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I ordered from ShopRite in Canton, waited a week and a half and only received four items from my list. This wasn't Instacart, it was just online pickup from the store. People are going to Highland Park Market in Farmington but it isn't doing pickup or delivery. It's a really good store but somewhat pricey and they don't have everything.
Stop and Shop in Unionville has just re-instated online shopping with pickup and they never stopped doing Peapod delivery. Delivery is $15 or more? A lot of people don't like Stop and Shop because the prices are usually higher and the quality can be poorer.
There just don't seem to be enough grocery stores around here for the number of people. Everyone wants to go to ShopRite in Canton and that's probably why they run out of food. We also have a Fresh Market which is expensive but it's pretty good. Meat is getting hard to come by all around here, especially chicken.
So I can't really answer your question about Instacart because no one seems to be using it that I know. The few who did use it didn't have good things to say about it.
I ordered from ShopRite in Canton, waited a week and a half and only received four items from my list. This wasn't Instacart, it was just online pickup from the store. People are going to Highland Park Market in Farmington but it isn't doing pickup or delivery. It's a really good store but somewhat pricey and they don't have everything.
Stop and Shop in Unionville has just re-instated online shopping with pickup and they never stopped doing Peapod delivery. Delivery is $15 or more? A lot of people don't like Stop and Shop because the prices are usually higher and the quality can be poorer.
There just don't seem to be enough grocery stores around here for the number of people. Everyone wants to go to ShopRite in Canton and that's probably why they run out of food. We also have a Fresh Market which is expensive but it's pretty good. Meat is getting hard to come by all around here, especially chicken.
So I can't really answer your question about Instacart because no one seems to be using it that I know. The few who did use it didn't have good things to say about it.
Back in March, I ordered from the West Hartford Whole Foods via Amazon Prime and they delivered within a few hours of my order. However, they shut it down for most of April because stores were overwhelmed. I think it's come back on line recently, but the last I checked, supplies were limited.
I ordered from ShopRite in Canton, waited a week and a half and only received four items from my list. This wasn't Instacart, it was just online pickup from the store. People are going to Highland Park Market in Farmington but it isn't doing pickup or delivery. It's a really good store but somewhat pricey and they don't have everything.
Stop and Shop in Unionville has just re-instated online shopping with pickup and they never stopped doing Peapod delivery. Delivery is $15 or more? A lot of people don't like Stop and Shop because the prices are usually higher and the quality can be poorer.
There just don't seem to be enough grocery stores around here for the number of people. Everyone wants to go to ShopRite in Canton and that's probably why they run out of food. We also have a Fresh Market which is expensive but it's pretty good. Meat is getting hard to come by all around here, especially chicken.
So I can't really answer your question about Instacart because no one seems to be using it that I know. The few who did use it didn't have good things to say about it.
have you tried Fresh Market or Avon Prime Meats further down Route 44 from Canton Shope Rite?
Good quality/higher end stuff, but both stores seem to be busy. Not sure if they deliver
have you tried Fresh Market or Avon Prime Meats further down Route 44 from Canton Shope Rite?
Good quality/higher end stuff, but both stores seem to be busy. Not sure if they deliver
Yes, I like Fresh Market but they don't deliver. They're expensive too. I've never been in Avon Prime Meats even though I drive past it a lot. I did a Stop and Shop pickup and it went great! I got everything I wanted so I'll be doing that again now that they're reinstated the online ordering and pickup.
I never had food delivered until March. I signed up for instacart. You can imagine how many did because nobody wanted to risk going. They were flooded with demands. Flooded. Shoppers couldn't handle the loads. Time slots weren't available at times. Took 5+ days to get the order.
Such a great experience though but I prefer doing my own and after this month I'm done with instacart. It was a pain spraying bags with Lysol and wiping every product down before putting on counter or bringing inside kitchen.
Instacart actually hired hundreds of thousands of people this month (not only in CT) and I noticed recently the time slots are back including same day "within 2-5hr" delivery.
Wonder how many shoppers work form them in CT. Makes PeaPod look weak because with instacart you can order from multiple places like Costco, Target, Wine store, ect. It's your own personal shopper.
Update. I had to use Instacart for the dog's food. The kind I get comes from Aldi in (Bristol.) He loves this food, it's healthy, and I can't get it anywhere else. I didn't really need the food in one hour but it came anyway. And it came along with someone else's order! So if somebody is missing a bag of apples, a loaf of rye bread and two boxes of crackers, I have it. I hope I don't get charged for it.
I've had an order for dog food in with Amazon for several weeks now but I still haven't heard anything. This instacart was an emergency order because he was down to 1/2 can of food.
I don't think I'll use instacart again after this. Unless you are in the middle of making dinner and you ran out of an ingredient, you don't need it within a few hours anyway. I'd rather have the person take sufficient time locating the items and not have to drive at breakneck speed to get here.
..... I've had an order for dog food in with Amazon for several weeks now but I still haven't heard anything. This instacart was an emergency order because he was down to 1/2 can of food.
I don't think I'll use instacart again after this. ......
Chewy.com has been working pretty well for us. Althought they had been out of the cheapest brand of cat food, they are back in stock now. I don't know what brand of dog food they carry, but you have to plan for their delivery time.
Update. I had to use Instacart for the dog's food. The kind I get comes from Aldi in (Bristol.) He loves this food, it's healthy, and I can't get it anywhere else. I didn't really need the food in one hour but it came anyway. And it came along with someone else's order! So if somebody is missing a bag of apples, a loaf of rye bread and two boxes of crackers, I have it. I hope I don't get charged for it.
I've had an order for dog food in with Amazon for several weeks now but I still haven't heard anything. This instacart was an emergency order because he was down to 1/2 can of food.
I don't think I'll use instacart again after this. Unless you are in the middle of making dinner and you ran out of an ingredient, you don't need it within a few hours anyway. I'd rather have the person take sufficient time locating the items and not have to drive at breakneck speed to get here.
Fluke occurrence. I've used it many times without anything like that happening. Uber Eats on the other hand....
Chewy.com has been working pretty well for us. Althought they had been out of the cheapest brand of cat food, they are back in stock now. I don't know what brand of dog food they carry, but you have to plan for their delivery time.
Thanks, I keep reading about it and thinking I'll try it but I never do. I doubt they'll have the stuff that he loves so much from Aldi. It may be some special Aldi brand. I'll go take a look though.
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