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Brixton Chitter Chatter and News - July 2012

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Brixton Hatter said:
it's a fucking pain in the arse...and it usually costs you at least £5 for delivery IIRC.
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Not always. I used to shop with Tesco then Ocado and pick £1.99 or £2.99 delivery slots. Now I have the thingy where I pay, I dunno, £30 or something and can get Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday deliveries included in the price. You do have to spend minimum £40 though.

Using Mysupermarket.com also means it will tell you where something is cheaper or what deals are on. I found out about Mysupermarket.com from people on U75.

As Spangles mentioned, Tesco and their substitutions were just ridiculous

Think I've only had one substitution from Ocado. Ocado have never turned up late. In fact, they often ring and say they're going to be early and ask if it's ok with you. Tesco were nearly always late
 
The problem with online buying is they'll give you alternatives of out of stock stuff.Best way I've found is write a list from online site then fulfil in a bricks and mortar store.If it's out of stock forget it,just go round fulfilling the list forget anything that causes you to deviate.How to only buy what you need (pdf format peterkro educational,only $99.99).
 
peterkro said:
The problem with online buying is they'll give you alternatives of out of stock stuff.Best way I've found is write a list from online site then fulfil in a bricks and mortar store.If it's out of stock forget it,just go round fulfilling the list forget anything that causes you to deviate.How to only buy what you need (pdf format peterkro educational,only $99.99).
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When i was on crutches a few years back I used Sainsburys and they were good. Except one time I got some substations and I phoned them and said I didn't like them and they gave me a credit for the next time.
 
Minnie_the_Minx said:
Yes, but I don't order enough milk for a week or two weeks. Same with bread, so you either pay to have loads of deliveries, or get that type of stuff as and when
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There is this great system with milk, it is delivered three times a week in reusable containers by a non-polluting electric vehicle. It arrives on your doorstep before seven in the morning. Sadly no longer every day, but every other day is fine. Slightly pricier than the supermarket (but not much). And it's proper milk, not homogenised like the supermarket stuff, with cream on the top of it. Nowadays you can pay by direct debit.
 
fortyplus said:
There is this great system with milk, it is delivered three times a week in reusable containers by a non-polluting electric vehicle. It arrives on your doorstep before seven in the morning. Sadly no longer every day, but every other day is fine. Slightly pricier than the supermarket (but not much). And it's proper milk, not homogenised like the supermarket stuff, with cream on the top of it. Nowadays you can pay by direct debit.
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I can't even remember the last time I saw a milk float or whatever they're delivered in nowadays

Where do you live?
 
Minnie_the_Minx said:
I can't even remember the last time I saw a milk float or whatever they're delivered in nowadays

Where do you live?
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Off Acre Lane. I know they deliver up the hill as well - the depot is somewhere in Streatham I think, it used to be Chestnut Grove in Balham but it closed. There's a website you can put your postcode in to check if they deliver to your area, never used it because there was no interweb when we started with our milkman.
 
Electronically ordered and delivered milk! What hath man wrought...

I DEMAND ANALOG MILK
 
The problem with online shopping is you can't wonder round as shop aimlessly looking for ingredients to inspire you so you know what to cook later. It seems you have to have a very good idea of exactly what you want. I don't do shopping lists.
 
Part of what puts me off online shopping is unwanted substitutions or if you say no substitutions then ending up with all the acoutrements for, say, a lamb roast dinner but no lamb because what you chose was out of stock.
 
quimcunx said:
Part of what puts me off online shopping is unwanted substitutions or if you say no substitutions then ending up with all the acoutrements for, say, a lamb roast dinner but no lamb because what you chose was out of stock.
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Ocado send you a text to tell you if anything's missing so you can nip out and get it
 
I have banged on about this before but I get the 10pm onward slots from Ocado which are completely free. They usually turn up earlier (after calling first to check it's ok). I only get the shop when they have sent me a 20% discount voucher. Very rarely is something missing/substituted. It works really well as we're usually watching TV and one of us is always in due to small children in bed.

Also recently they have been offering £50 worth of shopping for £40 on Groupon and you get a free delivery pass for 6 months which means that you can have deliveries free at any time of the day. The drawback with this is a) you need to be a "new customer" - ie a new email address (so not exactly a problem). We did this as I'm on maternity leave so can take deliveries during the daytime but the other drawback is that so far, using the free delivery pass, we don't seem to be getting sent the 20% off vouchers - so we tend to stick to late night free deliveries and lots of money off.

We tend to bulk buy things like nappies/toilet paper (ie bulky things) and freezer foods and get that weeks shopping and then top up for a few more weeks locally until the bulky things run out and then start again. Works really well for us.

But then my other option is dragging a stubborn 2 year old and a baby around the supermarket.

We only used to do this once a year at Christmas pre-babies though. Shopping was fun then and we had a lot more disposable time and income so I can see why it's not for everyone.
 
gaijingirl said:
I have banged on about this before but I get the 10pm onward slots from Ocado which are completely free. They usually turn up earlier (after calling first to check it's ok). I only get the shop when they have sent me a 20% discount voucher. Very rarely is something missing/substituted. It works really well as we're usually watching TV and one of us is always in due to small children in bed.

Also recently they have been offering £50 worth of shopping for £40 on Groupon and you get a free delivery pass for 6 months which means that you can have deliveries free at any time of the day. The drawback with this is a) you need to be a "new customer" - ie a new email address (so not exactly a problem). We did this as I'm on maternity leave so can take deliveries during the daytime but the other drawback is that so far, using the free delivery pass, we don't seem to be getting sent the 20% off vouchers - so we tend to stick to late night free deliveries and lots of money off.

We tend to bulk buy things like nappies/toilet paper (ie bulky things) and freezer foods and get that weeks shopping and then top up for a few more weeks locally until the bulky things run out and then start again. Works really well for us.

But then my other option is dragging a stubborn 2 year old and a baby around the supermarket.

We only used to do this once a year at Christmas pre-babies though. Shopping was fun then and we had a lot more disposable time and income so I can see why it's not for everyone.
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Yeah, once you sign up, the 15-20% discounts definitely seem to be far fewer. :(
 
Onket said:
I don't know. Is it?

There's a point to having a cleaner, isn't there? You're paying so that someone can clean properly?

Online shopping is probably just people being lazy.

For the record, I do my own cleaning and shopping.
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My arms are fucked which means I can't carry a lot. I'd have to make half a dozen trips to shops and back and up four flights of stairs. I'm avoiding damaging arms further. Saves money on fares as well :p

oh, and I often get headaches going into the cold sections
 
Orang Utan said:
The problem with online shopping is you can't wonder round as shop aimlessly looking for ingredients to inspire you so you know what to cook later. It seems you have to have a very good idea of exactly what you want. I don't do shopping lists.
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I don't think the two are mutually exclusive. When something runs out I put it on the list on the fridge, but I always buy way more that just the stuff on the list, depending on what deals there are, what I fancy, what I see, etc, etc.
 
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