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 ??

Ocado packs into carrier bags and although they charge you get a refund on returning them, so easy to store ready for return on the next delivery

Two reasons. Out of respect for the drivers on a time restraint and secondly my kitchen is upstairs, so I'd rather lug 3 big Ikea up the stairs than up and down with 8 crates.

but Ocado do price comparison with Tesco. I mean yes the better quality stuff costs more but the budget level doesn't

So as not to hold the driver up unnecessarily.

yes, if the Ocado shop would have been cheaper at Tesco, they email you a voucher with the difference to use on your next order. Plus carrier bags to solve much of the issues raised in this thread.

How is it quicker to pack at the door than it is to tip out the tray in the kitchen?

I take the trays through to the kitchen - straight down the hall - takes 5 seconds. I make sure to have the surfaces clear and I am quick.

My friend bags it at the door but that is because she has house cats she wants to shut away so she does it in the porch and keeps the internal door shut. Her lounge and stairs are open and you need to walk through the lounge to the kitchen. I have a dog and she is much easier to shut away (not least because she is usually barking out the window at the driver so I know exactly where she is and I can shut the door).

My son had to bag shopping at the door in uni halls as his flat was 2 floors up.

I am with you. It isn't any quicker for the driver if I bag it at the door and it would make it a much bigger job over all.

I do this too. Then just go back and forth to the kitchen putting it away.

I use bags because I don't want to leave the front door open and unattended as our pets will get out

I unload into big bags at the door. I have maybe 4 or 5 different drivers and we have a chat while I’m doing it.

Exactly

Those at use Ocado, don't you find that sometimes heavy bottles are placed on top of of other stuff like Brie or bread and it's all squashed and sometimes packets are split and stuff leaking. I know you can get a refund but I would never order bleach from them or stuff like that.

I get the guy to unload the trays onto a sack barrow and wheel the whole thing into the kitchen. While I’m unloading them he selects a cold can of something from our drinks fridge for himself

But how is that any quicker than just emptying onto the kitchen floor? Unless your front door is miles from the kitchen I guess.

No, Ocado separate different items into colour coordinated bags. Freezer stuff is separate, fridge stuff, cupboard, heavy stuff, meat etc.

Brie and bread would never be in the same bag.
Cleaning products have never been mixed in with food for me.

When the dc were smaller, they’d empty the crates into bags on the doorstep, then carry them into the kitchen to empty. Now they are bigger, they carry the crates through.

Does it matter? You do it how you like and she does the same.

This. I have bags ready to bung it in as it’s quicker and I don’t want to hold the driver up for longer than need be.

Exactly. Ours is behind a baby gate in the hall. If I went into the kitchen I'd have to get through the gate while holding a crate, whilst fending said dog off so he didn't escape, then go through to the kitchen and empty the crate before coming back and going through it all again with the next crate. Much easier to empty out onto the floor / dresser / blanket box and then take through once the driver has gone. We can leave the gate open once the house is secure and the dog can inspect the shopping while we're taking it to it's various homes (either in the kitchen or garage).

I just shove it all into a couple of those big blue ikea bags at the doorstep. Takes no longer than a few minutes.

Same here. The driver needs to get on with their round.

Unpack into sturdy bags bought for the purpose. Crates are large and not that clean. Wouldn’t want them in my kitchen or near my lovely hall wallpaper.
Problem solved with Ocado as it’s already bagged up.

I did used to get the odd squashed bread or upside down cake but that is years ago. I complained and got refunds every single time and its ages now since I have had to get refunds for damage . Non foods always come packed separately, same as bottles. The only times I have ever had real disasters like a leaky orange juice or once split sugar, the delivery person has apologised at the doorstep and refunded for all the contaminated items immediately. The leaky orange juice wasn't mine by the way. It was the giant sized and had leaked in the crate and ruined everything in the crates below it.

I'm a Mumsnetter so don't want someone traipsing through my hall and living room to get to the kitchen, especially the Tesco guy who likes telling me about his love life. Trolley boxes with handles by the front door is the way to go.

I obviously get more ready meals and trifles than most, they don't take kindly to being tipped out onto the floor, they don't fare well in Ocado carrier bags either.

I organise our food delivery for when the teenagers are in...one brings the crate through, one helps me take the stuff out and stick it on the kitchen table/counters, the other takes the empty crates back though. He only has to wait maybe 30 seconds for the last crates because he gets them off the van one at a time.