‘We are democratising the right to laziness’: the rise of grocery deliveries

As a single parent this service has been absolutely wonderful. It saves me at least an hour a week, and keeps me from impulse buying and blowing my budget. I can schedule the delivery for a one-hour window when I know I'll be home, and the quality of the produce has been excellent.

I pay a yearly fee for unlimited deliveries (I only use the service once a week), and typically about a $10 "tip" to the delivery driver each week.

The number of amenities that have sprung up like remote grocery orders and better remote work are game changing.

I'm hoping this keeps going. I'd really rather be happy about a market shift than a pandemic for making my life better. It's not like anyone _doesn't_ want life to be more convenient.

Things change and people are always lazy. This is a great system when you need shopping done but can't leave your home for whatever reason.

There are also shops around here that will pack your groceries and put them in the back of your car, if you don't want to have them delivered to your home. This is super convenient and something I hope they keep up after the pandemic.

She might owe her very life to the grocery delivery service. She managed to avoid Covid entirely until her vaccination. Her lungs are not particularly strong. The last winter wave here was particularly vicious, it was good that she could avoid going to the store in person.

Edit: downvoted for ... what? I live several hours away, I could not supply her in person.

Sometimes an in person visit to the grocery store is a nice thing :)

The “losses” are illusory. It reminds me about the complaints about automatic car transmission or run flat tires.