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Default Home Grocery Delivery

On Friday, August 2, 2013 12:27:00 PM UTC-4, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Aug 2013 23:20:31 -0400, Cheryl >
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> >On 8/1/2013 8:01 PM, jmcquown wrote:

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> >> Recently there was a "presentation" at the Community Center about Piggly

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> >> Wiggly offering grocery delivery. The Pig is a bit of a drive for me,

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> >> and I haven't shopped at one in many years.

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> >I used to rely on home delivery for a while before and after surgery.

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> >Sometimes I still use it when I'm ready for a big grocery trip because

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> >it helps avoid the bending while putting things on the conveyer belt,

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> >the waiting while they ring it up, and the lugging of bags both to the

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> >car and to the house. It's rare I use it now so I guess that's a sign

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> >of improvement. It sure is useful for folks who need it.

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> Not a question of need so much as a wonderful convenience, many
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> groceries are heavy/bulky, why have to schlep. I recently found a
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> great source for home delivery of pet supplies, great prices and
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> free/fast shipping... in two days two huge cartons of cat litter and
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> cat food were sitting at my garage door. They also sell pet Rx drugs
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> at better prices than from the Vet, next month I will be ordering
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> Blackie's insulin, I'll save $22 and a 30 mile round trip to the
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> Vet... and they phone the Vet for approval:
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> http://www.wag.com



Wow - I will pass this info along to our clients at the shelter. Looks like a great service. Thanks.