Unpack online food shopping into bags!!

[Spanielsandpups]

Please help me understand why would you unpack food delivered to your house into bags?

I obviously understand if you would struggle to lift the heavy trays that putting it into bags is better.

but my friend was over when I had my shopping delivered and she couldn’t understand why I carry the trays into my kitchen and not unpack into bags.

as I am physically able to carry the trays, how is it easier to unload into bags then unload again into kitchen ??

Transfer from crates to bags at door and into porch. Carry bags to kitchen which is at the back of the house. I can never be bothered to unlock the side gate for the driver to come round to the kitchen and it would take them longer. I would have difficulty lifting and carrying very heavy crates to the kitchen.

I didn’t either until MN told me so quite firmly!

I agree Ocado is easier with the bags but I like Waitrose too.

Same here

Asda.

They fit inside each other once you moved a handle latch thingie and I just leaned them against the wall in the hall under the coat rack. I barely noticed they were there since it was a "dead end" bit of hallway.

The first time I got a delivery the guy just dropped the crates and left so I assumed that's just how it worked.

Soon after I stopped getting deliveries I moved to a new flat, and on moving day I handed the remaining crates to another driver delivering to a neighbour.

Whenever I have done online shopping the delivery driver wants the baskets emptied on the steps, not taken into the house, presumably because this wastes his time. So I unpacked the food into bags.

I shop with Ocado, they deliver in bags and take them back the next week.

Exactly this!
It's never occurred to me to take the trays into the kitchen. If I unpack the trays at the front door, I can organise them into bags by category (fridge, freezer, cupboard, non food items etc) and then unpack them quickly in each 'zone' once in the kitchen.

I unpack at the door, into bags of I’ve been organised enough or straight on the floor if not so the driver can get on his or her way quicker instead of waiting for me to come and go faffing around with the crates.

I prefer not to have the delivery driver coming in (almost always male and I have had a couple of incidents with difficult or opinionated drivers), so I ask him to stack the crates on the doormat. Then I quickly unpack into reusable bags, while having a friendly chat. But if a stronger family member is home then they like to take the crates into the kitchen, putting them on a towel that I have laid on the worktop - some of the crates are a bit grimy! It seems to work ok.

I live on my own and alternate between Waitrose and Ocado.
My Waitrose orders usually are in no more than 2 crates and I put my groceries in bags for life - I like that I can check if there’s any damage and have pointed out these to the delivery drivers, they will then either ask if I still want it or take it back and both ways they’ll initiate a refund.
With Ocado everything is in bags so it’s a quick delivery, again my orders are quite small but there’s usually at least 6 bags, sometimes just one or two items in them. Get charged 10p a bag but always have previous bags to hand back so get 10p per bag refund. If items are damaged/leaking etc with Ocado it’s easy to get immediate refunds via the app.
I don’t find either way particularly hard to do despite having mobility issues.

I think it depends wildly on the layout and size of your house. If it's a quick walk to the kitchen and you can carry the crates easily then onto a big work surface and unload is quick and easy. But if you don't have the space or ability to do that quickly then packing into bags at the door is better.

It's one of those where I do feel carrier bags are kind of justified! It did make it so much easier.

I'm with you OP. Quicker to carry the crate through to the kitchen and decant everything onto the worktop rather than faf around with getting everything into bags.

We have a cctv camera pointing out the window to watch for deliveries etc so when the van pulls up I'm already onthe front, bags prepared and open and decent into them ASAP. I've seen how filthy the bright yellow morrisons containers get onthe off time I've had a delivery from them I definitely wouldn't want them in the house. Usually go tesco and depending on the driver they offer to help debag despite me going as quick as possible which is a big hand.

They don't get enough time to deliver as it is without having to wait for me to carry trays through to the kitchen and back

Me too. Assumed everyone did this so not to delay drivers.

Me too
I have all the bags for life by the door then my DP and kids help to take stuff to the kitchen. I also check dates on everything as I bag it so I don’t accept stuff with really short dates!

My shopping comes bagged so don’t have this issue. When we had a spell of using Tesco I just took the crates in one by one, tipped it all onto the kitchen sides and went back for the next one.
I cba with unloading the crates into bags at the door to then have to unpack them and put it all away.
Bagged shopping takes seconds, they knock on my door and have the crates all stacked on top of each other, they unhook the bags from the crate and leave them inside my door for me and I just take them through and give last weeks bags back.

My house is tiny, I take the crates in, unpack randomly onto floor/cooker/surfaces, get the driver on their way asap, then sort it all out and put away.

I put it into blue Ikea bags by the doors much quicker and easier.

Putting in bags seems extra faff. Take. Stuff out of the crates and leave somewhere /floor/table etc. Then put away when delivery is gone.

My Tesco drivers carry the crates in the kitchen for me and help me unpack.

How is that faster than shoving onto a table/side un bagged?

Well I’m not wasting time carrying them through the house for a start

Given the delivery drivers time limitations, I have two flat folding laundry baskets that crates are decanted into at the doorway. And a couple of the large ikea bags.

The flat folded baskets are then slid tidily down the side of the washing machine. Out of sight and mind and ready for the laundry.

Live in a two bed flat so space is at a premium and everything in our home has to be multi use.

The 5 steps to the kitchen? Compared to the faff putting stuff in bags so it doesn't get crushed etc.

I.throw it into bags so the driver can get to his next job.