My first world problem

[rjamz]

I went to Whole Foods early this morning around 8:45. They still haven't delivered my groceries and I'm huuuuungry.

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[careyalis]

How does that work? Do you walk around and fill up your own basket or give them a shopping list and they get it for you? Do you pay extra for delivery? Big city life is so intriguing to me!

[rjamz]

Jul 29, 2013 10:48:51 GMT -5 careyalis said:

How does that work? Do you walk around and fill up your own basket or give them a shopping list and they get it for you? Do you pay extra for delivery? Big city life is so intriguing to me!

They actually just started a personal shopping thing, but I've never used it. It has a $150 minimum, which is more than I usually spend

I walk around, fill up my basket, check out and ask them for delivery. They charge $4.95 for any amount of groceries. It's really convenient.

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[careyalis]

$5.00 to not have to cart all of that shit home?! So worth it!

[claralou]

You have no idea how jealous I am that you have this service (even if they're slow).

[sunshineluv]

Jul 29, 2013 10:51:07 GMT -5 rjamz said:

Jul 29, 2013 10:48:51 GMT -5 careyalis said:

How does that work? Do you walk around and fill up your own basket or give them a shopping list and they get it for you? Do you pay extra for delivery? Big city life is so intriguing to me!

They actually just started a personal shopping thing, but I've never used it. It has a $150 minimum, which is more than I usually spend

I walk around, fill up my basket, check out and ask them for delivery. They charge $4.95 for any amount of groceries. It's really convenient.

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If you don't use the delivery, how do you get lots of groceries home?  I bet cabbing it with a baby and groceries would be super annoying.  Well worth the $5 fee. 

Around here you can order online and pick up curbside, for a small fee, I need to start doing this. I could if I was more organized.

[imimahoney]

This is way more advanced then it used to be.

When I was growing up we would pay for our groceries and then at checkout pay $2.50 for delivery. A bag boy would then follow us home pushing our cart of groceries and then help us put them in the elevator. It was convenient but soooo awkward!

[AndyCohen]

Jul 29, 2013 10:55:14 GMT -5 sunshineluv said:

Jul 29, 2013 10:51:07 GMT -5 rjamz said:

They actually just started a personal shopping thing, but I've never used it. It has a $150 minimum, which is more than I usually spend

I walk around, fill up my basket, check out and ask them for delivery. They charge $4.95 for any amount of groceries. It's really convenient.

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If you don't use the delivery, how do you get lots of groceries home?  I bet cabbing it with a baby and groceries would be super annoying.  Well worth the $5 fee. 

Around here you can order online and pick up curbside, for a small fee, I need to start doing this. I could if I was more organized.

I don't usually do delivery, so I usually need to go to the store every three days or so. If you're purchasing groceries for the whole week, you pretty much have to do delivery, yeah.

[raynes]

Yup, definitely a FWP.

We've only got one WF west of Toronto and it just happens to be here in the city I work in. I have a love/hate relationship with this hot and salad bars.

[SteelCity44]

Some days, I would consider paying someone $5 to take my groceries from my trunk into the kitchen (house is about 15 feet from the car and up 5 steps). But I would pay $10 for someone to get the sleeping child out of his car seat and into his bed without waking him up.

[bigapple]

Jul 29, 2013 10:59:34 GMT -5 SteelCity44 said:

Some days, I would consider paying someone $5 to take my groceries from my trunk into the kitchen (house is about 15 feet from the car and up 5 steps). But I would pay $10 for someone to get the sleeping child out of his car seat and into his bed without waking him up.

I would pay $100 for someone to get my kid to sleep in his carseat.

[rjamz]

Jul 29, 2013 10:55:14 GMT -5 sunshineluv said:

Jul 29, 2013 10:51:07 GMT -5 rjamz said:

They actually just started a personal shopping thing, but I've never used it. It has a $150 minimum, which is more than I usually spend

I walk around, fill up my basket, check out and ask them for delivery. They charge $4.95 for any amount of groceries. It's really convenient.

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If you don't use the delivery, how do you get lots of groceries home?  I bet cabbing it with a baby and groceries would be super annoying.  Well worth the $5 fee. 

Around here you can order online and pick up curbside, for a small fee, I need to start doing this. I could if I was more organized.

