Safeway deliver, or Wrongway delivery?

Review Wednesday!!! 

Yesterday I got a text from my neighbor/best friend to look outside. When I did I was amazed! Our neighbor has having all of their groceries delivered. THEIR GROCERIES WERE BEING DELIVERED!!! Right to their front door!!! I had heard of this service before, while vacationing with my family in the outer banks of NC. The Lowes food store just off the island will deliver groceries to the rental homes, and even put them away for you! So when you arrive at your sanctuary, you don't have to stress about having to go grocery shopping the second you unload you beach hats and flippy floppies. 

ANYWAYS,

So I see the Safeway delivery truck out front and am so excited! I don't know why it never occurred to me that this luxurious (HA!) way to shop would even be an option back home. So My BFF and I turned to our handy dandy computers to find out all about grocery deliveries. 

I honestly had no intention of ordering when I started this venture, but in order to find out how expensive this luxury was, I signed up and made a delivery account (for future possibilities), after all the side of the truck said "free delivery on your first order." What I wasn't told before signing up is that you have 24 hours after signing up to place your first order if you want free shipping. 

Luckily I had a small list of staples needed for this weeks menu. I filled my virtual cart while sipping a cappuccino, and it was bliss! Very simple to figure out, and nothing much to it. I get ready to check out and am THEN notified that a minimum order of $49 is needed for delivery. Back to the shopping I went. After filling my cart to $50.26, I was able to check out. This process was also very simple, and was over within a minute. I picked an hour time slot to have my groceries delivered, and I WAS SO EXCITED for them to arrive today. 

The truck pulled up, I swung open the door before he could even reach the front step! He went over my order, if anything had been substituted, etc. I unloaded my groceries, still excited, and it was kinda lackluster. I like the idea, but I'm not impressed at all with the quality of produce and meat that I received. Not only that, but the EVOO bottle was leaking all over the bag when I took it out. Some packages were a little squished, but my main concern is the meat.., it was just gross. 

So I guess in theory this service could be nice if you order simple things, small staples, or if you want groceries waiting for you when you arrive at you vacation home. Other than that I don't think I will be using this service again. It was fun to try while it was free, but not worth having gross pork chops and spilled oil all over my groceries.