them sell on the internet, but, AIUI, they quickly get to know what their regular customers want and need. I have also had reports of a couple that even turned up to see whether an elderly customer was OK when they had not placed their regular order. Colin Bignell I cant think of much that I cant get on the internet... I can think of several local shops that do not advertise that they have a web presence. Of course, you can get similar products on the internet, but sometimes similar is not good enough. In fact we hardly use shops at all unless we are in a hurry. Depends upon the product. I would not buy fresh meat or vegetables that I cannot see before I buy, for example. Colin Bignell |
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On 29/11/2011 20:12, Jethro wrote:
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:40:55 +0000, Steve Walker wrote: On 29/11/2011 19:04, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Lobster wrote: On 29/11/2011 17:29, Robin wrote: Any ideas very much appreciated. Wot others have said (plus Ocado whcih I don't thijnk has been menmtioned). You can check online if they cover your mother's postcode. I can vouch that it works. Eg we once did an order for MiL from Australia after Skypeing her to establish what was needed. Yeah, I know someone who routinely does his Mum's weekly shopping for her that way: she has a phone but no computer, he has both and lives in California. It's a weird world! Actually, its thios bit of te world that fills me with something less than the usual despair I encounter when 'going shopping' or 'watching politicians on TV' or reading the Murdochian press. This sort of thing actually is one of the 'green shoots' of recovery..a way to use what's cheap to make life better and develop business models that work in the 21st century. The current 'crossover' mode of the supermarkets exactly suits today's conditions,. Drive by shopping if you are near, or online if not. Contrast the sheds falling like dominoes in the retail parks.. David Yes, some sort of crossover is the way forward. I certainly tend to look online for things, decide pretty well what I want and then nip into a shed for a physical lookover. If the price is right (often by buying online for collection from the shed) I'll buy from the shed, else I'll order online and put up with the hassles of home delivery. SteveW Being a bit of a web pioneer, I tried getting SWMBO into online shopping 10 years ago ... she finally relented in July, and now wouldn't have it any other way. It finally dawned on her that spending half a Saturday going round a crowded store in a wheelchair (let's not talk about parking) only to see they haven't got half the stuff you want was not the best use of time. We tried Tescos, and and (she !) discovered that subtle selection of special offers, and bulk buying, and you quickly make up the £3 delivery ... oh, and you get it delivered when you want (i.e. during the week). So we use the free weekend time to look round local butchers and speciality shops we never had time to when we did a physical shop. And surely it's greener for one van to deliver to 20 addresses, than 20 cars drive to the supermarket ? My only worry is at some point the government decides it needs a special tax[1] to encourage it's uptake. [1]like VAT on eBooks - I mean wtf ????? We've used online grocery shopping on and off, but tend to stay away from it. We've had the odd ridiculous substitution and more importantly the odd item that was urgently necessary missing entirely. The main problem though is dates. We usually shop for a week for five of us and when shopping online, we have frequently had to eat things dictated by date rather than what we wanted that day, but when we get the stuff ourselves, we can look through the items for those with the better dates. We even had one case where almost everything we'd bought for the week's meals had a use by date on or before the 3rd day! Now we will eat things beyond the marked date, but we shouldn't have to eat things 4 days over and well beyond their best! SteveW |
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On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:54:29 +0000, Steve Walker wrote:
We usually shop for a week for five of us Weekly shop for four here. We even had one case where almost everything we'd bought for the week's meals had a use by date on or before the 3rd day! Good grief some one who pays attention to the dates on stuff. They get used here to put newer stuff at the back of the cupboard but that's about all. The decision on whether something is edible or not is mainly based on appearance and smell. Use By: dates on most things are so far into the future to be almost irelevant, the milk I bought today from the local co-op has a use by of 8 Dec. What do they do to milk these days? When I was a lad you'd be lucky to get 4 days from milk kept in the fridge. -- Cheers Dave. |
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In article ,
Steve Walker wrote: We've used online grocery shopping on and off, but tend to stay away from it. We've had the odd ridiculous substitution and more importantly the odd item that was urgently necessary missing entirely. The main problem though is dates. Ocado have that issue sorted - you can see the dates when you order. As they deliver from (one?) large warehouse, they largely know what stock they have and they know the expiry dates of stuff. Much better model IMO. Darren |
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message ll.co.uk... Use By: dates on most things are so far into the future to be almost irelevant, the milk I bought today from the local co-op has a use by of 8 Dec. What do they do to milk these days? When I was a lad you'd be lucky to get 4 days from milk kept in the fridge. But the milk probably hadn't been in the fridge for a couple of days before you got it in the old days. |
