asda online shopping
 

I am thinking of getting asda to deliver my shopping because tesco (who I normally shop with) have recently increased their minimum order to £40. I can't always afford £40. Also asda have local lager and heinz spaghetti bolognese which tesco sadly do not stock.

I was wondering what the asda home delivery service is like? Do they have many subsitutions? Do they deliver to any room of your choice or do they just deliver to the door? Anything else that I need to know?

I used to do Asda delivery at uni. The service is really good. More often than not I'd get my delivery early if they were in the area, when this happens they ring to see if you want the order early. You can choose to have no substitutions on the website when ordering, but if hey do send you them, they let you look through them and decide if you do or don't want them, if you don't they take it off your order and refund then. They do deliver to the door, but if you ask nicely they can carry it to the kitchen for you.

I wouldn't count on Asda to bring your shopping into the house, my nan (who is 84) asked the Asda man to bring her shopping into the house, never had a problem when she ordered from Tescos, he said it wasn't part of his job and took the shopping away! When we rang Asda they said that their drivers only have to deliver to the door whereas Tescos are required to offer to bring it inside.

I don't rate Asda because they always had a lot of substitutions and on a number of occasions they haven't turned up with my order!

It's the luck of the drawer really though, it can depend on drivers and what your local store has in stock etc!

Thanks everyone. It's mainly local lager that I want and heinz spaghetti bolognese. I would go to the store but I can't drive and it's a fair distance out of town that I would be knackered carrying it to the bus station. Also I always get Ided when buying alcohol because I don't look 25 even though I am 34. I am sick to death of being IDed whereas tesco online shopping don't care as long as you are over 18.

I've ordered from asda a few times. Twice they haven't turned up and the time they did deliver most of my shopping had been substituted.
Not impressed with asda.

I ordered once form Asda and everything went of the next day. Total. Waste of money and it totally put me of online shopping. I dipped my toe into online shopping with morrisons and they are fab but do have a min order.

Depends what you were buying, and it would be unlikely that everything actually went off that day, rather than a label stating an arbitrary date.

I prefer Tesco, simply because for what I'm buying they are cheaper, but I cannot justify the new minimum order, so I've jumped ship to Asda for now. Although Asda is also £40 in some areas...
So far, I've found them more expensive, and their two-hour window for deliveries is slightly inconvenient, but I've not had any real problems.

^ I could easily spend the £40 if I was going to be stocking up on household things as well as filling up the freezer with things, but it's the fresh food that annoys me. Before I could make the fresh food last long enough between deliveries. It's a good idea though, if you have friends/neighbours who would be interested in doing that.

I tried online shopping with Tesco on 2 occasions. The first was fine and the fresh things had a long time left on the use by date. The second time they substituted a few things, some were fine and one we sent back. But the fresh things were so close to their use by date that we could not eat everything before it went off so food had to go in the bin. We did not have a freezer so nothing could be frozen so it was a big waste of money.

I think online shopping is pretty much the same no matter what supermarket you opt for. The shopping will be picked early in the morning from your local store, and what you get delivered is dependent on the stock level of that specific store. The substitutions you get will be based on what the picker (a human being) decides, though a computer probably makes some suggestions.

I'd say give it a go a few times and see what it's like. Although I was put off that one time by Tesco I'd still order online again as we now have a freezer and it really does take the hassle out of physically going to the shop and getting it all home.

If people have really short dates when I deliver to them I refund them and let them keep it for free or bin it. Whichever

I've contemplating buying online with Asda, but that's just lazy when it's down the road and I have my car. xD

BUT I have heard that Tesco is better when it comes to ordering online...

Seriously, can someone explain how a date on a label makes you bin food? Fresh food, if stored properly, will remain good for many days after the label tells you. The food would need to be already half-rotten if you couldn't use it within a day or two.

Yeah the short date thing is just to cover themselves.

the only thing we tend to get subbed for is fresh herbs, only thing we have issues with really is tarragon but seems to be a mass shortage of it around here.

Thanks everyone for their comments. I have ordered from asda so I will see what they are like before committing to them full time.

They let me order in a hour's slot and the delivery prices were similar to tesco (I ordered it an hour before my tesco order is due). It's mainly local lager (they must think I am an alcoholic), so if things get subsituted then it's no big deal.

There seems to be a bit of a lottery with how successful Asda deliveries are! I have to say I was really surprised with the bad service some of you have gotten from them. Especially as in 5 years I've never had any issues at uni. Never tried delivery at home though.

Hope the delivery works out for you!

Well im not chancing eating meat after the use by date.