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.

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

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

Bert Coules wrote:

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.

Asda's minimum order value is £25.

--
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to replacing "aaa" by "284".

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

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

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

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

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 ?????

On 29/11/2011 19:40, 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.


That's the bit that nobody seems to have solved. Buy online, but no one
at home for delivery.

I was working outside a house a few weeks ago & watched a postie trying
to deliver small packages without much luck. Almost every house he tried
he got no reply & had to leave a card. He reckoned an 80& failure rate.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

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.

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

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.

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

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

On 29/11/11 22:16, chris French wrote:
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)

Not only that, but they take the bags out of the boxes and hand them to you.
Tesco just put the boxes on the doorstep, grunt, and then wait for you to
bend down and empty the boxes yourself.

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.

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.

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..

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

On 29/11/11 19:26, Hugh - Was Invisible wrote:

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

So why not carry on?

The co-op near us used to let you do your shopping and then they would put it
to one side (refrigerating anything that needed it), then come round and
deliver it to your door later that day or the next day.

On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:06:02 -0000, funkyoldcortina
wrote:

On 29/11/11 19:26, Hugh - Was Invisible wrote:

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

So why not carry on?

The co-op near us used to let you do your shopping and then they would
put it to one side (refrigerating anything that needed it), then come
round and deliver it to your door later that day or the next day.


I have retired so am quite happy(ish) to go and choose what we want. Local
Morrisons fish is excellent.

Mum used to shop in Iceland or the Co-op and they would deliver.
Unfortunately she can't get to the shops anymore.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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).

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Cheers,

John.

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Brian

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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.

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.

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F

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

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.