Wife and I had a tradition of shopping every Saturday. As we lost our youthful energy and with demanding career jobs, we’re finding it more difficult to maintain our traditions. Amazon is reasonable solution. I can get fill a shopping list in minutes, send, and everything is delivered on time. This frees up at least a good 1-2 hours to do other things.
What is your preference?
What do you get from Amazon? Dried goods like pasta etc?
I’d rather do the pick up from my local grocery for staples. But most of my shopping is produce/meat/perishables that i prefer to pick out myself.
I guess I could get my steel cut oatmeal, rice, pasta, some canned items from Amazon but that would be it.
I far prefer to grocery shop in the store. I usually seek specials, seasonable items, or whatever calls my name that day, and plan meals accordingly. I’ve been grocery shopping since a teen, as my mother did not enjoy it, and I did.
I also don’t like to support Amazon any more than necessary 
I’ll first try to purchase non-grocery items at local stores, and resort to online when it would take multiple or distant trips.
Amazon has a grocery delivery called Amazon Fresh. Same cost as a traditional store, but everything delivered.
I prefer in-store. Even though I generally shop a list, I will often deviate a bit based on what’s available (some really good looking in-season produce, for example). Pantry staples and non-perishables from Costco, once a month. Produce, dairy and animal protein weekly or more often from our local Aldi or Wegmans.
My husband has Lyme Disease which has resulted in a lot of food sensitivities and allergies. Because of that, I do a lot of online shopping so I can find stuff he can eat. Amazon, Walmart, Kroger, some strictly online places, etc. We don’t live in an area with same day Amazon deliveries, so I shop instore for perishables and the “normal” items we eat.
I do curbside pickup from my local Walmart. Their website is less clunky than meijer, the other grocery store chain in my area.
My sibling has Walmart plus which delivers to their house, I may decide to do that. I don’t know if you would have to tip for a delivery or not, that’s what stopping me.
I dislike grocery shopping so much that curbside pickup works well for me.
I live where I can walk to 3 grocery stores - Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods and Ralph’s (Kroger). I tend to shop several times each week to get fresh produce, fruit and meats. Since I work from home I can shop in the early morning when stores are not too busy and get what I need quickly.
Curbside Walmart groceries (great prices and good vegetables- hate and never do in store), in store Kroger and Safeway for a specific thing I cannot find at Walmart. Costco in store when traveling or online staples when at home.
Delivery always costs a good $10-$15 more than in-store, which includes a tip, which I always do. Delivery costs themselves are usually around $7-$10 per grocery trip. The costs add up if you’re doing it weekly. The subscription can easily cut that cost in half. Delivery is really more about convenience. Curbside is a nice hybrid of in-store and delivery that has no additional costs.
H lives for going to Walmart/Target. Seriously. He’d go every day if I let him. So I don’t see us ever doing curbside/delivery unless we became incapacitated. We go every Sunday for our main trip, and then again on Wednesdays if there’s any weird thing we’re missing. The grocery store down the street is only if we have an emergency item we need ASAP.
But our Walmart is not like many others. I can get there in < 10 minutes, parking is just fine, and on Sundays late morning/early afternoon it’s pretty empty. Nobody uses the self checkout with conveyor belts, so we just walk up, scan our stuff and leave. I can’t think of a time when I had to wait for someone to finish before setting my stuff on the belt.
Older S/GF has their Walmart stuff delivered. It saves them time and $$$, since they have to pay tolls to get there, and it’s a whole lot cheaper than the Whole Foods nearby. Younger S/GF are planning to do the same when they move there in a couple of weeks.
We definitely live in a food rainforest! There are 2 Costcos and a TJ within 15-min drive, and there is an upscale grocery store that I can walk to. The next door town has several Asian grocery stores with great produce.
I prefer to shop in person and when the stores tend to be less crowded. I can get in and out of a Costco in half an hour or less with a cartful of groceries as I know where everything is located with my eyes closed 
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I do mainly orders for curbside pick-up and H supplements that with quick (max 10 items) runs into Publix for most fresh produce plus beef or fish. Neither of us enjoys grocery shopping and it’s so much faster to place an online order. Another benefit is that I can take my time to read labels before ordering.
I’ve had pretty good luck with curbside pick-up shopping. The few times an item has been unacceptable, a refund was quickly processed after an online request. I’ll order apples, bananas, and citrus but not lettuce or bagged salads. Generally we’re happy with proteins such as chuck roasts and pork tenderloins but not with steaks. H selects those or, more rarely, I order from a specialty company.
I’ve had delivery before, they do expect a tip. I’ve been using ShopRite online for 10+ years. I’ve always been a list person, but I’m also an impulse shopper, so I find I save money even with the $5 fee. Right now (as always) I have recipes open on my iPad. My kids didn’t like having any meal more than twice a month. My daughter is driving home from SC tomorrow, just asked for chili and tomato bisque (not together), I love being asked to cook specific meals. I Amazon a ton, I can compare prices between the two and buy wherever it’s cheapest. I’ll even ordering stuff from Costco.com when I can get free shipping.
I like in-person for fish, meat, and fresh veges so I can see exactly what I’m getting. Canned goods, paper goods, dried goods, etc. I will order if I don’t see what I like in the store. We are fortunate to have some excellent grocery and specialty stores nearby.
I love going to the market and want to pick out my own fresh goods.
Fry’s (Kroger), Sprouts, and Target occupy three corners of our community intersection, TJ’s, Costco, and Walmart within four miles on the same road. I always shop in person and market as the week’s recipes dictate. DH does a Costco run when necessary. We can’t stock much because we split the year between two places and have to empty each fridge and most of the pantry goods every few months when we switch places. DH did curbside pickup during Covid, but we were both glad to return to the control of in-person shopping once we could.
I have tried home delivery, but for me, it is not worth the markup plus tip. My local grocery is a mile from my house. I can drive there, get groceries, and get home faster than I can get items delivered. Most of the time, I like grocery shopping. I like selecting my own produce and dairy. If the store is out of something, I prefer to adjust my meal plans while still at the store. I normally shop early enough in the day that store is not overly crowded. There are usually more pickers than shoppers.
I will do curbside pickup if I am ill and need dh to do the shopping. He dislikes shopping but will happily sit in the parking lot listening to podcasts while he waits for the order to come to him.
We to a pick-up every Saturday from Walmart. Mostly buying items in a bag or a box, plus cleaning supplies and toiletries. Then a trip to Jewel for produce and meats and sale items.
We start the order usually on Wed or TH at WM and add to it until like midnight on Friday is the cutoff. I do the pick up between 7-8AM. I grab the better half Starbucks on the way home. That is her treat each week. Drop the WM order off and run to Jewel. I am usually back home 9-9:30 and the week’s shopping is done. Both at less than 2 miles from the house. I will never pay for delivery. Just not in my nature. We don’t do Doordash either. I will happily go get it to save $$$. Also I would never trust someone to pick out produce and meat.
I tried to do online ordering during COVID. They asked me if I would accept a substitute for the toilet paper I had ordered. I figured I would just get a different brand so I said yes. The shopper called me to find out if aluminum foil was ok with me. I’m not making this up. In whose world would aluminum foil be a good sub for toilet paper.
So I cancelled the order…and they would not refund the delivery charge!
If I lived in a city where shopping was a PITA, I would order online from one of the many vendors. But I have a car and there are six grocery stores within a 15 minute drive…plus two fabulous farm stores. And a couple of bakeries. So…I shop in person. Well…actually my husband does a lot of the shopping but I shop too!