[susieheinan]

Originally Posted by RexLan

Hopefully you don't have a family and offer them the same crap every week - forever.

If you are too lazy to buy groceries you should just do without or live in the fast food drive up lane while you cruise your phone!.

I really resent this idea that shopping online is for lazy people. If you have the luxury of spending hours at the store gazing at the peaches, well then good for you. I have a husband and two children and two jobs (no thanks to Obama OR Trump). Being able to do the groceries in 5 minutes is a Godsend for me. I cannot imagine going back to the days of having to spend hours at the store, whether it's shopping for shoes or shopping for steaks. If Publix doesn't provide online pickup, I will just shop at places that do. Yes I re-order the same apples, bananas, chicken breasts, steaks, granola bars and cheese every week. All I have to do is open the Kroger app or the Walmart app on my phone and click "reorder". I plan my menus in advance and It takes the thinking out of shopping completely. All of the stores in Georgia have online pickup, which I love because unlike Instacart delivery, it's free. Publix should have pickup. They load the groceries in your trunk and even give you coupons and samples in a gift bag through the window of your car. It's something other stores have had for a decade. shame on Publix.

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by susieheinan

I really resent this idea that shopping online is for lazy people. If you have the luxury of spending hours at the store gazing at the peaches, well then good for you. I have a husband and two children and two jobs (no thanks to Obama OR Trump). Being able to do the groceries in 5 minutes is a Godsend for me. I cannot imagine going back to the days of having to spend hours at the store, whether it's shopping for shoes or shopping for steaks. If Publix doesn't provide online pickup, I will just shop at places that do. Yes I re-order the same apples, bananas, chicken breasts, steaks, granola bars and cheese every week. All I have to do is open the Kroger app or the Walmart app on my phone and click "reorder". I plan my menus in advance and It takes the thinking out of shopping completely. All of the stores in Georgia have online pickup, which I love because unlike Instacart delivery, it's free. Publix should have pickup. They load the groceries in your trunk and even give you coupons and samples in a gift bag through the window of your car. It's something other stores have had for a decade. shame on Publix.

In today's society, unlike years ago, this is a way to reduce stress and save time.

[Thundarr457]

https://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...Grocery-Pickup

[sinatras]

Originally Posted by Thundarr457

https://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...Grocery-Pickup

Fake news.

That website doesn't work. It takes you to Instacart.

Publix is not doing curbside pickup.

[sinatras]

Walmart, however, is rolling out curbside pickup to most stores in Florida. So is Target.


https://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...80412005643/en

[RexLan]

Originally Posted by susieheinan

I really resent this idea that shopping online is for lazy people. If you have the luxury of spending hours at the store gazing at the peaches, well then good for you. I have a husband and two children and two jobs (no thanks to Obama OR Trump). Being able to do the groceries in 5 minutes is a Godsend for me. I cannot imagine going back to the days of having to spend hours at the store, whether it's shopping for shoes or shopping for steaks. If Publix doesn't provide online pickup, I will just shop at places that do. Yes I re-order the same apples, bananas, chicken breasts, steaks, granola bars and cheese every week. All I have to do is open the Kroger app or the Walmart app on my phone and click "reorder". I plan my menus in advance and It takes the thinking out of shopping completely. All of the stores in Georgia have online pickup, which I love because unlike Instacart delivery, it's free. Publix should have pickup. They load the groceries in your trunk and even give you coupons and samples in a gift bag through the window of your car. It's something other stores have had for a decade. shame on Publix.

I didn't say shopping on-line was lazy - you did. However, expecting anyone to give curbside delivery to earn you business is well, let's just say stupid. Your solution is to punish Publix and not purchase from them ... hahaha.

Same old thing day after day because you are just too busy to buy your groceries ... my, my. It certainly does not take me HOURS to buy what I need.

If you really have to work 2 jobs there is a reason - think about it and adjust as required. You can't blame Obama or Trump - look in the mirror and you will see the guilty party.

[Carolina Knight]

Originally Posted by sinatras

Fake news.

That website doesn't work. It takes you to Instacart.

Publix is not doing curbside pickup.

No curbside pickup is not a problem. Not everyone needs curbside pickup to be successful.

[Arcenal813]

Originally Posted by RexLan

I didn't say shopping on-line was lazy - you did. However, expecting anyone to give curbside delivery to earn you business is well, let's just say stupid. Your solution is to punish Publix and not purchase from them ... hahaha.

Same old thing day after day because you are just too busy to buy your groceries ... my, my. It certainly does not take me HOURS to buy what I need.

If you really have to work 2 jobs there is a reason - think about it and adjust as required. You can't blame Obama or Trump - look in the mirror and you will see the guilty party.

This.

Excuse me but the whole pity party “I work two jobs have kids don’t have time to spend HOURS in the store” sounds ridiculous. I’m a single father of two, both who actively play competitive travel sports, and I work also. It’s never a chore to run into the store on my way back from work to buy groceries.
Ironically, I already find the cart helpers at Publix to be annoying. I’m already there, I have feet and arms, I can haul my stuff out myself. On the same token, if I’m already going to have to drive to the store to use curbside pickup, I might as well just go in, that was I can pick my own items and potentially see stuff on sale that I could use.

[ByeByeLW]

^Agree.

I could see curbside pickup becoming almost as ridiculous as waiting through the drive through at Dunkin Donuts in morning.

If I have the urge to go there, I use the app and then walk into the store to get my breakfast.

And I’m out before the cars have moved.

[doom1001]

Originally Posted by sinatras

"I like to walk the aisles" or "I'm not too lazy to do my own groceries" sounds exactly like the people who said 10 years ago "I'm not gonna buy shoes online" or "I like to go to stores and malls and look around and walk".

Today those same people order their Keds online and I'm not sure where they are walking and looking around, but it's not at Westshore Mall in Tampa, or North Point Mall in Atlanta that's for sure!

DeadMalls.com

Today, cardboard boxes from Amazon (and others) litter every street, people are ordering entire meals from places like California, and the last time I was in a McDonald's, there were more Uber Eats drivers than regular customers.

Yes, A LOT of people are Uber-ing their Big Macs and McNuggets to their homes. Because yes, they are too lazy to even go through a fast food drive-through. Or maybe they would rather spend the time wasted going to a restaurant or store, reading a book to their kid?

My sister just ordered six pizzas from Lou Malnati's in Chicago, since she "can't find decent pizza in Florida." Overnight free shipping. Then you wonder why restaurants go out of business so often in Florida. People are now able to order pizza cross-country!

This evolution is coming for the grocery sector.

I am so old school,I live walking distance to a McDonald's and Publix,I have a car and yet I prefer to walk over.If I'm driving and going to a fast food place the only way I go through the drive thru is if the dining room is closed,80% of the time you go through the drive thru they either get the order wrong,forget something and all that does is make me angry,I prefer to just walk in and walk out knowing everything is there and correct.The same thing with somebody delivering me food,if it's more complicated than a pizza,I don't trust anybody to get it correct,same with giving my car to a valet,it ain't happening,I don't trust anyone,they'll get the order wrong,screw up your car,less issues this way.Now ordering a good pizza from Chicago,I might do something like that cause there's literally no good pizza places in Orlando.As far as buying clothes online I'm old school there too,main reason is sizing,unless I try something on I'm not comfortable buying something online,shoes that you know will fit,sure but most everything else the only reason I would buy online would be if I go to a store,try it on and see it for a good amount less online,that way I know it fits and I'm saving money.I hear all the lazy people talking,comments like I ordered 20 McNuggets from Uber Eats and I got 1 packet of sauce,stuff like that will aggravate me!!