Tried this for the first time today and I have to say it was great, shopped on my iPad the night before picked an timeframe that suited us then could track within half an hour on the day the delivery time. all the fresh fruits and vegi was good and was the meat and deli. In fact some things weighed more than we paid for. with my big four membership delivery was free, winning!!!!!
has anyone else used it and what was your experience I'm thinning this might be the way to go for future shops, best thing no impulse buying so much easier to budget.
Sylva
-- Edited by Sylva on Thursday 4th of September 2014 05:22:35 PM
bab600 said
05:28 PM Sep 4, 2014
Does that mean that would only happen in a town where there is a big 4 and woollies
Or could I live in a major city somewhere and get the same?
How do I nick off and buy a cake and coffee and get home a little late and blame on the traffic at
The check out
Modern technology................... ?
Brian 600
Roving-Dutchy said
05:34 PM Sep 4, 2014
Unfortunately you pay a lot more for the convenience, specials are the same price as in store but almost everything else is marked up, though with no impulse buying it might work out the same of cheaper, but I'm sure they will have a way to get you to impulse buy in the future, and there is a saving by not having to drive to and from the store.
Did you use the app on your smart phone or order on your computer.
Cheers
David
Cloak said
06:28 PM Sep 4, 2014
Cough splutter choke @ big4.....
I'd rather drive into town for the groceries.
Dougwe said
06:34 PM Sep 4, 2014
You do anyway don't you Steve
Good idea I spose but I prefer to choose my own fresh veg and meat. I know my daughter in Townsville uses that service and works for her.
Gerty Dancer said
07:08 PM Sep 4, 2014
Some people cant get to supermarkets to do their shopping, for lots of reasons, and its a helpful service.
I'm glad we can still go to our local IGA
wendyv said
07:41 PM Sep 4, 2014
In some places, where it is a long way between shopping towns, Woolworths has a Country Order service. I worked at Adels Grove, north of Mt Isa. The lady at Woolworths picked and packed the order and it was delivered to the truck transport service that serviced the far Gulf country. The big truck had 3 sections - ordinary, chiller and freezer. What was delivered from Woolworths was labelled and went on pallets into the appropriate section. The truck came once a week.
A different time, we managed a small safari camp operation at a property called Pungalina, which was really remote, in NE NT, between the Savannah Way and the coast. I also ordered the foodstuffs etc through Woolworths in Mt Isa, but the truck would not come any closer to us than the Redbank Mine. This meant that the main boss had to go meet it - usually in the middle of the night. It took a few hours to drive the rough 63kms track that was the "driveway", then he had to go on to Redbank. Thus we usually only got a truck order about once a month. I could get some supplies - at horrendous cost - via the weekly mailplane from Tennant Creek and the supermarket there, but this was limited because of weight and could not include perishables like meat because there was no refrigeration on the plane. I didn't always feel very welcoming towards guests who came on very short notice!
It is often not until one spends time in remote areas that you realize some of the difficulties, and costs. I had a huge argument on the phone, one day, with an Australia Post person, who insisted that I "just" go to the Mt Isa PO and pay the 10c extra postage needed on the letter they were holding for me. She refused to believe that I was 300kms away - "no one in Australia is that far from a Post Office". When I told her that I couldn't forward the payment for another week because the plane had already left with the mail bag and wouldn't be back for a week, she accused me of wasting her time. Had never heard of mail planes! She was in Brisbane........This was 2003.
Tried this for the first time today and I have to say it was great, shopped on my iPad the night before picked an timeframe that suited us then could track within half an hour on the day the delivery time. all the fresh fruits and vegi was good and was the meat and deli. In fact some things weighed more than we paid for. with my big four membership delivery was free, winning!!!!!
has anyone else used it and what was your experience I'm thinning this might be the way to go for future shops, best thing no impulse buying so much easier to budget.
Sylva
-- Edited by Sylva on Thursday 4th of September 2014 05:22:35 PM
Or could I live in a major city somewhere and get the same?
How do I nick off and buy a cake and coffee and get home a little late and blame on the traffic at
The check out
Modern technology................... ?
Brian 600
Did you use the app on your smart phone or order on your computer.
Cheers
David
I'd rather drive into town for the groceries.
You do anyway don't you Steve
Good idea I spose but I prefer to choose my own fresh veg and meat. I know my daughter in Townsville uses that service and works for her.
I'm glad we can still go to our local IGA
A different time, we managed a small safari camp operation at a property called Pungalina, which was really remote, in NE NT, between the Savannah Way and the coast. I also ordered the foodstuffs etc through Woolworths in Mt Isa, but the truck would not come any closer to us than the Redbank Mine. This meant that the main boss had to go meet it - usually in the middle of the night. It took a few hours to drive the rough 63kms track that was the "driveway", then he had to go on to Redbank. Thus we usually only got a truck order about once a month. I could get some supplies - at horrendous cost - via the weekly mailplane from Tennant Creek and the supermarket there, but this was limited because of weight and could not include perishables like meat because there was no refrigeration on the plane. I didn't always feel very welcoming towards guests who came on very short notice!
It is often not until one spends time in remote areas that you realize some of the difficulties, and costs. I had a huge argument on the phone, one day, with an Australia Post person, who insisted that I "just" go to the Mt Isa PO and pay the 10c extra postage needed on the letter they were holding for me. She refused to believe that I was 300kms away - "no one in Australia is that far from a Post Office". When I told her that I couldn't forward the payment for another week because the plane had already left with the mail bag and wouldn't be back for a week, she accused me of wasting her time. Had never heard of mail planes! She was in Brisbane........This was 2003.