Top Online Supermarkets for Home Delivery

Loretta Snyder
In today's world, people are busier than ever. Trips to the local grocery store can waste valuable time that could be used for more important things, such as spending time with your family. Online grocery shopping can help by allowing you to buy your groceries without leaving home and have them delivered directly to your door. There are many online supermarkets to choose from. Most take all major credit cards and ship orders within a week. Items such as milk and eggs are generally not available through online supermarkets. Stable products, such as canned or powered milk and egg substitutes, are available at many of the sites. Don't know which online grocery store to use? Here are a few choices.

The Schwan Food Company
The Schwan Food Company started out in 1952 as one man, a beat-up van and 14 gallons of ice cream. Now, they have sales and distributions centers in nearly every state in the USA. They also have offices in Canada, Germany and France.

The Schwan Food Company offers a nice assortment of meat, vegetables, fruit, prepared meals, and snacks which can be ordered online, by phone or from a customer service manager that will come to your door.

Visit The Schwan Food Company at: http://www.schwans.com/

Netgrocer.com
Netgrocer.com delivers to all 5o states, usually within 3-7 business days. They carry an extensive assortment of products and prices are reasonable.

Be aware though, there is a $35.00 minimum for both Frozen/Seafood items and Refrigerated items, such as dairy, deli and meat.

Visit Netgrocer.com at: http://shop.netgrocer.com

EFoodDepot.com
EFoodDepot.com offers a wide variety of ethnic foods including, but not limited, to Middle Eastern, African, Asian, and Eastern European. Products are grouped by Ethnicity, Country and Region, or by category, such as Beverages, Canned Goods or Dried Foods.

They ship to anywhere in the USA by FedEx and orders are generally shipped in 3-5 days.

Visit EFoodDepot.com at: http://www.efooddepot.com/

Amazon.com
Amazon.com offers a huge selection of non-perishables. You can set up automatic deliveries to receive products every one, two, three, or six months for a 15% discount.

Shipping varies depending upon amount of purchase and delivery choices you make. Free Super Saver Shipping is available on selected items (certain restrictions and requirements apply).

Visit Amazon.com at: http://www.amazon.com

My Brands
My Brands began on June 1, 2001 to help brand-loyal customers get the products they loved that they might not be able to find in their local store. They carry an extensive line of reasonably priced name-brand products (non-perishables).

There is a minimum amount, which varies from item to item, and some products offer a discounted price for buying by the case.

Visit My Brands at: http://mybrands.com/Default.aspx

Grocery shopping online can save you time and energy, but keep in mind that some e-tailers require someone be home to accept delivery and many do not deliver on the weekend.

Published by Loretta Snyder

Loretta Snyder is a freelance writer, working on her first novel. She writes short stories and poetry, as well as non-fiction articles. Snyder has ten years experience in education and earned her EMT lice...  View profile

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  • EFOODDEPOT SUCK!10/6/2010

    EFOODDEPOT just doing SCAM THEY NEVER ACTUALLY SHIP THE PRODUCT BUT YOUR CREDIT CARD WILL BE CHARGE ANYWAY!!!!

  • Awful website2/1/2010

    I would never order from them again - nothing in stock, no follow-up to customers - worst experience ordering online that I've ever had.

  • efooddepot is awful1/27/2010

    DO NOT ORDER ANYTHING FROM EFOODDEPOT.COM. Their customer service is non-existent. I have never dealt with a company that is so unprofessional and uncaring about their customers. We submitted a complaint with the Better Business Bureau about our experience. Again, save yourself hours, days, weeks, months of aggravation - DO NOT ORDER ANYTHING FROM THIS COMPANY!!

  • Unprofessional Efooddepot1/11/2010

    Should I know the problem with Efooddepot I would have NOT ordered from them.
    I ordered 5 boxes of chocolates the S&H for those order is $4.99, it turned out they sent me just 1 box and charged me 1 box + $4.99 S&H without letting me know that they are not available. The customer service is difficult to reach, calling 4 times of no results! Sending an email on Sunday has no response, it is Monday afternoon now. They charged the money 1/4/2010 and I have not received anything until 1/11/2010. Will return the shipping and dispute th charge!

  • Upset1/11/2010

    I placed an order with Efooddepot on 29 December. I called 2 weeks later to check the status of my order. When I was finally able to talk to someone the representative told me that my order was going to leave the next day. Well two (2) weeks later I'm still waiting for my products. This is the last time I place an order with them and I will make sure tell everyone I know not to order from them.

  • efooddepot is horrible1/5/2010

    i placed my order on 11/2/2009 and had an expected delivery of 7-10 business days. half of the order came two weeks after i placed my order with no explanation about the other half. i emailed twice without getting a response, had to wait to talk to someone on the phone. she said there were things that were back-ordered so she'd send whatever else first, so i got another package two weeks after. however, i'm still missing a colander after two months and will have to make another phone call since my third email still hasn't gotten a response. i'm never ordering from here again.

  • braindance11/16/2009

    I had been using netgrocer for a few months during a time of no transportation. Initially it was perfection, then they made the serious mistake of switching all payments to paypal processing.
    Stupid move for any business. It screwed up my cards due to the fact netgrocer holds payment, then they recharge a different fee if items not available. Paypal flags this as suspicious and you are then totally out of luck.
    Not worth the grief at all. Paypal is not an insured protected merchant account people, when will you get this?
    Otherwise delivery was good, customer service was really nice and helpful.

  • Loretta Snyder11/6/2009

    Thank you for the comments on efooddepot. At the time of this article's writing, reviews had been favorable. I hope future experiences with other online supermarket delivery is more favorable.

  • Disappointed too11/6/2009

    I also had trouble with efooddepot. I had not received anything several months after placing my order and asked to cancel my order. They ignored my request, and ended up charging my credit card and sending me the groceries five months after I ordered. I'll stay away from them from now on.

  • Kristie Leong M.D.12/23/2008

    I'd love to try this. What a time saver. Great resource!

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