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Here in the south bay I don't have InstaCart, but my local Safeway does deliver. The experience isn't the best (someone has to be there and sign) but a) I have a nanny and b) I don't pay $299 or 14% more for the items.. in fact, I would pay less as I don't carry a loyalty card, but deliveries give you the loyalty price (presumably, they collect the same kind of info anyway).
Curious what "San Francisco Area" means. I can only get Fresh in San Francisco, not Oakland. Maybe down the peninsula?
I'm trying to figure out, are they doing this on purpose (paper bags would be cheaper)? I'm assuming they are, hoping that you'll go shopping and use their cool bags and using this as a method of free advertising.
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I would pay a 14% premium to not have to go to the grocery store after work.
I kind of like grocery shopping, especially if it's in a decent store that has enough registers open and where the vegetables aren't molding on the shelves and the cans aren't all dented.
Wow, one avocado for $1.25. Aren't they usually a lot cheaper than that in the Bay Area? That's like East Coast prices.
Ok, there's also Amazon Prime thrown in, which is good; and I suppose that in the Bay Area the average delivery journey is longer than in London. Still, it seems a bit steep to me. Maybe it tries to place itself as a luxury service in the Amazon range?
Odd ... all big supermarket chains do this in all of the UK. My Tesco delivery is arriving in the next 20 minutes ... plus no annual charge over here.
(e.g. I ordered food from NTUC, Carrefour (when they were still around) and Cold Storage super market websites for delivery in Singapore three, four years ago. They have done it even longer than that)
Curious what "San Francisco Area" means. I can only get Fresh in San Francisco, not Oakland. Maybe down the peninsula?