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
the milk I bought today from the local co-op has a use by of 8 Dec. The milk I bought last week has a use by date of 17th Dec, I do go for that cravendale stuff though as it easily lasts a week once opened, I end up chucking less down the sink that way. |
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Completely OT. Grocery delivery services
On Nov 29, 6:59*pm, tony sayer wrote:
Worth seeing if Able and Cole deliver in her area. Very pleased with their services and produce:)... http://www.abelandcole.co.uk/ I'll second that, very pleased with them when I've used them. Milk and More (http://www.milkandmore.co.uk/home) are also useful for more things than milk. Matt |
Completely OT. Grocery delivery services
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:58:33 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote: the milk I bought today from the local co-op has a use by of 8 Dec. The milk I bought last week has a use by date of 17th Dec, I do go for that cravendale stuff though as it easily lasts a week once opened, I end up chucking less down the sink that way. I find that a 4pint/2litre carton easily lasts a week after being opened. So long as you're sensible and don't leave it at room temperature (i.e. take out of fridge, use, put back) I've never had any that's failed the smell test. That's the only test that matters. |
Completely OT. Grocery delivery services
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Andy Burns wrote: The milk I bought last week has a use by date of 17th Dec, I do go for that cravendale stuff though as it easily lasts a week once opened, I end up chucking less down the sink that way. Is that actually cost effective given Cravendale costs so much more than own brand supermarket stuff? I find it isn't. And I prefer the taste of the 'ordinary' stuff anyway. -- *Why are they called apartments, when they're all stuck together? * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
Completely OT. Grocery delivery services
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root wrote: I find that a 4pint/2litre carton easily lasts a week after being opened. So long as you're sensible and don't leave it at room temperature (i.e. take out of fridge, use, put back) I've never had any that's failed the smell test. That's the only test that matters. Being single, my milk use is pretty consistent when I'm at home. Only used for tea and coffee. And I rarely get a week out of supermarket bought milk before it goes off. I *should* really just get it by the litre, and have no waste. As I shop more than once a week. -- *If at first you don't succeed, try management * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
Completely OT. Grocery delivery services
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Is that actually cost effective given Cravendale costs so much more than own brand supermarket stuff? They often have "buy two cheap" offers on cravendale, which given it lasts so long I can take advantage of ... even watching someone pour sour milk away on TV brings me close to heaving, so I find it's worthwhile! |
Completely OT. Grocery delivery services
On 29/11/2011 16:40 Hugh - Was Invisible wrote:
Does anyone know of any services that will deliver relatively small amounts? Delivery charge would not be a problem. Asda, and I see you say that it's not an issue, but they will deliver for £2 if you opt for an 8 hour slot. -- F |
Completely OT. Grocery delivery services
On 30/11/2011 07:58, Andy Burns wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote: the milk I bought today from the local co-op has a use by of 8 Dec. The milk I bought last week has a use by date of 17th Dec, I do go for that cravendale stuff though as it easily lasts a week once opened, I end up chucking less down the sink that way. Yeah, but the best thing to do with cravendale is chuck it down the sink anyway - not nearly as nice as proper milk. |
Completely OT. Grocery delivery services
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Clive George wrote: Yeah, but the best thing to do with cravendale is chuck it down the sink anyway - not nearly as nice as proper milk. I know a few people who say this. Maybe it's me (it probably is!) but I really can't taste the difference between cravendalelike milk, and nice new fresh "proper" milk, Normal milk that's been open a couple of days does start to have a smell about it though - it's not off at all, but it starts to have a milk smell that I just can't stand. Cravendale takes a week or so to get to the same stage (so rarely does in our house). I think I'm just particularly sensitive to the smell of milk - one thing I can't stand is the smell of stale milk. It's wortht the extra quid I spend a week to avoid that IMO :-) Dunno why, it's always been something I can't stand. Darren |
Completely OT. Grocery delivery services
On 30/11/2011 14:25, D.M.Chapman wrote:
In article2LadndGpZ4zeqkvTnZ2dnUVZ8mudnZ2d@brightvie w.co.uk, Clive wrote: Yeah, but the best thing to do with cravendale is chuck it down the sink anyway - not nearly as nice as proper milk. I know a few people who say this. Maybe it's me (it probably is!) but I really can't taste the difference between cravendalelike milk, and nice new fresh "proper" milk, It's just personal. I like milk, I drink a fair amount of it, and I can tell the difference. Unlike UHT, I can actually drink it if there's no choice, but it's still not great. |
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