Yup and the cab would cost more than $5

[bigapple]

I haven't gotten groceries delivered from Whole Foods, but I have from Trader Joes a few times. They give you a delivery window a few hours after you shop. Normally I just lug as much as I can in my arms with C in a carrier.

I used to use Fresh Direct (online grocery store here, like Peapod, where you shop online and pick a delivery time), but they fucked up my last few orders pretty terribly, so now they're dead to me. The worst was when they forgot to deliver one box with half my Thanksgiving dinner order on the Wednesday night before, so I had to brave the grocery store madness.

Random note: We almost got our Christmas tree delivered from Whole Foods but instead negotiated a better price from our corner deli and carried it home ourselves with C strapped on to DH.

[sunshineluv]

Jul 29, 2013 11:04:27 GMT -5 bigapple said:

Jul 29, 2013 10:59:34 GMT -5 SteelCity44 said:

Some days, I would consider paying someone $5 to take my groceries from my trunk into the kitchen (house is about 15 feet from the car and up 5 steps). But I would pay $10 for someone to get the sleeping child out of his car seat and into his bed without waking him up.

I would pay $100 for someone to get my kid to sleep in his carseat.

Man, this is a skill I need to learn. How fun would that be, getting snuggly babies from the car to the bed, for money!?

But I think that is a skill I will never master.

[chasbride07]

Jul 29, 2013 10:55:14 GMT -5 sunshineluv said:

Jul 29, 2013 10:51:07 GMT -5 rjamz said:

They actually just started a personal shopping thing, but I've never used it. It has a $150 minimum, which is more than I usually spend

I walk around, fill up my basket, check out and ask them for delivery. They charge $4.95 for any amount of groceries. It's really convenient.

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If you don't use the delivery, how do you get lots of groceries home?  I bet cabbing it with a baby and groceries would be super annoying.  Well worth the $5 fee. 

Around here you can order online and pick up curbside, for a small fee, I need to start doing this. I could if I was more organized.

I do the online ordering at Harris Teeter and LOVE it.  I tend to do the order in the morning when the kids are happily playing and pick up in the afternoon - they require giving them at least 4 hours to do the pick up.  It makes me create a meal plan for the week and stick to a better list rather than wandering the aisles and picking up random crap just because it's there.

[rjamz]

Jul 29, 2013 11:12:53 GMT -5 bigapple said:

I haven't gotten groceries delivered from Whole Foods, but I have from Trader Joes a few times. They give you a delivery window a few hours after you shop. Normally I just lug as much as I can in my arms with C in a carrier.

I used to use Fresh Direct (online grocery store here, like Peapod, where you shop online and pick a delivery time), but they fucked up my last few orders pretty terribly, so now they're dead to me. The worst was when they forgot to deliver one box with half my Thanksgiving dinner order on the Wednesday night before, so I had to brave the grocery store madness.

Random note: We almost got our Christmas tree delivered from Whole Foods but instead negotiated a better price from our corner deli and carried it home ourselves with C strapped on to DH.

Ugh, freshdirect used to be the BEST. They really suck now. They deliver gross veggies that they promise would be fresh and great, forget things, and the delivery guys seem to expect a tip, which they never did before

[lauranicole91]

Jul 29, 2013 11:12:55 GMT -5 sunshineluv said:

Jul 29, 2013 11:04:27 GMT -5 bigapple said:

I would pay $100 for someone to get my kid to sleep in his carseat.

Man, this is a skill I need to learn. How fun would that be, getting snuggly babies from the car to the bed, for money!?

But I think that is a skill I will never master.

Or stinky, sweaty, drooling, grunting sleepy babies from car to crib, if you are my kid.

[mumegs]

Wow that is awesome! $5 is nothing to have your groceries delivered esp living in the city it must be so hard to buy a lot of stuff wo a car

[rjamz]

And, I've discovered that in this crazy city, Whole Foods is one of the cheapest places to shop, especially for basics like pasta and canned stuff (if you buy their brand)

[The Foozzler]

What if you buy frozen food? Where do the groceries sit between checkout and when they get delivered?

