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Waitrose delivery with no bags?!

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playaaa · 05/02/2022 21:32

Just got our first Waitrose delivery after defecting from ocado... Wtf, all the items come just in the crates rather than bags? It does seem more environmentally friendly tbf, but how do people put everything away?!
Do you put everything away properly and make the poor delivery person wait?
Or tip everything (massive shop to last us the whole week ahead) out onto the living room floor like DH did, in a huge mess, in an attempt to get the empty crates back to delivery person as quickly as possible?
WWBU to switch right back to ocado after this harrowing experience??

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dementedpixie · 05/02/2022 21:57

@Marmm

Found it hilarious that there are still people washing their shopping though. Get a grip. 😂 no you get a grip. If it says on it to wash it I'm going to wash it.
Some people were/are washing their tins and other plastic packaged groceries. That's unnecessary
JauntyJinty · 05/02/2022 21:57

@Marmm

Why are you washing your shopping?

Do you not wash your fruit and veg?

I do, but as I prepare it, not when putting the shop away
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playaaa · 05/02/2022 21:56

@Mummy1608

Have bags for life ready near the door when the van arrives. Unload crates into bags. Takes less than a minute.

Single use plastic is bad enough but you want plastic bags for the 2-second walk from your front door to your kitchen?! Yabu

(Walk more than 2 seconds too as up a flight of stairs and through a hallway - flat conversion rather than house)
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MadisonAvenue · 05/02/2022 21:56

I unload our delivery from Tesco’s crates into large Ikea bags at the doorway.

Last week though we were isolating so the driver unpacked the crates into carrier bags that he kept on the van and left them by the door, it was so much quicker to just pick the bags up ready packed. I much prefer that way of doing it. The carriers will be reused as bin bags.

Marmm · 05/02/2022 21:55

Found it hilarious that there are still people washing their shopping though. Get a grip. 😂 no you get a grip. If it says on it to wash it I'm going to wash it.

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playaaa · 05/02/2022 21:55

@Mummy1608

Have bags for life ready near the door when the van arrives. Unload crates into bags. Takes less than a minute.

Single use plastic is bad enough but you want plastic bags for the 2-second walk from your front door to your kitchen?! Yabu

Well, my understanding was that the bags weren't single use as ocado takes all bags back for reuse. But anyway my concern here was for the delivery driver - I'm more than happy to carry the items in the crates (and always in favour of the more environmentally friendly option) but got very stressed out about how to unpack quickly enough! Will take some bags for life to the door and clear enough space in kitchen in preparation next time.
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spicedemerald · 05/02/2022 21:55

I have two washing baskets ready by the door and just transfer everything into them. It’s really not difficult.

Squirrelblanket · 05/02/2022 21:54

Our kitchen is down very narrow twisty stairs so I can't carry crates down there. I keep a few of those big blue IKEA bags by the front door and put the shopping in that so that the man can go. Soft things go on the stairs until I've emptied the big bags and come and collect them and then take them to the kitchen. It's annoying but there you go.

Found it hilarious that there are still people washing their shopping though. Get a grip. 😂

Marmm · 05/02/2022 21:53

I wash fruit/veg just before use if required. I do not wash any other groceries before putting them away ah I wash it before it goes in fruitbowl or soft fruit in the fridge. Can never get the kids to wash it

Kitkat151 · 05/02/2022 21:53

I have 2 laundry baskets that I transfer the stuff into

Sparklingbrook · 05/02/2022 21:53

I wouldn't be making the driver wait while I washed all my fruit and veg. I don't think that's factored into the delivery time.

Stopsnowing · 05/02/2022 21:53

My kitchen has no work too space for crates and I end up scrabbling on the doorstep

dementedpixie · 05/02/2022 21:52

@Marmm

Why are you washing your shopping?

Do you not wash your fruit and veg?

I wash fruit/veg just before use if required. I do not wash any other groceries before putting them away
Marmm · 05/02/2022 21:52

@dementedpixie

No you shouldn't be washing your shopping, there is no need to do so
Mushrooms are literally covered in shit.
Sparklingbrook · 05/02/2022 21:51

this still takes about 10x longer than ocado's drop-all-bags-by-front-door-and-leave method! I just felt for the driver!

How much shopping was delivered? Shock How did it take a whole ten times longer? Although you were putting it into the wrong room so that's not going to help.

Unmute · 05/02/2022 21:50

Our delivery guy talks to my dog while I unpack the crates into bags at the door. It only takes a few minutes.

gingercat02 · 05/02/2022 21:50

I use my laundry basket. Chuck all the non squishable stuff in and and couple of bags for life for fruits and vegetables etc

Lucienandjean · 05/02/2022 21:50

IKEA bags...I just transfer it all into a couple of IKEA bags, then carry them to the kitchen once the delivery driver has gone. Simple.

Marmm · 05/02/2022 21:50

Why are you washing your shopping?

Do you not wash your fruit and veg?

DobbyTheHouseElk · 05/02/2022 21:50

Some drivers are fine about waiting. Some get really impatient.

BurscoughBooths · 05/02/2022 21:49

Waitrose delivery people will now carry the crates into the kitchen for you if you ask. It takes 2 mins tops to unload the crates onto the table & return them.
Even if Ocado do recycle plastic bags, it still wastes resources to do that. If no plastic bags are used, none need to be made

dementedpixie · 05/02/2022 21:49

No you shouldn't be washing your shopping, there is no need to do so

Wafflesnsniffles · 05/02/2022 21:49

playaa it takes just a couple of minutes - no need for it to take an age. Im astonished you care more about the driver getting away quicker than the environment.

It literally takes me 3 minutes to unpack mine from their crates into mine.

JauntyJinty · 05/02/2022 21:49

@JollyAndBright

Take crates into kitchen Unload onto kitchen counters Return crates to driver Wash and put away shopping.

Easy.

Same........except......should.....Should I....should I be washing my shopping?!
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playaaa · 05/02/2022 21:48

@Gocatgo

They wait. I had this a few weeks ago and spoke to the delivery guy. He said that they leave time for the unpacking. Then subsequently having seen how long it takes at your house, they factor that into their delivery times.
Ah that's good to know! Thanks Smile
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