Ocado tips, tricks subs, M&S shortbread giveaways and defectors..

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Carrying on from the old Ocado thread. www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/a4045676-Ocado-tips-hacks-Toblerone-and-Christmas?msgid=102560793#102560793

I have been contributing, just changed my name to prevent being outed over something!

There have been lots of cauliflower complaints on the Facebook page, including someone who had one she could fit in the palm of her hand.
Must be a cauli thing.

Anyone know why they are no longer stocking the M&S fresh balanced for you meals any more? I like cooking, but they were handy to have sometimes!

I think they have a problem with fruit and veg in general tbh

Has anyone else not been charged for their smart pass recently ?

Now you come to mention it @wendz86 .... I haven't. Just checked my bank account. Weird.

Marking place!

I was charged for mine on the 10th.

Mine comes out on the 2nd.

@hopingforabrighterfuture2021

Anyone know why they are no longer stocking the M&S fresh balanced for you meals any more? I like cooking, but they were handy to have sometimes!

I shop for my mum a lot and I think these are what she prefers. Basically uncooked meat (mostly chicken) in a sauce, and no veg (she adds her own). Suitable for 2 people. i dont eat meat, but she tells me it tastes a lot better than reheating cooked meat in a sauce. (Hope that makes sense!)

I now have to go into M&S store for these. Ocado CS were (unusually) very unhelpful and couldnt even tell me what search term to look for back in the autumn. One day I had to look at over 100 different items

Large delivery arrived this morning, everything there apart from one sub... the free 0% Stella We were given alcohol free Heineken instead.

Driver lovely, felt awful as he was an elderly man. We usually tip but in these times we’ve stopped handling cash.

I got my cauliflower. Subbbed an organic one £2 !!!!!! Size of tennis ball.

@spongedog I didn’t mean those ones, I know what you mean though! I meant the meals for 1 that were like a balanced mix of protein, carbs and veg and fairy high protein. Like I say, not a massive deal as I usually cook!

I think the ones you’re talking about are called something else, although I can’t remember what!

Full Ocado order came today with only one sub.

You tip the drivers?

It would never occur to me to tip an Ocado driver!

I thought they weren't allowed to accept tips? Would be an admission, on the part of their employer, that the drivers were not being properly paid ...

Yes we usually did before Covid!

Nope. Never tipped a delivery driver yet.

I’ve never tipped a delivery driver.

Just a quick note to say be cautious if you get offered Reserved back. We got offered it a few weeks ago so I selected it but when it kicked in it caused a two week gap in our orders where I couldn’t book anything and now it’s coming weekly but I can’t book any other slots.

For some reason previously I could book around every four days if I needed to, which meant I could get elderly mum an occasional order as a well as us, but now I can’t.

I have had my reserved slot back since June or maybe earlier , no problems with delivery and substitutions but this is because you can’t put stuff in the trolley to start with because so much is out of stock . Tinned tomatoes , only expensive brands, ice cream only allowed one pack, cannellini beans all out of stock except very expensive brand , frozen peas no Ocado only birds eye at a price far more expensive than at competitors and so it goes on. Adding to my order has become a ridiculous game of trying to find my own substitutions . I’m only sticking with because if the current situation .

Did everyone get the Smart Pass discount on M&S homeware and clothing? I used it on a £6 M&S towel, making it just £1 after the £5 discount.

I also got a £5 voucher for Fetch after the cat litter I buy was out of stock and I declined their offer to re-book that delivery.

@nordica

Did everyone get the Smart Pass discount on M&S homeware and clothing? I used it on a £6 M&S towel, making it just £1 after the £5 discount.

I also got a £5 voucher for Fetch after the cat litter I buy was out of stock and I declined their offer to re-book that delivery.

I got a £5 discount code, but it's when I spend £25 - was yours no minimum spend?

@nordica

Did everyone get the Smart Pass discount on M&S homeware and clothing? I used it on a £6 M&S towel, making it just £1 after the £5 discount.

I also got a £5 voucher for Fetch after the cat litter I buy was out of stock and I declined their offer to re-book that delivery.

No

Did they send it by email @nordica?

I haven't had an anniversary gift since about 2005 either

Chipping in with my cauliflower fail.
I complained and they sent a “sorry” email.
Sodding thing was supposed to feed a family of 5!
“I am very sorry that you are disappointed with the size of the cauliflower you received, which is smaller than a tennis ball.

The growth size issue is affecting all retailers, not just Ocado. This is not a different variety or any sort of supplier issue.

Sadly, as the cold spell continues we should inform the customer that future cauliflowers may also be affected.”

Yes, sorry my comment was rather missing the key point in my excitement The email said there was a minimum of £25 but I added the £6 towel to an existing order and applied the code and it took £5 off my total. I actually needed more hand towels so wouldn't be too upset if they adjusted it later or something.

So many of my Picard staples are out of stock, including for deliveries in a few weeks... arggghg - is it because of Brexit??!

I have never tipped a driver