We always shop at Pavilions because we are used to it, we like the people there, and it has great veggies and meat. I’ve tried the local Albertsons which is a block away from my house but the lines are long, and I just don’t like it. So when Pavillions (Vons, Safeway, etc) contacted me for another promotion opportunity and send me some gift cards to try out their Home Grocery Delivery service, I said WHY NOT!
(Scroll down if you want a promo code for $$$ off and free delivery, btw! Although, I’m entertaining, I promise. You might want to read the whole thing.)
I finally had some time to sit down and figure out the whole process. I figured it would be pretty easy. Signing up was actually a little annoying though. I went to the link and I registered and went to the Shop Now and had to register a second time. When I finally got to the Shop Now page the first section was BEER. Hmm 🙂 Are they suggesting something? I figured out that it was alphabetical order yet “Baby” was the first section and they were still showing me beer! I’m probably fixating on this a little too much!
As I scroll down the long page, it didn’t have everything I wanted. I then realized that the ‘Shop by Aisle’ had more options and literally every single item that was in the store. It was nice to know that after I put things in my cart, the next time shopping would be a lot easier because my preferences would be saved and I wouldn’t have to find them all next time. Tip: Use the search feature! You can get lost in all those categories.
I have a few main discrepancies that I have to figure out. One is that I don’t know my Club Card so I didn’t put it in when I first signed up. I know there are more sales going on then what is initially shown on the page. I’m wondering if I’m just not seeing them or if it is more expensive doing it online. It could literally go both ways. We make so many buying options according to sales so it is hard to ‘pull the trigger’ to buy something when I know it’s sitting on sale at the actual store.
For example, Griffin drinks lactose free milk and that milk is freaking expensive. Sometimes Lactaid Whole Milk is on a two-for-one sale (2 for $7) and other times it’s cheaper to buy the Safeway Lucerne Lactose Free stuff. It just all depends.
Other nit-picky things are deli sandwich meat and hamburger meat are things that I never want a full pound of. Yes, I’m the one going to the specialist and requesting a ‘handful’ of this and ‘1/3 pound of that’. We know what we want and we don’t want to waste. 🙂
The cool thing is that you get to tell your personal shopper exactly what you want! So I believe you can work around a lot of those things. It makes it much nicer when I would shop at the store and I would see the personal shoppers with their carts carefully selecting items for their clients. I’m sure you have seen them before. They are always super friendly and ask me if I need anything at all. So I know it’s real people, carefully selecting items to bring home to me. I would probably be more freaked out if it was the boy in back, just tossing some produce into my bag and shipping it away on the truck. 🙂
I had fun shopping online for all my items. The delivery service seems pretty handy with two hour windows. It seems like it would be nice to have a delivery at night when we know we are going to be home. I still need to schedule it and confirm the items we need with the husband but I will be sure to let you know how it goes!
Vons gave me an exclusive promotional code (I’m giggling as I write this!) but it’s good for everyone to take advantage of.
Test it out and get $7.00 off and free delivery on your first order. Just enter in KRSTBG when you check out and you are good to go!
Has anyone ever used the Vons Home Grocery Delivery service before? How did it go? Did you like it?
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I have use it a few times. When I fractured my pelvic bone I couldn’t go shopping. I was stuck in the stupid wheelchair. And on top of that I didn’t even have car. So my sister Vicki ordered online one day and had everything shipped to my house for me. So then I used it for 3 months. I loved it. But I missed being able to walk around the aisles and price shop.
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