Online. Grocery. Shopping. 

It changed my life. I’m not joking.

Grocery shopping completely changed for me after I had Bennett. It no longer was just annoying to pop into the store… it was a complete overwhelming ordeal. I had to find a time that he wouldn’t be nursing. Get him ready. Get me ready. Pack the diaper bag. Carry in a car seat, keep him entertained…. the list goes on. It was horrible.

Then I discovered Harris Teeter Online Shopping. The first time was free so I tried it out and I was immediately sold.

What I love about Harris Teeter Online Shopping:

1. All of my recipes are on pinterest. So instead of pulling up Pinterest, writing down a list, taking to the store, trying to find everything, putting it into the cart, then onto the conveyer belt, then back into the cart, then into my car, then finally into my house all while juggling a baby….  This is what I do.
   1. Sit on my couch, open p interest and harris teeter online shop. Look at ingredients on Pinterest, Add them to my cart on Harris teeter. Drive to harris teeter, they load them into my car and then drive home and unload. HA. You tell me which one sounds better

2. The meat comes straight from the butcher in the shop. So. Much. Better.

3. If they are out of what you order, they will substitute you with a larger version or better version for the same price of what you ordered. For example. I order a small size of peanut butter on sale? They were out, so they give me the larger version for the SAME sale price as the smaller one. WINNING!

4. You can order days in advance. I order groceries every 2 days so that non of my vegetables or meat go bad. Patrick and I’s schedules are constantly changing and we use to waste SO much food simply because I would have already bought meat/produce and then our schedules would change and it wouldn’t get used.

5. You can sort items by brand, price, unit price, organic etc.

6. You can look at EVERYTHING that is on sale, all at the same time. Just click the “Specials” category!

7. I was worried that they would give me the ugly/bruised or rotten produce simply because I couldn’t go in and choose it myself. THIS IS SO FAR FROM THE TRUTH! They call you after they finish shopping and I have had them tell me that their (xyz) isn’t up to their own standards so they won’t give it to you. OR I asked for slightly green banana’s. They weren’t slightly green so they gave them to me for free.

8. I can order groceries and Patrick can pick them up on his way home.

9. I never get out of my car. It takes MAXIMUM 10 minutes to pick up groceries.

10. Snow storm coming? No worries. No fighting the crowds. Order online and go pick up! 😀

11. Going on vacation and don’t want to grocery shop when you get back? Order them before you leave, set up the pickup date/time for when you’re returning and swing by on your way home! VOILA!

12. Their customer service is impossible to beat.

13. You save so much money because you’re not impulse buying. You don’t see the doughnuts unless you search for them!

14. You can really see the price difference between stuff. You see unit prices, name brand vs non name brand. You see how much everything costs when you add it to your cart instead of being surprised at check out. It’s fantastic. Every budget-ers dream!

Here’s an example of what you see during online shopping. I searched Oatmeal. It shows me every single brand. You can search by Best Match, alphabetical order of brands, Lowest to high price or Unit price. You can click organic, HT brand, Different categories oatmeal could be in…

You see what’s currently on sale, on the main search and you can create different lists. So I created a Breakfast list and add oatmeal, bananas, bread, eggs, etc. SO that way I don’t have to search for oatmeal every time I need it. Just go to my breakfast list and it’s already there. Easy Peasy.

I paid $100 for this service for 1 year and it’s one of the best $100 I’ve ever spent.

SO – that is one of the best things I did during Bennett’s first year.