Best online Supermarket for home delivery?
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I've found they are all as bad.
I use Asda at the moment, I won't buy it if it shows its expected shelf life to be less than when I want to use it. If it does arrive with less, then I go on the app and put that as a reason. I also do the same if something arrives (that didn't have a warning as to a short expiry on the website) with something that is unusually short. I always have the refund in my account 48 hours later and keep the product too.
I use Asda at the moment, I won't buy it if it shows its expected shelf life to be less than when I want to use it. If it does arrive with less, then I go on the app and put that as a reason. I also do the same if something arrives (that didn't have a warning as to a short expiry on the website) with something that is unusually short. I always have the refund in my account 48 hours later and keep the product too.
nuyorican said:
....The staff are going to pick it. If it’s on the shelf, it’s in date....
Indeed. And the picker isn't going to be delving to the back of the shelf or bottom of the chiller to find the pack with a couple more days on it, like you might if you were shopping for yourself.(I find that supermarket meat is short dated at the best of times, I suspect to encourage you to return more frequently)
I don't know if it's still true, or if it ever was, but I heard that Asda online pickers collect from the warehouse at the back of store, rather than the shelf. Which may help with getting food with a good date.
Seems to be corroborated by the fact you don't see them, in comparison to Tesco which has lots of pickers in the aisles
We have been using Asda for 8 years now and rarely have issues with short or expired dates.
Seems to be corroborated by the fact you don't see them, in comparison to Tesco which has lots of pickers in the aisles
We have been using Asda for 8 years now and rarely have issues with short or expired dates.
nnyfxela said:
Having used Ocado for over ten years, expiry dates of delivered products is consistently excellent. Delivery reliability is also 99.9% and drivers always very nice.
Price matched with Tesco (but I suspect still costs more overall than other options).
Mrs S agrees with all that. Price matched with Tesco (but I suspect still costs more overall than other options).
Truckosaurus said:
Indeed. And the picker isn't going to be delving to the back of the shelf or bottom of the chiller to find the pack with a couple more days on it, like you might if you were shopping for yourself.
(I find that supermarket meat is short dated at the best of times, I suspect to encourage you to return more frequently)
Apparently M&S stuff from Ocado has longer dates than stuff on the shelf at M&S because it comes directly from a distribution centre. In the shop they don't put new stuff out until the current dated product is gone.(I find that supermarket meat is short dated at the best of times, I suspect to encourage you to return more frequently)
Edited by Sheepshanks on Monday 29th July 21:21
Tigerj said:
We find Morrisons really good. Apparently comes from a shop just set up for deliveries which public aren’t allowed in.
Morrison's are partnered with Ocado for logistics support.I suspect that the better home deliveries come from a central warehouse rather than being picked by a local shop.
Another for Ocado, barely any substitutions and reasonably logical when there are (though watch the price of the supplied item).
Ocado used to be the only delivery service supplying from a dark warehouse rather then a superstore, so no chance of Joe Public taking the last item with your name on it before your shopper got there. Whether other supermarkets also now have home delivery only warehouses now and do better on substitutions / missing items I don’t know. Sainsburys were just as bad when I tried switching back a couple of years ago.
Ocado used to be the only delivery service supplying from a dark warehouse rather then a superstore, so no chance of Joe Public taking the last item with your name on it before your shopper got there. Whether other supermarkets also now have home delivery only warehouses now and do better on substitutions / missing items I don’t know. Sainsburys were just as bad when I tried switching back a couple of years ago.
MrOnTheRopes said:
Ocado are brilliant because they deliver in lovely plastic bags, unlike the other cretins that load everything into scummy crates and then dump it on your doorstep. Ocado delivery over in seconds. Others loads of faff.
Forgot that point, and just to add while you pay 10p per bag as per the law, you just hand them back the following week and get a 10p refund per bag. Plus you always have a supply of new bags in the house for temporary use in the meantime…Gassing Station | Food, Drink & Restaurants | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff