Completely OT. Grocery delivery services

[Jethro]

Morrisons did say they would trial it Q3 ... I can't help but feel there's a boat they missed.

[Tim Watts]

Ocado bring the stuff into the house as standard, which makes a difference for an elderly person and you get a text message a few hours before confirming if anything is missing from the order.

[chris French]

In message , Robin writes

Ocado will bring the shopping in and deposit it where you want (shame they don't put it away)

[Hugh - Was Invisible]

On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:28:42 -0000, Bob Eager wrote:=

but minimum Ocado order is =A340. That amount wouldn't fit in Mum's flat=

[Nightjar]

I can think of several local shops that do not advertise that they have a web presence. Of course, you can get similar products on the internet, but sometimes similar is not good enough.

Depends upon the product. I would not buy fresh meat or vegetables that I cannot see before I buy, for example.

Colin Bignell

[Steve Walker]

We've used online grocery shopping on and off, but tend to stay away from it. We've had the odd ridiculous substitution and more importantly the odd item that was urgently necessary missing entirely. The main problem though is dates. We usually shop for a week for five of us and when shopping online, we have frequently had to eat things dictated by date rather than what we wanted that day, but when we get the stuff ourselves, we can look through the items for those with the better dates. We even had one case where almost everything we'd bought for the week's meals had a use by date on or before the 3rd day! Now we will eat things beyond the marked date, but we shouldn't have to eat things 4 days over and well beyond their best!

SteveW

[Dave Liquorice]

Weekly shop for four here.

Good grief some one who pays attention to the dates on stuff. They get used here to put newer stuff at the back of the cupboard but that's about all. The decision on whether something is edible or not is mainly based on appearance and smell.

Use By: dates on most things are so far into the future to be almost irelevant, the milk I bought today from the local co-op has a use by of 8 Dec. What do they do to milk these days? When I was a lad you'd be lucky to get 4 days from milk kept in the fridge.

[D.M.Chapman]

Ocado have that issue sorted - you can see the dates when you order. As they deliver from (one?) large warehouse, they largely know what stock they have and they know the expiry dates of stuff.

Much better model IMO.

Darren

[dennis]

But the milk probably hadn't been in the fridge for a couple of days before you got it in the old days.

[Andy Burns]

The milk I bought last week has a use by date of 17th Dec, I do go for that cravendale stuff though as it easily lasts a week once opened, I end up chucking less down the sink that way.

[Huge]

Do what we do; ignore the dates.

[Brian Gaff]

Oakhouse Foods?

Brian

[root]

I find that a 4pint/2litre carton easily lasts a week after being opened. So long as you're sensible and don't leave it at room temperature (i.e. take out of fridge, use, put back) I've never had any that's failed the smell test. That's the only test that matters.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Is that actually cost effective given Cravendale costs so much more than own brand supermarket stuff? I find it isn't. And I prefer the taste of the 'ordinary' stuff anyway.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Being single, my milk use is pretty consistent when I'm at home. Only used for tea and coffee. And I rarely get a week out of supermarket bought milk before it goes off. I *should* really just get it by the litre, and have no waste. As I shop more than once a week.

[Tim Streater]

Buying by the smaller bottle costs rather more. You do keep it in the fridge, right, and with the bottles tightly stoppered? I'm sure we get two weeks with the 4 pint jobs.

[Andy Burns]

They often have "buy two cheap" offers on cravendale, which given it lasts so long I can take advantage of ... even watching someone pour sour milk away on TV brings me close to heaving, so I find it's worthwhile!

[F]

Asda, and I see you say that it's not an issue, but they will deliver for £2 if you opt for an 8 hour slot.

[Clive George]

Yeah, but the best thing to do with cravendale is chuck it down the sink anyway - not nearly as nice as proper milk.

[D.M.Chapman]

I know a few people who say this. Maybe it's me (it probably is!) but I really can't taste the difference between cravendalelike milk, and nice new fresh "proper" milk,

Normal milk that's been open a couple of days does start to have a smell about it though - it's not off at all, but it starts to have a milk smell that I just can't stand.

Cravendale takes a week or so to get to the same stage (so rarely does in our house).

I think I'm just particularly sensitive to the smell of milk - one thing I can't stand is the smell of stale milk. It's wortht the extra quid I spend a week to avoid that IMO :-)

Dunno why, it's always been something I can't stand.

Darren