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 ??

Our drivers mostly bring them into the kitchen (which is at the front of the house) for me and they help unload them onto the counter tops.

If the kitchen is a bit messy, I'll take the crates at the door and carry them to the kitchen myself (which is a bit daft really as the window is right next to the door and they can see in anyway!)

My house is obviously tiny.

Anyway, it takes 1-2 mins in the kitchen with the crates.

I'll listen to the delivery driver who says bags is longer.

Literally no one is suggesting this.

the crates are stacked at the door. I unload into the hallway to speed it up for the driver. Then when they’re gone I start to put away.

i like the laundry basket idea!!

I bet it takes ages taking each crate in and unloading!! Doesn’t the driver have to get going?

Delivery driver brings the crates into the kitchen, I quickly put everything on the kitchen island and driver takes the crates back to his van. Very quick process.

Cause your are taking it through, unpacking and taking it back rather than throw it into bags at the door. It takes longer, go on time yourself. You dont notice cause you are busy.

Takes 20 seconds to carry crate to the kitchen in a normal size house, not a mansion.

I hate it, so get Ocado, as they deliver in bags, so much quicker, and then you recycle the bags back to them next week.
much better.
Ocado all the way

Ocado don't deliver to my area, but as soon as they do I'll switch to them. I use Sainsbury's and they are hopeless. No bags, and the drivers stand back and watch while I lift things from the crates to large bags, which I drag to the kitchen. Bottles and jars go in a wheeled trolley, so I just wheel it in. They used to use bags, and I don't believe for a minute that they stopped for environmental reasons - they could use hessian ones, or the drivers could help to load them if that were the case.

I have a bad back and asthma, so loading it all up is a chore, but very few of the drivers offer to help, never mind bring the crates to the kitchen. It's easier than going to the shop, but considering the deliver charge and the fact that I'm a regular customer, I really think their service is atrocious.

I would take longer if I took it into the kitchen. Our Sainsbury's drivers can be gone in under 2 minutes with our unpacking at the door. I think that his 'always' is doing some heavy lifting there!

Yup, just timed myself.. 4 seconds to get from front door to kitchen island. I don’t think anyone is suggesting actually putting their shopping away while the driver is waiting. It’s unload at door or unload in kitchen… where the stuff needs to be.

I just tip the trays onto the kitchen floor. Apparently this is unusual, the drivers almost always comment but it’s quick and effective. I make sure anything fragile e.g eggs are taken out carefully first.

I’m awkward and feel bad leaving the person at the door so either chuck it into bags or on the floor then shut the front door ASAP! DH thinks I’m a weirdo and leisurely brings the crates in and places it on the huge island we have… I just can’t stand the awkwardness 😂

Not all of ours is for the kitchen. Some of ours goes into the garage (freezer and cupboard), so we'd have to take it out of the kitchen and into the garage if we unpacked there. (Plus the stuff which goes upstairs to the bathroom cupboard.)

All this thread has illustrated is that for some people it's quicker to unpack at the door, and for others it's just as quick to take it to the kitchen. And we all do what works best. As is the way it should be!

We have quite a lot of breakable, delicate or soft items so wouldn’t risk this!

Yes this is me!! We have quite a bit so lugging into the kitchen, unloading and back again to me is a long time!! Doing that 6 times. I just unload speedily at the door and often block myself in(!). Then once they’re gone I do freezer, fridge, cupboard and cleaning type stuff.

Agreed on the abandoning bags thing. When did that happen. Not had online food delivery for years and definitely got bags then

i cannot lift the heavy trays. so we put our shopping into large ikea bags or the clean wash basket then unpack it at a leisurely pace

Do people seriously make delivery drivers hang around while they unpack their shopping into their kitchen cupboards? Another planet of self-entitlement. I refuse to believe that normal people behave like this.

I do. I unpack it at the door, and then sort it out in my own time. 🤷‍♀️

I think only one person's DH is doing that. Everyone else is just unpacking onto the table / worktop.

@Timeforachange26 iceland stopped doing carrier bags about six months ago. Its put me off shopping with them tbh. Morrisons still provide carrier bags with the shopping and will take it into the kitchen if i ask.
Pluas thery give 10 pence for every bag returned

Strange thread

I cant carry the crates, I wouldnt have space in the kitchen for a big one on the top anyway, the driver wouldnt have time for me to faff about and even if I had space and could carry them, I wouldnt want them on my worktops, they always look grubby to me.

I don’t even have the crates in the house. Just put a load of carrier bags by the front door, fill them up and put anything fragile to one side. I can’t imagine asking the driver to carry 4 or so crates through to the kitchen for my personal convenience.

It does seem inconvenient.

So because the supermarkets want to be seen to be " saving the planet" it's at the cost of inconvenient to the customer