but not every time.

I've had a good experience with it too, and it is well worth the piddly fees for the convenience.

mostly when I'm too busy or feel too lazy to go out and shop. I do the ordering online and they leave the bags on the porch so I never see the driver, but I include a tip along with the delivery fee when I pay online. It's a great service if you don't mind the extra expense. When my dad was in an assisted living place he had his own apartment and home care people to help him cook, but I had to do all the shopping in person (which involved a 40-mile round trip) until I discovered a grocery delivery service, a newish thing at the time, which was about 12 years ago. His carer could do the ordering and he didn't have to wait for a weekend when I could get away from work and do the shopping.

They leave my groceries at the door. I know "Walmart," isn't popular here, but I have limited choice where I live. I don't drive anymore and the other stores only do insta-cart which costs more.

I don't buy a lot because I usually get to the grocery store with a companion service company employee once a week, but if she cancels or I forget something it's great!

So I usually have a mid-week visit, very brief and usually for fresh items. My memory is not so good so I've been known to unintentionally skip items, but it's not a disaster.

I don't cook. I get my favorite meals in a bag, "Voila" being my favorite. I augment these with fresh fruit and a dessert.

There is a Whole Foods near by, and I do enjoy going through it just to see what's available.. Sure I smh at the prices, but I'm old, so I always do anyway, no matter what store I'm in. Now, Amazon is part of the deal, and as a Prime member, I get free grocery deliveries from W/F, along w/a discount. So it's the best of both worlds, really.

I have no intention of doing self checkout in the store. I order heavy water delivery, too ( water here very bad with cancer-causing chemicsls)

At my age I need all the help I can get. I used to bring bags but that got stressful, too. I recycle all paper bags, tho.

I won't self checkout. I am not working there for free. Give me a 10% discount and I'll consider it.

Bottles/drink cans go separate. But I only go for fewer than 10 items (stuff not available on delivery service).

mart prevailing wages . i have a paid person to take me shopping and to drs apts . if it gets to the point where the person or i cant go out anymore i may look at home deliveries .

there is a nominal fee for the in-store "shopper" and I add a tip for the driver, but it is well worth it.

I got delivery for free during the pandemic & got hooked on it. However, I am perfectly able bodied (still) so, I have gone back to doing it myself now.

I do order dog treats from Walmart tho.
And, crazy thing happened last week- Guy dropped off the dog treats along with 6 bags of someone else’s order!! When I finally got a hold of Walmart they said, “We don’t take it back. You can feel free to donate it.” “The person missing their order will get their $ back.” I felt terrible! It was ~ $190 worth of stuff!!

We donated most of it & gave the $40 girls softball glove to a friend- Her daughter was thrilled.

We've only had one problem and that was in February with that terrible ice storm. Groceries were late but we got an email in advance that the service would come a day later.

It's a great convenience. I can just go to the store's website, decide "I want some of this and some of that," and click, click, they're on their way. As I no longer drive (and don't have a car anyway), it is a necessity.

Yeah, there are a few bugs in the system (the other day, the driver said he was "unable to deliver" my order and took it back to the store), but overall it works just fine, and I don't risk getting shot if some madman decides today's the day to shoot up the local Wal-mart.

-- Mal

It's great for budgeting and starting a list as the week goes on.

we developed a standard list that we vary from each week, depending on sale items and/or what we feel like eating that week.

items and shop the sales.

I also like supporting the workers who shop and delivery our groceries.

picket line and had a neighbor pick up groceries at a different store. Luckily for us the strike only lasted a few days. the workers got a pretty good deal.

Though I don't mind supporting gig workers given I tip well. That said, I prefer to shop union as you do given the fact that Instacart and others can be exploitive.

Since I messed up my shoulder, hefting bags of dog food is painful so having it delivered is a great thing. The prices are jacked up a bit but it's worth it.

Two of my sisters had situations that I wanted to offer something besides a phone call - one lost a pet and the other had strep. I wanted to send flowers that day but delivery for one was unavailable since she lives in a rural area. Strangely, Costco does deliver to her rural area so I sent flowers and an order of their chicken alfredo. The delivery was fairly quick, the flowers were beautiful, and she said the alfredo was the best she ever had.

I sent the other sister flowers and soup - chicken noodle and broccoli cheddar (Panera's from Costco). She loved the broccoli cheddar and her husband loved the chicken noodle. Again, the delivery was quick.

So...the three times I've used grocery delivery have been successful. I don't know that I'll do it routinely, maybe for the dog food until my shoulder is better, but for now this works. As for delivery from the grocery store...I need to get out of the house and at least see people now and then. But maybe I'll try it for routine stuff - I'll probably end up spending less because I won't be tempted by shelf displays.

...while my wife was sick in Arizona but I was working in California a couple years ago. She couldn't drive so it was delivery everything and Uber whenever she needed a ride.

She's doing much better now and I'm here full time, so we don't use grocery delivery currently but it was a lifesaver when we needed it. It's good knowing it's still there. I hope it continues.

Been having delivery since covid days. A good experience for those of us who can't get around the big mega stores easily. Once in a while, something is missing, but the store's app always credits me. I'm so glad this service is available!

The added cost is not inconsequential, but worth it occassionally.

Always tip the driver. I can do the tip through the online checkout. The driver’s receive the full tip.