unsafe, no way

[calimac]

I thought it might be time to transition to having our groceries shopped for by the store, an option that's being heavily pushed both by the authorities and the stores themselves.

We do most of our shopping at Safeway, which dominates the food markets around here, so I logged on to their website, with an account we've never actually used before, and girded for battle. They offer both delivery and pickup, whereby you come to the store, call them, and they bring the groceries out to your car.

Pickup seemed easier to arrange than delivery, because the store people don't have to go anywhere, so I chose that option. I saw an option reading "Reserve a pickup time." There I found that they allow you to pick a time up to seven days in advance - no further - but that all times for all days were unavailable. That was true for three different stores. I was expecting that arranging a time might take a couple days, but no availability at all doesn't scan.

When I switched to delivery, there wasn't even an option to set a time. So how are you supposed to know when the delivery will be, and is it in fact not possible to arrange for either? So I phoned them. An hour's waiting later, I gave up.

So B's going out shopping today (this still remains her best day of the week to do it, as she's still working, just from home - and yes, they're paying her). My grocery needs can wait a couple days, but I'm going out when I need them.

This had better get fixed, and soon. Otherwise I'm going out grocery-shopping when I need to, regardless of anything else. And if They don't like that, they'd better get this fixed.

Comments

[cynthia1960]

Emma went to the Safeway at Bird and Minnesota this afternoon, it's the closest one to us. There were shortages and a whole lot of Willow Glen entitlement in action. She was wearing a mask and got some stares like she was overreacting. The checker was trying to be of good cheer.

She may start going to the store at San Carlos and Meridian to hopefully avoid the WG attitude. The store is bigger too.

[ranunculus]

M recommends going to the store when they open in the morning. He says that at 7am Guss's (Haight St) had one other person in it, and that is pretty normal. Also almost everyone I've talked to say the smaller stores often have better stocks.

[cynthia1960]

Zanotto's and Lunardi's are smaller locally owned grocery chains we should throw business at. I was happy doing holiday grocery shopping at the Rose Garden Z's here in SJ, and they are doing early shopping for seniors.

[calimac]

An errand a few weeks ago took me past the Lunardi's at Meridian and Branham, and I have gone back there a few times since with moderate success. I'd been to other Lunardi's before in that part of the city.

[andrewducker]

None available for three weeks for us. We ventured in and got a bunch of useful stuff, but I'm very glad we got a 16-pack of toilet paper last time we were in, because those shelves were empty.