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This is why I am now only buying pre packaged produce. I have no desire to have someone's sweating fingerprints on my tomato, or peaches. Gross.
I've been using an organic fruit/vegetable wash for years. The bottle says eliminates 99.9% of chemicals & waxes. Not sure if it removes "germs" but it's better than just rinsing your produce. Thank about how many people touch that peach from the time it is harvested till it gets to your grocery store.
Had to laugh, at myself: I'm used to submitting an order, occasionally, and having it turn up later than day. Ah, the good old days (aka "February.") So to OP's point, was running just a tad low on things I want, though thank God don't "need" per se: I have canned and frozen goods for a month and takeout is a call away. These are frosting on the cake items like cheese and milk.
SO, I read on local lists that delivery from grocery is slowed way down. Ok...so shifted from one to another format via my favorite grocer: I pickup. Sure enough had a Sunday afternoon slot (today as I write), so I loaded up a bunch of nice-to-haves, and will be ready for me to pickup instead (heavens to Betsy: I have to drive three miles to the store? Like I have anything better to do.) They'll probably have it waiting. End of drama, took planning a whopping three days ahead.
People who can't do that are probably vagrants, 7-11 Ghouls, and other reprobates. Go to the soup kitchen. Oh, that's shut down, too. Hmm. Leave the state, then.
I once had a grocery store cashier hold up an item and ask me if it was artichoke or asparagus. No joke. She legitimately didn't know the difference.
I was once way undercharged at Sprouts, the store known for its produce, because the cashier insisted that the large bag of shiitake mushrooms I had were cremini. Believe me, they were shiitake, and were twice the $$$ per pound as the cremini she charged me for.
This the Fred Meyer FAQ page about home delivery of grocery items. Fred Meyer is owned by Kroger. I imagine that your local Kroger owned chain has similar arrangements with InstaCart.
If you have questions you can have a look.
And, you have to order days in advance.
Tips for shopper are added into the bill, as I understand it.
This the Fred Meyer FAQ page about home delivery of grocery items. Fred Meyer is owned by Kroger. I imagine that your local Kroger owned chain has similar arrangements with InstaCart.
If you have questions you can have a look.
And, you have to order days in advance.
Tips for shopper are added into the bill, as I understand it.
The problem with the Kroger's deliveries are the same as their pick-up service. You order 15 items and you get eight. And that is after you have waited 5-7 days for a "pick-up slot." If I place an order today on Sunday, it will be Saturday before it is ready.
Or I can place the order on Sunday and get 90%+ of the product from Walmart on Tuesday evening. It is NOT a hard call.
Guess just have to enjoy while it lasts. I'm placing the order for next week's delivery now...
You are fortunate you can. Out here in NJ, if i attempt to do an online order, the next available delivery date is April 18th. Today is the 5th. That is how backed up they are.
But not on shopping via a delivery service, right?
I can tell that you really don't have much, if any, experience with delivery services. You can leave specific instructions for your shopper when you place your order. Moreover, you can even communicate with your shopper via text message while s/he is picking out your groceries. (TBH, I don't know if that is uniformly the case with all delivery services, but it is the case with Instacart.)
You don't think someone who shops for a living knows how to tell when fruits and vegetables are ready to eat?
Then don't use them. But don't tell others what to expect from their delivery service when you have absolutely no knowledge of how the process works.
I notice you avoided the question of what the store does with the less than ideal bananas. I laugh at the idea that there is some kind of qualifying screening for who becomes a "professional shopper." The quicker the shopper gets through the order, the quicker they can do the next. The top of the pile is where your meat and produce is coming from; they're not going to eat any of it so what would be their motivation to take extra time to find the perfect tomato?
Unless they're going to eat it all at one time most people don't want all their produce to be "ready to eat" if they're not shopping or getting a delivery every day. Being such a proponent and not even acknowledging shortcomings in the delivery systems that many here have identified leads one to believe you may have a financial interest in their success.
And don't be so arrogant to tell me what I know.
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