{"items": [{"author": "Jan-Willem", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/100580955183019057735", "anchor": "gp-1516324855348", "service": "gp", "text": "Also, Peapod (and Stop and Shop) have kind of crap produce in my experience. So there's that.", "timestamp": 1516324855}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/103013777355236494008", "anchor": "gp-1516333918394", "service": "gp", "text": "@Jan-Willem\n I'm mostly thinking about non-perishables here. For things that we can't keep a stock of it mostly makes sense to quickly stop by and get some at Star Market or BFresh (Stop and Shop) on my way home from work.", "timestamp": 1516333918}, {"author": "David", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/921810177892?comment_id=921859618812", "anchor": "fb-921859618812", "service": "fb", "text": "Hey Jeff what is your and Julia\u2019s view on buying organic vs non organic! Also why do you rotate the cans on the shelves?", "timestamp": "1516351334"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/921810177892?comment_id=921859618812&reply_comment_id=921875107772", "anchor": "fb-921859618812_921875107772", "service": "fb", "text": "→ We mostly don't buy organic. The exception is a few kinds a fruit (blueberries and maybe some others) where we think the pesticides are especially bad.
In general buying organic for health or taste reasons makes sense to me, while doing it for altruistic reasons doesn't: https://www.jefftk.com/p/why-i-dont-buy-organic", "timestamp": "1516366101"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/921810177892?comment_id=921859618812&reply_comment_id=921890082762", "anchor": "fb-921859618812_921890082762", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I rotate through the cans because I want to always be using the oldest ones, instead of evening up with the cans at the back getting older and older as I buy new ones and then use the new ones first.
(This isn't particular to cans, but cans are the only things where I have that many individual items. Rotating stock in a shelf of four things is easy.)", "timestamp": "1516372608"}, {"author": "David", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/921810177892?comment_id=921859618812&reply_comment_id=921954034602", "anchor": "fb-921859618812_921954034602", "service": "fb", "text": "→ cool, thanks for sharing", "timestamp": "1516395998"}, {"author": "David", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/921810177892?comment_id=921859618812&reply_comment_id=922094328452", "anchor": "fb-921859618812_922094328452", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Jeff do you guys have a big freezer for the bulk trips you do?", "timestamp": "1516472812"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/921810177892?comment_id=921859618812&reply_comment_id=922102452172", "anchor": "fb-921859618812_922102452172", "service": "fb", "text": "→ David: yup! Freezer is helpful.", "timestamp": "1516475682"}, {"author": "David", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/921810177892?comment_id=921859618812&reply_comment_id=922102477122", "anchor": "fb-921859618812_922102477122", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Cool, do you find the electricity for freezer ends up being very expensive?", "timestamp": "1516475721"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/921810177892?comment_id=921859618812&reply_comment_id=922103105862", "anchor": "fb-921859618812_922103105862", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Chest freezers are very efficient; this one is maybe $50/year.
It would be worth it to us without buying in bulk, just because of how many people are in the house.", "timestamp": "1516475964"}, {"author": "Kiran", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/921810177892?comment_id=921869364282", "anchor": "fb-921869364282", "service": "fb", "text": "Interesting what you consider non-perishable.", "timestamp": "1516362544"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/921810177892?comment_id=921869364282&reply_comment_id=921874863262", "anchor": "fb-921869364282_921874863262", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I got a small amount of perishable things while I was there. (Tomatoes, clementines, milk, etc)", "timestamp": "1516365802"}, {"author": "Clarida", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/921810177892?comment_id=922169108592", "anchor": "fb-922169108592", "service": "fb", "text": "I love this comparison! What I think is just as important, but difficult to quantify, is how the likelihood that one is to overpurchase (for lack of a better word) in store vs online impacts the overall savings. My experience is solely anecdotal: I switched to amazon fresh and over the last 3 months have monitored my spending on groceries, restaurant, bars, takeout, etc (compared to historical spend) and what I\u2019ve found is that while everything else has remained constant, grocery bills are 70-80% of historical spend. I\u2019ve also not purchased the stuff that brick and mortar stores sell in locations like end caps to boost sales. So overall I\u2019m saving. If you solely do an item by item comparison, I\u2019m sure MB or Trader Joe\u2019s comes out winning every time. But there\u2019s something about not being reminded that Oreos exist that saves me $$.", "timestamp": "1516500416"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/921810177892?comment_id=922169108592&reply_comment_id=922170685432", "anchor": "fb-922169108592_922170685432", "service": "fb", "text": "→ The sort of things I'm buying seem mostly like things we go through at a pretty consistent rate, like canned beans for cooking, so I think I'm less worried about overpurchasing?", "timestamp": "1516501366"}, {"author": "Clarida", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/921810177892?comment_id=922169108592&reply_comment_id=922171149502", "anchor": "fb-922169108592_922171149502", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Jeff Kaufman yes I would have assumed that from your review (and your slightly tilted shelves - impressive \ud83d\ude0a). Most of us aren\u2019t as disciplined lol so it probably makes more of a difference in those cases.", "timestamp": "1516501670"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/106863921004414314627", "anchor": "gp-1516675785306", "service": "gp", "text": "Peapod and in-store Market Basket are two separate ends of the spectrum with Market Basket's Instacart prices should be the bellweather to compare to Peapod as you are paying for the delivery to home service via higher prices on individual products. I have found Peapod to be sharply higher than in-store Stop & Shop prices... not just a small premium (milk gallons are $3.79/gal on Peapod vs $1.99 to $2.59 at in-store Stop & Shop; store brand deli meat is typically a $1/lb premium on Peapod); plus bonus gas point deals that Stop & Shop runs are only good in-store which can cause a huge effective price disparity as I book gas point savings as a reduction in my grocery bill, unless you have no use for them. Granted, I have found no price differences in catering and some sale items which sometimes can make Peapod more favorable than in-store S&S especially when a promotion code plus bank cash back is applied (bank offers 10% cashback up to $10 typically on Peapod).", "timestamp": 1516675785}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/106863921004414314627", "anchor": "gp-1516676481564", "service": "gp", "text": "And I recently considered trying Shaw's instacart delivery which is heavily marketed... compared three products I usually buy and all were higher on delivery by 30-70%.", "timestamp": 1516676481}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/103013777355236494008", "anchor": "gp-1516684017901", "service": "gp", "text": "@Michael\n The reason I'm comparing with Peapod is that Peapod is the cheapest delivery service around here. My question isn't \"should we shop at Market Basket or Stop and Shop\"? but \"should I keep doing occasional large shops when I have access to a car?\"", "timestamp": 1516684017}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/921810177892?comment_id=922582076002", "anchor": "fb-922582076002", "service": "fb", "text": "We are in a very similar situation, although with a smaller family. Have you considered Uber or Lyft? If you can get to the store via transit, it will cost you < $20, maybe much less, to bring home all the groceries you want.", "timestamp": "1516716051"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/921810177892?comment_id=922582076002&reply_comment_id=922583927292", "anchor": "fb-922582076002_922583927292", "service": "fb", "text": "→ It's possible, though not ideal. When I've done this on my own I've generally filled all the seats plus the trunk and used multiple carts.", "timestamp": "1516717269"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/106863921004414314627", "anchor": "gp-1516913623428", "service": "gp", "text": "I think anywhere in-store leads to big savings over anywhere home delivery. The real savings on in-store stock up shops is at Wegmans b/c of their ultra-low family pack pricing; but I think if you were to compare Stop & Shop in-store to Peapod, you'd get similar savings particularly if you compare with the lower priced locations like Woburn or East Somerville.", "timestamp": 1516913623}]}