It's time for my Instacart renewal. Is it worth it?

mynameiswhatever
Sat, 12 Feb 2022 21:26:16 +0000

HImom:

I am comfortable shipping in person and have sone so throughout the pandemic. I

Mjkacmom:

Instacart was awesome during Covid.

Instacart was great in those first few months of the pandemic, and they were a lifesaver, both figuratively and literally.

Beginning in March 2020 and probably until the summer of that year, we used them all the time. That was during the “fog of the pandemic” phase when it wasn’t clear how covid was transmitted. I remember meeting the Instacart person with rubber gloves, fully masked, changing clothes, and leaving the groceries outside to air out. Really grateful to them. Back then, the prices were fairly reasonable. I even ordered for some of our older neighbors who couldn’t go shopping back then.

Today, after I posted this OP and while deciding whether to renew, I checked a few prices at a store where I know what the prices are, and they were 30% higher than what I could buy in the store. When I canceled this morning, I gave them that feedback.

I first signed up with Instacart well before the pandemic. My younger child was sick, and my wife and older child were on a school trip. We didn’t really have much food, and I couldn’t leave my child alone. I signed up for Instacart that morning, and I was really pleased at the convenience and cost back then.

I too will consider signing back up with them if conditions warrant. I also appreciate all the posts on free or low-cost curbside pickup. I hadn’t really explored that except for a place like Home Depot. I’ll consider that, if for no other reason, for timesaving.