[The Foozzler]

Jul 29, 2013 11:12:55 GMT -5 sunshineluv said:

Jul 29, 2013 11:04:27 GMT -5 bigapple said:

I would pay $100 for someone to get my kid to sleep in his carseat.

Man, this is a skill I need to learn. How fun would that be, getting snuggly babies from the car to the bed, for money!?

But I think that is a skill I will never master.

I just carried my sleeping kid from car to crib. I am available for hire

[rjamz]

Jul 29, 2013 11:18:25 GMT -5 The Foozzler said:

What if you buy frozen food? Where do the groceries sit between checkout and when they get delivered?

They have a cooler, but I usually just bring frozen stuff home with me

[bigapple]

Jul 29, 2013 11:18:25 GMT -5 The Foozzler said:

What if you buy frozen food? Where do the groceries sit between checkout and when they get delivered?

I have no idea, but they always arrive frozen. I've had some slightly soft ice cream, but nothing terrible.

rjamz, my family doesn't believe me about Whole Foods being reasonably priced here. It's cheaper than the nasty Grosstedes across from my old apartment that could not wrap their minds around the importance of unexpired foods or fly-free deli displays.

[rjamz]

Jul 29, 2013 11:24:11 GMT -5 bigapple said:

Jul 29, 2013 11:18:25 GMT -5 The Foozzler said:

What if you buy frozen food? Where do the groceries sit between checkout and when they get delivered?

I have no idea, but they always arrive frozen. I've had some slightly soft ice cream, but nothing terrible.

rjamz, my family doesn't believe me about Whole Foods being reasonably priced here. It's cheaper than the nasty Grosstedes across from my old apartment that could not wrap their minds around the importance of unexpired foods or fly-free deli displays.

Lol! Gristedes is the worst! I always feel like I've been robbed when I go there

[bigapple]

Jul 29, 2013 11:19:32 GMT -5 The Foozzler said:

Jul 29, 2013 11:12:55 GMT -5 sunshineluv said:

Man, this is a skill I need to learn. How fun would that be, getting snuggly babies from the car to the bed, for money!?

But I think that is a skill I will never master.

I just carried my sleeping kid from car to crib. I am available for hire

But can you get my kid to sleep in the car? We're not even to the point of considering a transfer.

[devonpow]

OMG, I wonder of they do this here??? I need to find out - I will do it all the time!!! Do you get to pick a delivery window?

[rjamz]

Jul 29, 2013 11:39:33 GMT -5 devonpow said:

OMG, I wonder of they do this here??? I need to find out - I will do it all the time!!! Do you get to pick a delivery window?

Nope, it's within the next 4 hours. They'll leave it right outside my door if I'm not home, though

[AndyCohen]

Jul 29, 2013 11:24:46 GMT -5 rjamz said:

Jul 29, 2013 11:24:11 GMT -5 bigapple said:

I have no idea, but they always arrive frozen. I've had some slightly soft ice cream, but nothing terrible.

rjamz, my family doesn't believe me about Whole Foods being reasonably priced here. It's cheaper than the nasty Grosstedes across from my old apartment that could not wrap their minds around the importance of unexpired foods or fly-free deli displays.

Lol! Gristedes is the worst! I always feel like I've been robbed when I go there

Ugh yes and I've come home to discover the produce was moldy too so I am just done with there. Food Emporium wasn't the best, but I'm kind of screwed since they closed. Now it's either TJ's or Fairway. Fairway is a zoo and TJ's is too specialized.

[TrudyCampbell]

Jul 29, 2013 11:39:33 GMT -5 devonpow said:

OMG, I wonder of they do this here??? I need to find out - I will do it all the time!!! Do you get to pick a delivery window?

They prob do! They do it at all the grocery stores by me. They usually just deliver ASAP. 

[rjamz]

Jul 29, 2013 12:04:14 GMT -5 AndyCohen said:

Jul 29, 2013 11:24:46 GMT -5 rjamz said:

Lol! Gristedes is the worst! I always feel like I've been robbed when I go there

Ugh yes and I've come home to discover the produce was moldy too so I am just done with there. Food Emporium wasn't the best, but I'm kind of screwed since they closed. Now it's either TJ's or Fairway. Fairway is a zoo and TJ's is too specialized.

And fairway has gotten so expensive since they went public!