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Monday 2 February 2015

How To Make The Most Out Of Grocery Delivery

By Ines Flores


Lawrenceville, Georgia, is in the northern part of the state, about an hour's drive northeast of Atlanta, the state capital. Thanks to the Internet, Falcon fans all over will be reaping the benefits of grocery delivery. Whether they are too busy to go out shopping, or just topping up supplies for Monday night football on television, they are saving time and money while saving the planet.

More and more people, in Lawrenceville, GA, and all over the country are discovering the benefits of ordering groceries online. How does it save the planet? When delivery vans, often purchased by the stores for their environmentally-friendly engines, make deliveries at several homes in the same general area, it means that that same number of vehicles, many of which may well be gas-guzzlers, don't have to use the fuel or spew out fumes.

By saving your usual weekly purchases in a "favorites" list, you can avoid impulse buys, thereby saving a pile of money. This is also a good way of making sure you don't miss out something on the list that you usually need. In fact, the computer keeps track of your regular purchases and may even remind you if you fail to add something to your online basket.

You do have to be careful. Stores have crafty ways of getting you to buy more stuff than you intended. One trick is to group items together in multiple-buy offers. Buy one for two dollars, buy two for three dollars. The system will flag up a warning when you "fail to qualify" for one of these fabulous money-off purchases. Unless it is something you can really use and would buy regularly anyway, try to resist the temptation to click on that extra item to qualify for the reward, as if you have won something instead of just spending more money than you had originally planned.

Of course, if you have the space and know that you will use the extra items, it makes sense to make use of these money off deals. Once you have reached the checking out stage of your shopping session, you will see just how much money you have saved by taking advantage of special offers. Put this away for a rainy day or to save up for that new sofa you have had your eye on. Don't let the savings just disappear into the nebulous cloud that is your family's finances.

The first thing you usually do when you log on for an online shopping session is to book a delivery slot. If you are lucky, you can specify within one hour when you want your shopping dropped off. Just make sure you note the time and don't go wandering off to the dentist.

By linking your store's loyalty card to your online shopping account, you can enjoy even more savings. The store keeps track of your regular purchases and will send you offers based on your shopping habits. For example, if you have a new baby and purchase disposable diapers, they can send you offers for pull-ups when your child reaches the age when they can make use of them.

Doing your routine shopping over the Internet can save you time, save you money and, by reducing the amount of fuel used and pollutants expelled into the air, it can also save the planet. Think of what you can do with all that savings. You can transfer it to your clothing budget, save it for a vacation or use it to get a bigger home.




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