NO FOOD

josie · ‎07-19-2010

I ordered 33 items through Instacart yesterday and received 5....this doesn't even begin to show the first sign of getting better, if you do find domething somewhere the cost has tripled it is starting to get to me since I'm almost 70, can't get out, retired and a widow. What are we suppose to do...should we start buying food on QVC because we can't get it in the grocery stores?

manny2 · ‎05-24-2010

I am using instacart for the first time today, so my order should arrive soon. When do I know the items I get or not? Is it when it is delivered?

hopi · ‎03-09-2010

@manny2 They will text you while they shop.

manny2 · ‎05-24-2010

@hopi Thank you!

gidgetgh · ‎03-09-2010

@josie wrote:
I ordered 33 items through Instacart yesterday and received 5....this doesn't even begin to show the first sign of getting better, if you do find domething somewhere the cost has tripled it is starting to get to me since I'm almost 70, can't get out, retired and a widow. What are we suppose to do...should we start buying food on QVC because we can't get it in the grocery stores?

@josie - if you can't get out yourself, is there a neighbor or family who could go buy some groceries for you and leave them on your front steps?

Also, with Instacart, you might try having them shop at a different store and also ask them to keep in touch with you as they shop.

Why is it, when I have a 50/50 guess at something, I'm always 100% wrong?

happycat · ‎09-18-2010

Could you order from Sams or Wal Mart? I don't think they deliver fresh things, but I have ordered different food stuffs from them and they deliver to my house thru ups. Canned veggies and fruit, granola bars, snacks is what I ordered. It would maybe get you thrut.

Also on my local fb page, there are a few people going out to buy elderly folks who cannot get out what they are needing for free of cost, you just pay for the items you want. If you are on fb you may want to check it out.

There has to be a way....Do you have any friends who are still going out who could maybe help you with what you are wanting?

hopi · ‎03-09-2010

@josie wrote:
I ordered 33 items through Instacart yesterday and received 5....this doesn't even begin to show the first sign of getting better, if you do find domething somewhere the cost has tripled it is starting to get to me since I'm almost 70, can't get out, retired and a widow. What are we suppose to do...should we start buying food on QVC because we can't get it in the grocery stores?

If you need to you can go to different sites that sell food. Q is also a solution. Some shoppers are better than others. Some are young and this new to them. There is food.

stevieb · ‎03-10-2010

No food, no Kleenex, no toilet paper, no cleaning products, no masks... Instead of our leaders at all levels rattling on and on about the medical aspects of the situation, which clearly they, nor the supposed medical experts, have a clue how to contain or eliminate, some of them really should, by now, have turned their attention to the fact that the population needs food and essentials. Whenever I see someone waxing eloquent about this great land of ours, I feel compelled to point out that no aspect of this crisis has been or is being handled at all well and in fact, others have done a better job. When something 'unprecedented' happens, we require creative solutions and we're not seeing any. We've essentially been relegated to living in a 3rd world country.

In my pantry with my cupcakes...

KatieB · ‎03-10-2010

@josie wrote:
I ordered 33 items through Instacart yesterday and received 5....this doesn't even begin to show the first sign of getting better, if you do find domething somewhere the cost has tripled it is starting to get to me since I'm almost 70, can't get out, retired and a widow. What are we suppose to do...should we start buying food on QVC because we can't get it in the grocery stores?

@josie Is there anyone you could call to shop for you or take you shopping for food??? A relative, a neighbor or someone from your church. Maybe there's a local community organization who will assist you. I hope that you can find someone to help you. In this time of a crisis I am hoping that you can find someone to help.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@stevieb wrote:
No food, no Kleenex, no toilet paper, no cleaning products, no masks... Instead of our leaders at all levels rattling on and on about the medical aspects of the situation, which clearly they, nor the supposed medical experts, have a clue how to contain or eliminate, some of them really should, by now, have turned their attention to the fact that the population needs food and essentials. Whenever I see someone waxing eloquent about this great land of ours, I feel compelled to point out that no aspect of this crisis has been or is being handled at all well and in fact, others have done a better job. When something 'unprecedented' happens, we require creative solutions and we're not seeing any. We've essentially been relegatded to living in a 3rd world country.

@stevieb Yes. A pandemic tends to level to playing field to what is normal life in the 3d world. Most of the 1st world has been shut down. And in Europe, countries are a lot smaller and populations not as scattered or as large as the US.

Nobody expected this or planned for it. No country that I am aware of was prepaired for it. So I think in light of everything our infrastructure is still at work--we have water, light, electricity and food and necessities, so in light of everything we are blessed.

Do we have what we want exactly? No. But we are trying to help those most affected, see that nobody starves, and for the most part pull together to get things done and food to people.

It is an unprecedented global disaster, and considering I am not going to seond guess anything.