Ocado tips, hacks, Toblerone and Christmas

[GaryUnicorn]

Carrying on from the old thread....

Still no email about the Christmas slots.

I'm getting my first Waitrose order today and theres a whopping 7 subs. Theyve mainly substituted just with same thing but bigger and same price though which is more than acceptable. I think if all goes well with the delivery today I'll just alternate between the two.

All good, different 'Dave' (not the real name)

No subs either.
Still alternating between Waitrose and Ocado though.

I liked the new app feature today with notifications popping up for "you're next" and then "we are just unloading your shopping, see you in a minute". Very similar to what Amazon does.

Only one sub today and it was Ocado strawberries instead of a different brand so no problem.

8 substitutions (all unsuitable) today.
Did get my free chocolate though!

I had no idea that bacon mayonnaise existed. The possibilities....

DH and I have hidden our free chocolate in the tea and coffee cupboard to avoid DC scoffing the lot!

We ended up with some frozen strawberries and edamame beans we didn't order, which seems a bit random. I thought that everything was automated these days.

Well, a couple of orders ago I received somebody’s deep dish Chicago town pepperoni pizza instead of my bag of frozen green beans. I was annoyed but perked up when I envision the other customers face upon finding their green bean sub

No subs here either. But - what - free chocolate ?!! Are Ocado trying to keep me from gaining weight by making me miss out on all the treats?! I got free face cream. It was open, not sure what to do with it now .

I got the texts too ‘you’re next ‘ and ‘we’re unloading’ it was like having company while I worked

Last week I got a random pot of cottage cheese in addition to my order and nothing was missing. It's still sitting in my fridge because I have no use for the vile stuff.

@XiCi

Theyve added full fat creme Fraiche now thank god. Both the one above and a slightly cheaper isigny one.

Gaspode the search function just seems to be down today so it may still be there. Castello pineapple sounds truly horrible though

Pah! I like it. It's not very pineapply but it is a bit sweet as well as creamy.

Someone on another Ocado thread recommended M&S Cheddar with Balsamic onions (Cornish cruncher, I think it is) - that's very good too.

Incidentally, I didn't get the texts this morning. Wonder if thats only for those deemed worthy enough for the app?

Yes, they are app notifications I'm afraid.

They seem to have given up on rolling the app out any further which is another poor show from Ocado.

I usually get a delivery on Monday mornings and for the last couple of weeks its been fine, no subs. Got my free bar of Tony's though woohoo! I then usually book the next 'allowed' delivery slot - again usually a Monday but I forgot this week and went to book now as I just remembered and there is full availability Mon-Wed. I was expecting to have 'lost' my Monday slot and so was surprised to see that there was plenty of slot availability. It's so annoying that we are restricted to once weekly deliveries once again, and also that you can't see what other slots are available once you've booked.

Also, I miss Waitrose fruit and veg!

I wish M&S would use free range eggs in all its products like Waitrose does. I think I will be ditching Ocado when I lose Smartpass at £1.99 a month.

@Noflora

I wish M&S would use free range eggs in all its products like Waitrose does. I think I will be ditching Ocado when I lose Smartpass at £1.99 a month.

I thought they did? corporate.marksandspencer.com/sustainability/food-and-household/product-standards/raw-materials-commodities-and-ingredients/eggs

Eggs are very important to M&S. We were the first UK retailer to respond directly to consumer concerns about laying hen welfare. We have a 100% free range egg policy covering both whole eggs (since 1997) and eggs used as ingredients in our prepared foods (since 2002). We also sell organic free range eggs, free range white shelled eggs, free range Omega 3 eggs and free range duck eggs.

Quarantino I would be delighted if they do . I was comparing a quiche and a tortilla from their 3 for£7 offer and the ingredients for the first are
"Whole Milk, Pasteurised Egg (15%), Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Onion Saute (11%) (Onions, Rapeseed Oil, Butter (Milk), Ground Black Pepper), Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (10%), Single Cream (Milk) (7%), Vegetable Oils (Palm, Rapeseed), Red Leicester Cheese (4.5%) (Red Leicester Cheese (Milk), Colour: Annatto), Onions (3.5%), Maize Flour, Modified Maze Starch, Cornflour, Emulsifier: E471, Dried Mustard, Salt, Dextrose"
and for the second
"Potatoes (36%), Pasteurised Free Range Egg (29%), Onions (22%), Whole Milk, Single Cream (Milk), Olive Oil, Water, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Cornflour, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Parsley, Coarse Black Pepper"

Their policy on corporate.marksandspencer.com/sustainability/food-and-household/product-standards/farm-animal-health-welfare says

"All M&S food is clearly labelled with the method of production and the country of origin of the meat or fish and seafood. Where we have specifically adopted higher welfare systems (e.g. Oakham™ chicken, M&S Scottish Salmon, Free Range Eggs etc.) we promote these to our customers via a number of channels including this website, in-store décor and on pack messages."

I can't see anything on the Cheese and Onion Quiche packaging or on the Ocado website that says free range. And it has palm oil in the ingredients with no claim to being sustainable either.

Huh! That's interesting. Why would they say it's all free-range but also that they will specify where it is free-range?!
I looked up a similar quiche and it highlights the "M&S assured pork from farms in the UK". But not the egg.

But then this has 'creamy free-range egg' in the description but the ingredients just say 'pasteurised egg'
www.marksandspencer.com/large-red-pepper-feta-and-spinach-quiche-serves-10-last-collection-date-30th-april/p/fdp60015840

We got the free chocolate

No app here still though

I’m still struggling with best before dates - my shop doesn’t last as long any more and I have to freeze some of it to get enough meals for a while week. Find that quite annoying

I can see creamy egg in the description Quarantino and free range egg in the ingredients, which makes me wonder why the other quiche doesn't have that. In the policy document i read it does talk about rolling out rules for how suppliers source their eggs, maybe with the huge range increase for this ocado hookup they cannot immediately guarantee fr eggs. All most odd

Haha, Noflora, I can see where you see that even though I can also see the opposite! If you look at the text on the second and third images. It looks like both references to egg are 'free-range' on pic 2 and this has curiously been removed for both egg references in pic 3.

Suspicious!

On one hand, I feel suitably placated with my free Tony's chocolate - I'm on bar number 3 this week. On the other hand though I am still furious that I haven't been deemed worthy enough to use the app. Why are they introducing new features when they haven't allowed all their customers to use it? I'd love to be a fly on the wall at their head office to find out what's going on.

Does anyone know when the Christmas slots open for non delivery pass customers?

Irritating sub today- instead of M&S fresh Dahl, got a tin of chickpeas 🙄

Only one sub today which was ricotta for mascarpone.