OT: Walmart +
rickdugan
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I hate going into a Walmart Supercenter, so much so that I was buying most of my stuff from Publix and Walgreens just so I could avoid the time burn (trudging from one end of the store to the other, long checkout lines, etc.). The convenience was definitely costing me, but to me it was worth it.
Now I don't have to make the tradeoff. Even with the annual fee and per delivery driver tips, I'm at least doing no worse from a cost standpoint and probably much better given how much of my shopping I've shifted back to Walmart. I don't buy meat or produce from Walmart (except for Perdue chicken), but with kids and pets that are constantly burning through groceries and other supplies, there are a lot of middle aisle items that we need here too.
It may not be worth it for many of you, but for me it's been amazing. My groceries and other supplies show up at my front door and all I need to do is bring them in and put them away.
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I probably save a good chunk of change doing this, simply because I'm not walking through the store and picking up impulse items.
I've never had either of these problems with Walmart+. This includes cases of water and 30 lb bins of cat litter, all brought right to the door.
Does Walmart use its own employees? That could be why uts better. Instacart is an app that hires anyone it seems.
I don't trust anyone to pick my produce and I once had the same problem with milk in a Walmart delivery, so I stopped ordering milk through them. But now I only have to deal with a very manageable trip to Publix each week for milk, meat, produce and maybe some deli meat and bakery bread instead of a much larger trip (sometimes to multiple stores) for all of our household needs.
But again, with kids and cats, we burn through supplies. Literally every few days we are running out of multiple things. Laundry supplies, pet supplies, household cleaners, health & beauty items, dry goods for the pantry, paper products, any other middle aisle snacks, condiments, drinks, etc. - it never ends. I don't know if it would be as awesome if I was buying for just myself.
And yeah, no cold stuff, diary, meat or produce in the delivery stuff. Just not worth letting someone else pick it. I do sometimes get meat from them, the reduced stuff that goes in my freezer immediately for a crockpot meal later on, or sometimes burgers that I'm going to cook that day, but I def examine them very carefully before picking them. Most of my meat I get from a couple of local farmers who have their own store, and the produce I get from Kroger.
About the only time I go into the grocery anymore is just for certain produce and items from the butcher counter. I'll even get basic produce (bananas, apples, etc) and any packaged meats delivered and I have never had an issue with any of them.
I went with Kroger instead of the Walmart option mainly because I prefer the meat and produce from Kroger. The fuel point discount program is also a nice perk with Kroger. I thought about Walmart + because of the larger selection of general merchandise but I figured most of the general merchandise I would order from Walmart I usually just order it from Amazon instead.
I love grocery shopping. Grocery stores are some of the best places to meet women. I
Take a daily walk to a store near me just for that
You aren't kidding. It's probably saving me 2-3 hours per week. I used to spend most of my Saturday mornings reloading the house for the coming week. Now I spend a leisurely 45 minutes out at my local market buying the meat, produce and dairy items that I won't generally buy at Walmart. Also the $35 minimum is so low that I can also use them for mid-week fill-in orders instead of stopping at the market in-person. Just fucking awesome.
I think we all get become more efficient than we were just 5 years ago in many facets of our lives. I tell people visiting to not get a rental car, because of Uber and Lyft becoming better option.
I live-alone and don’t cook much at home, thus I don’t have to spend as much time at the store thus a service like Walmart+ is not that huge a benefit for me; but even then there are times I need stuff and I don’t feel like going to the store even if I have the time – this service can also be beneficial for those that don’t have a car; seems a certain # of young-people today don’t wanna own a car unless they have to.
That's generally been my experience, of course some of the order pickers are more capable than others, but overall I like my own expertise and as Rick said earlier in this thread, his milk was closer to the use by date than he would have liked, it wouldn't surprise me if they push certain items just because they want to push them out quicker, and with Amazon (Whole Foods), they have tabulators on the pickers so they might be making their picks based on their performance reviews.
Then during the week I'm just filling in health and beauty, dry food goods, pet stuff, cleaners, school supplies, etc., etc. I try to get it all on the weekends, but with a household full of young females and pets, we're always running out of something that we didn't think about on the weekend. This is really when Walmart + is a life saver for me.
It helps that I cook and prep my ass off on the weekends. This way I don't have to worry about a fresh food stop during the week. Right now I've got pulled pork (slow cooked for 14 hours in seasoned chicken broth and then mixed up with BBQ sauce) and oven baked mac n cheese in the fridge ready to reheat, a couple of different meats safely marinating in the fridge that will last for 2-3 days for quick grill meals midweek and my homemade red sauce with Italian sausages in the drop freezer for later in the week. Bada bing.