When I say the words “grocery shopping” which image below closest describes your feelings?
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For most of us, especially those of us with small children, grocery shopping is NOT something to look forward to each week. However, if you follow me on facebook then you’ve heard me brag about my grocery store. I seriously LOVE my grocery store! Why you ask? Well a bunch of reasons, but hands down the main one is this:
You shop, we’ll watch the kids! A convenient, free service that’s available in 90-minute increments on a first-come-first-served basis. Children between the ages of 3 and 9 enjoy developmentally appropriate and entertaining play zones. Hours: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Did you catch that? FREE childcare for 90 minutes and my boys love to go! Seriously, Zephan has been known to cry when I come and pick him up because he loves playing at The Treehouse. My Giant grocery store also offers a cute cafe’, free Wi-fi, grocery valet service, cooking classes, consults with a nutritionist, and on and on! Giant has caused me to completely rethink grocery shopping, and I must admit that it is almost delightful now.
As if all of this isn’t good enough, Giant also offers a Shop from Home service. Shop From Home puts US in control of where we shop, when we shop and how we shop, and today I’m going to share with you how it works!
Step 1: Create your account online using your bonuscard so that you’re sure to cash in on all of the bonus card savings then click “Order Online” and scroll down to “Shop from Home”.
Step 2: Select your location for pick-up. The options are limited right now, but I’m told that they hope to roll out across the states of PA and possibly MD by the end of 2012
Step 3: Shop! I can browse items by aisle…
…or I can click on “Things I Buy” to see a list of items that I typically purchase. This feature is FANTASTIC for me. I have a health nut for a husband and two kids that eat gluten free. Sometimes it is hard for me to remember the exact brand name of everyone’s favorites. Here, they are right in front of me and with a “click” they are in my cart!
But what about produce you ask? I can tell them exactly what kind of bananas I want! Make that 2 yellow and 3 green please. There is also an area for comments so you can communicate with your personal shopper and let them know that brown spots on your peel aren’t acceptable. Do you feel like a diva, or what?
I have to say that when I shop online I typically save more. That running total amount on the sidebar helps keep me in check! When I’m finished, I just click checkout and pick a time that I plan on picking up my groceries from the store. They do require a four hour notice from cart to pick-up. During my scheduled time, I drive up to the drive through area and my personal shopper goes over my order with me, takes my payment and any coupons, and loads the groceries for me. How fantastic is that???
Want to try it? For a limited time, the Shop at Home service is FREE (and after the promotional period it is $4.95 per order). If you live near the Giant at Willow Grove, PA, the Giant in Camp Hill, PA, or the Stop&Shop in Chelmsford, MA, then you are a lucky ducky! You can also receive $10 off of your $50 online order by entering promo code: PUPSO10 upon checkout (this promo code is only available in the PA locations).
Disclosure: I received a Giant giftcard to try out the shop online program. All opinions and thoughts are always my own!
I read this with serious envy! Grocery shopping with 2 month old twins is impossible, would just love to be able to roll up in the van and load the groceries in and leave! Hope that this comes to Giant Eagle stores in Ohio at some point.
that sounds positively divine… what do i have to do to get one of these in eastern oregon!!
Beth, I shop at Giant all the time, but we don’t have a Tree House (yet). That would be stinkin’ awesome. I’ll cross my fingers some of this cool stuff comes to my Giant store soon!
What a super idea and experience! Never heard of this, but what an idea! It will probably take us here in the Northwest years and years to have this, but it really sounds super! Thanks for sharing!
Crying here because I really want a Giant near me!!! We had Giants in Virginia when I lived there. I always loved their stores. Beth, you gotta tell them to come south to NC now! Pretty please ;-D
Wow, Beth! I have never heard of such. That is amazing. This must be the grocery store of the future. I always enjoy your blog. I hope you’ll come visit my “humble” blog that I started just yesterday. I’m excited about my new adventure.
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AWESOME! Now this MIGHT change my perspective on grocery shopping.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience with this service. I have passed around a link to your blog entry about it to a bunch of my friends, especially the ones with kids.
I have used Peapod/stopandshop for years, they are great, we have Roche Bros. and I use them too all the time, I feel like you I save $$ when I shop on line, have my favorites saved and easy 1 2 3…..
Have a great week-end Beth, and oh yes I do feel rich and famous when the doorbell rings and ta dah there are my groceries 🙂 (pick up not available yet in my area)
Kathy 🙂
I am happy to read about your experiences with this. I am hoping that this service comes to Hershey soon!!!