I live in Oklahoma City, and we don't have a Kroger grocery store here. If we did, I would go there. I love that store. I love Aldi too, don't get me wrong. I also love Trader Joe's, but I really love and have loved Kroger since 2010, when I lived in Indianapolis' suburbia city of Avon. LOVE shopping at Kroger, and yes, while I was there, I tiptoed into Meijer as well. Both are great, but the prices and the atmosphere of Kroger made me feel as if I could stick around and enjoy both good products with excellent pricing while shopping in what could be described as an upscale store.
Well, here you go...it's 2024, and Kroger doesn't have a physical store here, but they must have a warehouse because they have online shopping and delivery here in my great city! I was super excited when I began seeing the ads for it, and then when I saw a Kroger store delivery van driving around town, I knew something was up. Honestly, I assumed they built a store, and I just somehow missed it. It's OK if it's just the food and not the physical store; most people must realize that Kroger brands are truly marketed name brands. As it was described to me, when they produce the product, it is divided; part of it goes to the left and is labeled with named brand labels, and the other side goes to the right, and a Kroger label is slapped on it! Bam!
If Kroger is anything, it's affordable, and in today's wild and wooly days of inflation, having something affordable is a good thing. If you know me, you know I've been online shopping for about fifteen years - but I wasn't doing it in REALITY since I could only fantasy shop at Peapods, which was the only grocery delivery I knew of, and it was in Chicago. I wasn't in Chicago.
Peapods is an online grocery store and warehouse in and around Chicago, and you must be a member to use it. I learned about it in 2008 - and have been pretending ever since. Well, now... thanks to all the online stores that deliver, I can do it for real. I tried it with our Aldi, but it didn't work out. I don't know if I blogged about it, but yeah, no. I was not happy.
Kroger it is! I use Sam's, of course, and still will. Since I can have Kroger deliver what I need when I either forget things or when I need things I can't find at Sam's, it's good there are choices - and I don't have to go out into the world, fight traffic, people in the aisles, and try to make it through the store wondering if there will be enough cashiers when I do get up to the front. That's a thing! They usually have 8-10 people in line before they'll open up another lane! No, thank you. Delivery is good, it's all about the shopping for me, not the check out!
I used to laugh and say I'm going to get into photography so I can take photos of food...but that's a thing, too. People make good money doing that now. Crazy!! Food prices at Kroger are about the same as at all of the other stores I frequent, but now I don't have to frequent them - I can just pop online and "shop" or pretend -- or both. Best of both worlds! Granted, I may not be able to eyeball the produce, but if they give bad stuff, I can put in a complaint, and I bet they don't do it again -- they're up on keeping those ratings as high as they can be. It's a good match; Kroger delivery and me.
Kroger's brand is about 20-34% lower than the very same product that goes to the left at production to get a name-brand label. I like the savings and knowing that what I consume is good; believe me, you can't say the same about most store brands! I've tested them all. Kroger wins. So, I did it; I put in my first order, which comes tomorrow between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. (You get to choose the times, too.) I love it. Love, love, love it. I didn't think about the tip, so I don't have cash on me for the delivery person tomorrow - when they arrive, I'll see if they have a Venmo or PayPal account! Things are so very different now, aren't they?
Groceries and how they are sold, delivered, and produced may have changed, but my gratitude for it has only increased. God has been so very good to me - so very good. These types of services help in more ways than one.
Photo Credit: Kroger.com
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