LATEST MOAN FROM YOU AND ME - 2021

I think you've been stung @pete. The cost of bags and delivery against use of your own fuel? Then those bags are expected to be given back to the driver? You can almost guarantee there won't be decent use by dates on the food either. Tesco are bad with their dates at the best of times but the 'pickers' don't bother to check those or the state of any pre-packed food. They just take the nearest to hand.

I've never had a home delivery and watching the 'pickers' in the shop - it will never happen.

 

I've had Tesco delivering once a week for over a decade and am very happy with it. Monthly delivery fee for as many loads as I wish is under £7.

Substitutions are my favourite as they have a policy to give a better deal with them. If the 500g pack of mince I ordered is not available, they'll give me 750g for the same price. My Tesco brand biscuits got swapped for branded ones (making me feel momentarily posh ) The only totally failed substitution was when I ordered 1kg ham joint for a roast and got... 5 200g packs of thinly sliced ham slices.

If an item has shorter use-by date than expected, it's called out on the top of the receipt. Any unwanted items can be handed back to the driver who scans them off your bill and often hand them back if they are perishables that would otherwise get binned.

The best thing is that my weekly shop takes less than half an hour. It would take me longer to even get to a store, and as I don't drive, hauling the heavy or bulky stuff home would be a drag.

As a back up plan I sometimes order from Morrisons via Amazon prime. Same day delivery at zero cost- can't fault that one if I suddenly fancy a bottle of wine and some cheese on a Sunday afternoon.

 

It would have been difficult to give any thing back to the driver.
The door bell rang and I got up and straight to the door.
The bags were all on the front door step and the driver was in the street closing up his van.
He shouted, that's the lot there, and drove off.

 

That is very bad pete..
We did online shopping during the 1st lockdown using Asda ( my siblings and I all use different shops so we could all benefit from a shared selection) and had no problem at all . We selected a ' no bag' shop and had containers ready to transfer the items into. Any subs were always equal or better quality/ size.

My Sister uses Tesco and has the same positive experience that @Selleri has described.

Sainsburys on the whole were OK...just lots of subs made.

 

.. Yes that's what I've heard, my other sister and a friend had online from Sainsbury's....weird subs!!!

 

Just read on the side of the carrier bags, it says it's a delivery crate liner.

 

Our Sainsburys deliveries arrive in big plastic boxes. The driver puts them on the door step and we empty them while he fetches some more. When all is emptied he takes all the boxes back for re use. If there's any plastic bags holding small items in the boxes they are free. Btw i love smoked haddock so i can guess your disappointment.

 

My favourite too (with buttered boiled potatoes and peas). Yum.

 

I've had Iceland deliveries since 2019, no charge for delivery if you order over £35.
Never had a problem, I will certainly be given the driver an Xmas tip.