To get my shopping delivered when not vulnerable

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So I started using online shopping a few years ago. Me and DH don’t drive, and although there is a medium sized Tesco a few minutes walk away, I found I was spending too much going every few days, so started doing a big shop online every 10 days. Saved loads of money, started meal planning. Really happy with the service from Tesco.

When lockdown started back in March/April I stopped online shopping as slots were few and far between, and I also received an email saying to leave slots for elderly/vulnerable/shielding.

I was perfectly able to get to the shops. The queues were sometimes 40-50 minutes or more, but I was furloughed and no kids so had all the time in the world to wait.

After a few months my Tesco managed to massively increase slots available. I came off furlough and started using online again, and now can get a slot easily, even next day. unlike with Waitrose that have 1 click and collect every 3 months.

However, I’ve seen on several recent threads here that it’s wrong to book groceries deliveries if you can get to the shops yourself. Who is BU?

YABU you are healthy and mobile, get your lazy arse to the shops woman! Others need the slots.

YANBU there are plenty of slots in your area, why not use them for your own convenience.

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If here are easily available slots, to me that suggests there is enough capacity for non vulnerable customers to use them. My mum is vulnerable and has been able to get one fairly easily. YANBU IMO.

There's loads of slot left everyday for Asda near me. I assume if there are too many they would lay off drivers.

It's fine now imo. The elderly have had at least one shot now and the CEV are getting there's too. I live in an area where I can get next day delivery from multiple supermarkets so I don't feel guilty in the slightest.

Yanbu

I use Ocado, no reason why I can’t go to the shops other than it’s more convenient not to

TBH I’m more trying to gather your opinions as I want to know if I’m being judged by the lovely guys that deliver our shopping. I was chatting to him today about my new job, so he knows I’m not housebound for any reason.

If I was in his shoes I'd be worried about people not ordering online anymore and being out of a job.

There is an abundance of shopping slots in my area. Its also creating new employment. I've onlined shopped or clicked and collected my way through the last year.

If you live in an area without a lot of slots maybe its different.

I’ve had weekly deliveries from Waitrose ever since they started doing them.
I have priority customer status even though I’m not vulnerable - Waitrose recognise customer loyalty. I presume those who cannot get Waitrose slots have never been regular customers.
If people hadn’t been using delivery services regularly, there would have been no online service for the vulnerable to use.

Dont feel guilty! No need at all.I am able to go shopping in my car .But if you cant then able to order online. No worries!

Of course YANBU. Perhaps this time last year you might have got different responses but there hasn’t been a shortage of slots where I am for months now. Next day delivery available and lots of slots for the next couple of weeks. And those who are shielding get priority anyway. If you’d rather not go to the supermarket, why wouldn’t you get your shopping delivered? I do sometimes if work is busy and I’d rather not take the DCs to Tesco.

I've been using them before and through the pandemic. I work and have children at home and the nearest town is ten miles away so deliveries are the sensible options for me. Plus I work in a line of work with no social distancing. It's probably safer for everyone else too if I stay out of the shops!

If slots are available then go ahead and use them

YANBU.

Of course if there’s plenty of slots you should use them! One less journey to the shops has got to be a positive. One less change to spread or catch Covid! All good. No one is being left without food as a result so no reason to feel guilty.

We’ve shopped online with Tesco for years and have a delivery saver subscription.

We’ve kept our weekly deliveries going throughout - offering to get things in-laws and our elderly neighbour.

When the number of items were limited we teamed up so that our neighbour got more milk delivered from the milk man that she’s used for years (they weren’t taking new customers on at the time) and arranged for the local butcher and fishmonger vans to visit our street and the in-laws.

It’s worked well and I don’t feel that we’ve deprived anyone.

Slots are easy to get around here now, and everyone that uses one is saving themselves a trip to the supermarket so I say go ahead!

YANBU. I've been getting groceries delivered since January. It was my post maternity leave resolution to get more organised and not waste my precious free time on things that could be done much more easily.

Sadly, ASDA decided to make it as difficult and infuriating as they possibly can but that is another, long and boring story.

I have always had food shopping delivered for the past 6 years (apart from the odd mid week shop as something has ran out) and I continued throughout lockdown.

There were a few weeks that we couldn't get a slot, so we ordered a fruit and veg box from a local farm shop, and meat from a local butchers as well as DH going to the local supermarket for necessities.

When we did have supermarket deliveries during full lockdown, they almost always included items for my PIL and sometimes SIL (and we would drop them off on our daily walk to their doorstep)

I actually haven't set foot in a supermarket since 2 weeks before lockdown started last March and I am not vulnerable or shielding, I don't drive and I have a toddler DD so DH chose to be the one who would go to the shop when needed

The most vulnerable now have had their vaccines so can go out. If their are spaces use them. All supermarkets took on extra delivery drivers during first lockdown.

There's no need for any guilt.

I’ve been getting it delivered since the start of lockdown last March! Mind you, at the beginning the three of us either had COVID or were isolating for many weeks.

I’m a single mum working full time. I’ve no time to go to the supermarket, still less go there without my kids, as is recommended.

You don't drive. Supermarket shopping is a ball ache if you don't drive. Also you aren't depriving people of slots as the numbers have been massively increased.

One of my friends who works in the theatre got a job as a Tesco delivery driver. Please keep her employed until the Arts world gets back on its feet!

@JADS

You don't drive. Supermarket shopping is a ball ache if you don't drive. Also you aren't depriving people of slots as the numbers have been massively increased.

One of my friends who works in the theatre got a job as a Tesco delivery driver. Please keep her employed until the Arts world gets back on its feet!

Thanks JADS!

Tesco have massively increased their capacity for deliveries and are no longer asking people to give up slots like they were in March.

I have shopped online with Tesco for over 10 years. I book a slot weekly and I did throughout the pandemic despite emails asking me not to.

At the end of the day if it wasn't for people like me Tesco wouldn't have an online business.

I don't feel guilty. I didn't want to stand in a queue for hours and I was also shopping for my Nan who was on the shielding list.

Yanbu.

@caringcarer we can't! People shielding were group 4 and have had one vaccine and still have to shield even after two vaccines

OP - use the slots. I'm CEV and have priority slots so you're not taking away from anyone, if they're available then use them