COVID - general discussion - Temp Locked

So does OH, she actually enjoys shopping.  
I suppose it is an activity that gets her out of the house, and she has always been the one doing the shopping for the last 50+ years.

Probably been doing the food shop for 48 years. I want to choose what I cook as I am investing time in the cooking. 

That’s why I invested in a new more powerful microwave, it cooks a lot quicker. I’m called ‘lord of the pings’, I have earned it too😗😗

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Can only agree, nothing beats choosing for yourself!

We find it interesting  visiting the shops abroad, seeing different things

I'm more than happy with the quality of food I get whether I see it before purchase or not, over time I've cooked on strict budgets with cheap food and the reverse. At present not going inside a confined shopping space is more important to me than lingering over food shelves and counters so I'm happy with that too. So each to his or her own. 

I think food shopping online has proved to be well worthwhile for us, something we had only done once before COVID. I perfectly accept that being able to walk around a shop and looking at things is far better but needs must when the devil drives. What I do miss is the fresh fish and meat counters which unfortunately are not an option with online shopping. The other thing is memory!!! We can't remember the entire assortment so sometimes miss things. I just wonder how long it will take before we go back to shopping in store. What we miss are those conversations in the supermarket aisles with ex colleagues, neighbours and friends and of course our weekly coffee and cake before the shopping. Mind you the latter has saved us a fortune over the last 10 months!!!

David

It does help us not eating meat, and we don’t eat as much fish buying online, you can’t beat choosing your own fish. That said, haven’t had any issues with fruit and veg that’s been delivered. The thing to remember is that you don’t have to accept anything delivered, if it isn’t the quality or date you expect. Tesco indicate the use dates on a lot of their fresh stuff, such as bread, fruit, veg, deli options. I was sent a different brand of pitta breads last shop. I only eat one brand, they sent me two of Tesco own brand, but were happy to credit me. 

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We got Tesco slots before any other that I'd tried for in the first lockdown. Iceland still offer inducements but I prefer Tesco's. 

As takethedogalong says most fresh stuff has the expected days before use on the page. Substitions are always stated on arrival and you can say yeah or nay. My order before Christmas had the Turkey crown substituted for a cook in a bag chicken, wouldn't have been my choice, never thought to put a note in for substitute 😯. The chicken was actually very acceptable. When I was told I immediately said then I didn't want the cranberry sauce, I was impressed  as it was all very last minute. Happy to retrieve that at the door whilst I sorted delivery and refunded by driver. Arrives in my account within 2 days when it happens.

I also had a cold meat which was dated for the day of delivery but not discovered until much later in the day. I rang tesco as I wasn't happy, I only get 2 weekly delivery so completely through out menu plans 😇. Lady on the other end full of apologies and a much greater refund into my account than the cost. I rescheduled menu and only rang because I didn't think it was good.

I do pop into M&S foodhall when needed, but I feel very safe there.

Heard of COVID19 death today locally 😢 and a married couple passing in Leeds, their son's wife runs nursery and they had their grandchild to sit with them to save her being bored whilst mum worked. A child came into nursery, grandchild asymptomatic carrier passed to grandparents 😱

Doing the best we can to stay safe.........