I use DoorDash (for restaurants) and Instacart (for groceries) to occasionally order meals or groceries for my older parents.
The usage of these is increasing so I am considering either a dash pass or Instacart+ account to save on delivery fees.
I am also aware of grocery stores like Safeway and smartandfinal have their own delivery and memberships
Let’s assume on average about once a week for a meal order and once a week for a groceries though groceries might be increasing.
What do you recommend for purchasing membership to reduce fees ? Instacart+ ? DoorDash pass? Or go with a grocery store delivery plan and DoorDash (or Instacart ) both?
Instacart+ va DoorDash Pass vs Grocery store deliveries
byu/BadBradly inFrugal
Posted by BadBradly
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If this is for seniors, look into Walmart+. They will actually bring the groceries into your kitchen. Delivery is done by actual store employees. I used this in the past and it was excellent.
We have no delivery available at all in my country, not even a single taxi. Walmart will do the selection and you can go pick it up, but there were too many errors when I tried it twice, unknown items and substitutions that were unrelated to what I wanted. Grape jelly is not a substitute for maple syrup! Getting a refund took longer than shopping myself. I just go in person and use their electric shopping carts.g
Jismmy Johns will deliver within a limited area, if they have a driver available.
Instacart+ is basically a scam.
I tried to cancel, and they gave me a year for $19 if I stayed, but then I noticed on my itemized receipts it’ll show “waived delivery fee $0” and then right below that, there’s a separate “service fee” that is suspiciously the exact same amount that the delivery fee was.
I get it, it’s not technically a delivery fee, so it’s legal and not /quite/ a literal scam. That said, changing the name of the fee doesn’t really change the fact that you’d be paying it with or without Instacart+.