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35 replies

Sammzz · 23/10/2026 12:03

I'm wondering if anyone has this problem with receiving their online food shops, obviously it doesn't come in carrier bags anymore it comes in crates so I take a few bags to the door to fill up but as the crate is always on the floor I end up having to sit on the floor with it as I have a bad back which leaves the delivery driver towering over me and I always feel a little uncomfortable, any ideas ?

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Leoie · 23/10/2026 18:23

If the height is an issue, could you purchase a small outdoor table by the front door

sociallydistained · 23/10/2026 18:35

I shop Ocado only as the handover takes 30 seconds. I used to take in Sainsbury’s shops and haaaaated it

Silverbirchleaf · 23/10/2026 18:44

My Morrisons delivery didn’t come in bags yesterday! I’ve got a bad back so I asked the driver to bring it in, and we unloaded it into the kitchen. Normally i would pick up the crate, empty the stuff then return the crate.

ilovepixie · 23/10/2026 20:35

They put the crates on the front door step with mine. Never offered to carry into the kitchen, didn’t know that was an option!

NewGrandmummy · 23/10/2026 20:41

Honestly, Ocado is the way to go, especially as they now give money off codes if the equivalent shop in Sainsbury would have cost less. Everything is almost always in stock too.

Silverbirchleaf · 23/10/2026 20:42

ilovepixie · 23/10/2026 20:35

They put the crates on the front door step with mine. Never offered to carry into the kitchen, didn’t know that was an option!

I ask the drivers, they don’t offer. No one has refused before and they’ve seemed happy to carry the crates in.

Borborygmus · 25/10/2026 21:10

I find that some of the drivers are smart enough to raise the level of the crate by stacking a few empty crates underneath. In fact some drivers will actually hold the crate at a higher level themselves. I would have thought they would oblige if asked.

DoubleBusy2026 · 25/10/2026 21:23

MrsJonBonJovi · 23/10/2026 13:10

Morrisons still use bags so I tend to order from there mostly. If I order from anywhere else, I pull a wheelie bin in front of the door and ask the driver to put the crates on top one at a time whilst I empty them. I have a dodgy back and cannot bend and lift easily, so much easier this way. When I do the occasional Iceland shop to fill up my chest freezer, I decant it all into a festival trolley and just drag it through the garden to the shed!

Morrisons don’t use bags in my area so it may be just in yours

WhyamIinahandcartandwherearewegoing · 25/10/2026 21:28

yeesh · 23/10/2026 12:22

Ocado still use bags. So much easier than the crates. They also take the bags back for recycling

I love Ocado for this. So much easier.

nunsflipflop · 25/10/2026 21:33

Our Morrisons no longer deliver in bags. We book the slot that my DH is at home for,he stands at the door with bags and transfers into that.

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