Safeway: Dr. Nicole Grocery Shops From Home

By Dr. Nicole Sundene

I had to “product test” Safeway.com’s option to have groceries delivered and was quite pleased by the experience!

First of all let’s give mad Props to delivery man Jeff that was friendly and walked me through the process, suggesting that in the future I click the option to allow for substitutions because if I don’t want it he’ll just take it back to my local Safeway and refund my account.

Jeff gets a gold star for not taking my tip as well, since I hadn’t ordered groceries online before I wasn’t sure what kind of tip I should give and all my friends that I consulted with weren’t sure either. So I just handed him the tip and asked, “for future reference what do people normally tip you for your service?”

To which he replied, “we don’t accept tips.” Pheew! Okay that disaster was everted and I had also saved another few bucks to boot! It is also nice to know that there are still some honest people out there these days.

BONUSES OF SHOPPING ONLINE:

• No people in my way
• No waiting in lines
• No pointless small talk with strangers
• No impulse shopping
• No screaming children…yes I still scream and cry when I don’t get the candy I want…. *wink*

The nice thing about Safeway grocery delivery is that you can also have groceries sent to sick or elderly friends that are shut in, or low on funds…a “care package” for your broke college kids!

It is also simple to use their site and search for the latest deals as they come up!

I found many of the organic and natural products I frequently use on sale and was given the Buyers Club discount.

Most of the produce I buy are from the Farmers Market near my house so I just need the basic staples. But, I found some good deals online at Safeway too and the search function makes it virtually impossible to mess up!

As I said earlier, I found it much less tempting to impulse shop online, and it was easier to find the deals and check them out, since they pop up as the top choice.

My overall grocery “cybertrip” was only about half of what I normally pay due to lack of impulse shopping.

Online shopping may be a great way for people to lose weight as they distance themselves from the immediacy of food and impulse shopping.

Remember if you have a sick or shut in friend or relative you can always tell them you would be happy to have some groceries delivered. This is thoughtful and easy thanks to Safeway.com! Act like it is no big deal because you get it free from work or something. People are proud, but they are also grateful.

Which is why we all need to adopt the homeless, weak, and elderly in need around us and consider what true poverty, loneliness, sickness, and isolation is.

Of course I had to product test this before I could recommend it, and was certainly happy to because….

Grocery store shoppingis the Trifecta of everything I detest (had to use that because I gave up the Hate for 2008)

In conclusion I was delighted to beta test this whole Safeway delivery thing my friend has been bragging about for five years. We have it set up as an an affiliate program so if you click through any Safeway banners (of just book mark) this page we get a small donation which helps us unleash the inner fabulosity of our free healthy breaking news and nags!

Thanks for your purchases!

Dr. Nicole

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