![]() ![]() “But it saves you that in time, gas and getting those items that you really didn’t want, but got sucked in due to advertising or the display.” She also likes that Instacart will alert her via the app when they’ve started the shopping and send her a text message when they have to make a substitution. Rader acknowledged that the service does add a bit to your bill. Plus, “it’s so convenient to carry over the same list from week to week with a few edits here and there.” “The shoppers pick even better produce than I do,” she said. Marcey Rader is a busy life and productivity coach based in Raleigh, and Instacart is her go-to for frozen and fresh produce alike. It also has a relatively wide service area, so chances are good it includes your home address. Instacart also has some neat features, including a shopping list tool and a coupon section. Instacart can deliver any item you want from stores such as BevMo!, Costco and Petco to your door. Same-day delivery is standard, with the option for one-hour delivery for an additional fee. One of the fastest food delivery services on this list, Instacart lives up to its name. Availability: Cities across all 50 states and Washington, D.C.Delivery fee: Same-day delivery starts at $3.99.Cost: $99 annual Instacart Express membership to avoid delivery fees on $35 or more, plus a 5% service fee on orders (not including alcohol).Once I checked out, I noticed Stacey picked up my order and will be delivering tomorrow. I even passed the phone around for the kids to purchase the snacks they wanted to add. I look at those items first and buy some of them again, then I go to the section to see what’s on sale – like BOGO’s. Shipt also makes it easy to shop again because they have a tab for recently purchased items since most people tend to buy the same things over and over. All three of my shoppers have been great and extraordinarily friendly and all three of them carried the groceries inside right to my kitchen counter which really saved me the time and trouble – not to mention pain due to my shoulder. I never know who I’m going to have delivering my groceries, but the app lets me rate them anonymously as well as tip them online. Shana is even a Publix employee working for Shipt part-time. So far I’ve had groceries delivered two times from Stacey and once by Frank and Shana. The next shopper I had named Frank texted me about about various products like apples, flour tortillas, and Publix brand muffins that were slightly different before he would buy them. Stacey made sure she cleared each and everyone with me.Īnd she wasn’t the only shopper to do this. It seemed as though products on the Shipt menu differed than what was available at our local stores. She wrote back about several other items, and I said it was okay to replace those. I answered back that any other big tomato would be fine. “The store does not have the requested product Publix Beefsteak Tomato available. The next day, I started receiving text messages from my Shipt shopper named Stacey. Shipt shopper Stacey who delivered my groceries right to my kitchen.Īfter I was done, I was able to pick out a time I wanted my items delivered, with options from morning until late at night. ![]() However, there is a catch: Their prices are slightly marked up from in-store prices. Orders under $35 are subject to a $7 delivery fee. In return, you will get unlimited deliveries on orders over $35. The home delivery service from Shipt costs $14 a month, or you can purchase it for $99 per year. They aren’t affiliated with Publix, but the app features Publix products and their independent shoppers bring the items straight to your door. I dislike grocery shopping so much that I’ll even barter with my husband to do other jobs around the house if he will run to Publix for me.īut now my problem has been solved, an Alabama based company called Shipt, which is kind of like the Uber of grocery shopping, started their delivery service in South Florida in August. As I make my way through the grocery aisle throwing the same old items into my cart from the same store that I always shop in, I find that the mundane chore of grocery shopping has left me with nothing to get excited about. ![]()
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