Food On Wheels

Grocery delivery isn't something new. I recall, as a child, my mother rushing out the door to join the other ladies of the neighborhood to select fresh goods provided by the Chinese vegetable man whose black van came regularly to our street. Milk and other dairy produce  was delivered on order to our door step. The breadman came to the door bringing baked loaves and other  items. Trips to the butcher shop and those to get canned goods, were the only shopping outings. When super markets arrived on the scene, shoppers flocked to them to buy everything in one store, everything from socks to pots and chocolates to brisket. Today, a new style, based on the old one, has arrived. The modern grocery store shopper can sit at his/her computer and order from a variety of ways, groceries to be delivered right to their door. A personal shopper will select, according to your specifications, what you put on your list. If there is a substitution, it is to your advantage, not the other way around. I am sold on this form of shopping now that I have experienced it. The fresh items that came were flawless, and frozen goods arrived in special containers to keep them solid. I live in a condo and the items came through without hassle, the tricky security system, to my personal door and were carried in to the counter top. Tipping is not allowed, and since you pay by card, there is no fiddling with coinage to be bothered with. What I like best, is that I don't have to take my car out and struggle in a busy lot, to find a parking spot, juggle a basket along the store aisle and then wait in a long line to pay. Everything is completed on my computer and all I have to do is put the groceries away when they come to my kitchen. Easy peasy. While this style isn't for those who love to squeeze tomatoes, shelf gaze or forage, it's ideal in my book. There is planning required, the store I chose allows me to select from the flyer and from all departments, and I may even return things that do not suit. Plastic bags are returned for recycling and the courtesy of the delivery man is second to none. It's a saving even when paying for delivery, a nominal cost. I don't pay for gas, wear and tear on my car. I do not pick up items I don't really need. I don't need to wrangle a basket to my car trunk and back in the rain and cold or subject my nice car to the dents and scrapes of careless people I park beside. I enjoy shopping now that it is so easy and convenient and safe.  Who wouldn't?