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Online Grocery Shopping-Faster, easier, and cheaper than in person!

I've been regularly shopping for my weekly groceries online since 2018-a full two years before the pandemic, when most of us probably tried online grocery shopping at least once.

Initially, I started doing this because the parking lot where I shopped was utter madness.  I seriously thought that I'd either get in an accident when getting in and out of the lot, or figured I'd be mugged when going to/from my car to the store.  Or both.  So, in early 2018, I decided to give online shopping a go for my weekly food shop, and I haven't looked back.  

How do I love online grocery shopping?  Let me count the ways...

I love online grocery shopping because it massively reduces the impulse purchase-either because I'm not trolling aisles for my shop-and finding items that are new/cute/reduced price (so,what's the harm?  I'm saving $!).  Instead, I make my list (like I always do), and that's what I shop.  That's it.  Well, maybe once a month, when I'm clipping online coupons, I'll try something that wasn't on my list because it is at a discount, but generally, the $10+ of items I used to put in my cart weekly because I was in the store has gone away.

I love online grocery shopping because what used to take me 30+ minutes in the store to do, now takes maybe 15 minutes at home.  Sometimes less, if I only need the 'basics' for the week.  And, you know the saying...time is money.

I love online grocery shopping for the convenience of shopping at home when I have the time-and even over multiple sessions if I need to.  I no longer have to commit to literally doing it all in one go, whether it's the most convenient thing for me to do or not.

And finally, I love online grocery shopping for the simplicity of not having to bob and weave with my trolley in the aisles, swerve to avoid the kids not paying attention, retrace my steps to the other side of the store for the *one* item I forgot to get in that section of the store, and the overall ease of pulling my car into a side area of the store parking lot, fill my trunk up, and easily slip back out of the parking lot without having to dive into the mele of finding the best/closest/only parking spot available.

Thank you online grocery shopping.  You have a fan for life!

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