Just Send Food

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I had occasion to call my grocery delivery service (Peapod) this morning about a problem I discovered with a previous order. And I wondered yet again, if there were other choices available? So I went searching. What I found were several online grocery stores. Schwann's was one I had heard of but didn't know much about. Apparently, they deliver to my area. But I hadn't realized before that all their food was prepared, frozen meals. Some of it was reasonably priced, but most was a bit high for my budget. I really have no excuse to spend hundreds of dollars extra on food because I am too lazy to cook. Two other services were non-perishable and non-frozen items only because they are shipped Fedex. A quick check on prices showed they were higher in general than Peapod. Peapod is already expensive enough, much higher than my preferred local supermarket. I shop only specials when I use them. But even Peapod doesn't have the crust to charge $9.99 for a 12-pack of cans of soda. That's more than twice as much as the regular price, and I usually buy the store brands and cut the regular price in half. One service that looked interesting said it shopped at local markets for you. It sounded more like a personal shopper service, but they aren't available in my area. Scratch that. Of course, there is always Amazon Prime Pantry. I haven't noticed exceptional prices from Amazon, but they are mostly reasonable and if one uses gift cards from Swagbucks to pay for it, then it's really free so why worry about prices? What I want from a grocery delivery service is food. I want to be able to afford it and get it brought to me when I can't go get it. I don't want them to cook it for me, and I can't afford gourmet meals. I want reasonable delivery windows and reasonable prices for food that is reasonably within its expiration dates. All I want them to do, is just send food.