I work from home and don't have a car so it's cheaper to buy groceries online and have them delivered to my apartment.
I just learned today that a lot of groceries do dynamic pricing. Fry's Food and Food City are 2 grocery stores that don't do dynamic pricing (as of now) and they're local.
The problem is Fry's food always has onions that go bad after only a few days.
Food city doesn't have native online shopping so I would have to rely on Instacart/doordash. Instacart/doordash uses dynamic pricing.
Safeway is another option that i've been using lately but they're known to use dynamic pricing.
What do I do?
I can't figure out the solution to my issue.
Is there a way to avoid dynamic pricing for groceries?
byu/Remarkable-Piano6934 inFrugal
Posted by Remarkable-Piano6934
2 Comments
Pay for an uber and go yourself. Shop in bulk to reduce the number of trips.
Carpool with someone who does have a car. Take the bus. Walk with a cart if it’s only a mile or two.
Delivery charges I can only imagine are hefty. Even when not looking at variable pricing.
When you shop in person you select good veggies that aren’t on their way out.