Ocado tips, tricks subs, M&S shortbread giveaways and defectors..

[Garyunicorn]

Carrying on from the old Ocado thread. www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/a4045676-Ocado-tips-hacks-Toblerone-and-Christmas?msgid=102560793#102560793

I have been contributing, just changed my name to prevent being outed over something!

Thank you Gary.

Thank you for the reminder Dobby! I cancelled my Christmas Eve order today. Managed to pick one up with Waitrose for the 23rd so that will suit me! Still hanging on to my smart pass as I need to look after my Mum, who is elderly and disabled and 30 miles away, in a tier 3 area. Managed to send her a Christmas tree with decorations from bloom & wild. I will plant it in her garden in the new year!

I’m in too!!

Noticed Kallo stock cubes have gone - they are a staple in our house

Ha! I was wondering why I had a big tin of shortbread delivered. Genuinely thought I'd ordered it but now I realise it was gratis.

If I had found another supermarket I’d cancel mine. It’s ridiculous how they don’t have any thing in stock.

Oh, I hop I get some!

I have an order tomorrow and can't get another booked at all. I guess I'll be in the shops next weekend.

@Onceuponatimethen

Noticed Kallo stock cubes have gone - they are a staple in our house

No! That is bad news indeed. I do hope they are reading these threads.

Does anyone know the average cost of a delivery slot? I’m thinking of doing alternating weeks of Ocado and Waitrose so I want to see if a Smart Pass would be worth hanging on to.

@StanfordPines

Does anyone know the average cost of a delivery slot? I’m thinking of doing alternating weeks of Ocado and Waitrose so I want to see if a Smart Pass would be worth hanging on to.

Would like to know too. Am still paying £9.99 per month which I am only doing until lockdowns are really over with. Have switched to Waitrose mostly and very impressed.

Thank you so much Garyunicorn - brilliant effort! Here's your free 🍫 and 🍪 and Thread Starter 🍷.

I still seem to have Kallo stock cubes.

Thank you for the new thread @Garyunicorn.

@StanfordPines... so do I...? Weird.

Ocado tinned tomatoes have disappeared for me though. Maddening.

I tried to register with Sainsbury's and I just get stuck in a loop with the 'create password' page reappearing. Starting to wonder if they are all as bad as each other.

So for any of you who had none working review coupons they now work.... Have now had a £14 voucher and the product. I don't feel an iota of guilt considering the shit service lately.

I’m a lazy cah, and always ordered the Waitrose ready chopped onions. They are so handy in those twin packs. The M&S chopped onions are more expensive, and come in one huge bag that always splits.

@StanfordPines

Does anyone know the average cost of a delivery slot? I’m thinking of doing alternating weeks of Ocado and Waitrose so I want to see if a Smart Pass would be worth hanging on to.

I think the price varies (as I USED to get the for 99p/£1.99 at early/late times). Now I pay £4.99-£6.99.

M&S is plain daft to ditch the obscure/niche brands.

I'm hoping things calm down in January (DH and I reckon Brexit is going to get kicked down the alley for another few months using some sort of COVID excuse). I wonder what delights Ocado have been stockpiling.

On the the stock cube front they have also stopped Knorr Pork cubes - I know very 1st world problems, but annoying to have to get them from elsewhere.

M & S baklava - I paid £3 or £4 for a teeny 8 piece box

When I was in Waitrose they had much bigger boxes reduced to £2.50 so I bought some of those too. and can't believe the price of the M & S ones in comparison.

Like I said on the previous thread- Waitrose supplied Ocado with all their shop, not just own brand like M & S, so to loose Waitrose Ocado have lost alot of standard shopping brands along with that too.

sorry meant lose

Thanks for the new thread!

Editing time has been brought forward more again, just had an email to say my Wednesday evening order now needs to be finalised today.

back to queuing for a while to get on to the site.

That's the Boris-bounce, BadKitten.

Like I said on the previous thread - Waitrose supplied Ocado with all their shop, not just own brand like M & S, so to lose Waitrose Ocado have lost a lot of standard shopping brands along with that too.

But I thought they specifically said they would still stock lots of other brands?

It is really unsatisfactory all round.

@viccat

Thanks for the new thread!

Editing time has been brought forward more again, just had an email to say my Wednesday evening order now needs to be finalised today.

That is pathetic. They need to sort themselves out. Waitrose once had a cut off 24 hours before delivery, now I can change up to the night before,

I just went to add something and got kicked out of the app, onto the website and in a queue.

I am guessing everyone is furiously adding long life stuff to their orders after reading Sunday papers