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We have something here that comes close, though you do have to pick up your order.
The local Harris-Teeter stores give you the option of ordering and paying online. Orders are placed in refrigerators in the store vestibule. You drive into a specially marked parking space, push the button, give your name, and your order is brought out. I haven't used it myself, but did pickup a few times for my daughter. It costs $5. She said the produce was as good as, or better than, what she would have selected.

> On Feb 16, 2016, at 3:13 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
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> David requested:
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> >Please tell me about grocery delivery!
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> Around here, Weis and Gerrity's both deliver, and take phone orders.
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> With Weis (which is the one I use simply because it's only a mile away so I've actually visited the store), I make my grocery list, then check items on their weekly circular that look like decent prices of stuff we'll eat, then phone the order in on Tuesdays (they'll do it on Thursday as well, but I get a 5% Senior Citizen Discount Tuesday-Only <g>). There's a $7 delivery charge and I tip the delivery person in addition.
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> They charge it to my credit card and 2-3 hours later, the food is delivered -- Shopping is done for another week!
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> There are some quirks -- of the three different shopper/delivery people we've had, some are unfamiliar with the items I've wanted, and of course, some items no  one has ever heard of in Scranton (not at Gerrity's nor Giant either) , so every so often on one of my trips to NYC for chemo, I make a side trip to Pathmark.
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> And they're not really great at picking out nice fresh fruits and vegetables -- always passable visually, but they don't know about sniffing the oranges or grapefruit to determine edibility <g>. So that's a matter of luck, mostly.
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> One advantage is that there's little or no impulse buying of stuff that's bad for me <g>, unless maybe there's something mouthwatering in the bakery Department in the circular. On our monthly bus trip to the State Store for wine, I sometimes pick up a few items at Giant that I've forgot to list and a few impulse items, like Smoked Gouda or some other cheese I like. But because we're carrying 2-4 bottles of wine on the bus, the supermarket items can't be too heavy.
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> Cheers,
> Jim
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> PS I've always hated State Stores in Pennsylvania. They're more expensive and have a lousy selection. I used to sample a bottle from the NY Times weekly wine list -- never heard of any of that stuff here.  And NY wine becomes heavy on the Martz bus <g>.
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>> On 2/16/2016 2:19 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
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>> In a message dated 2/16/2016 12:49:37 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> jguthrie at pipeline.com writes:
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>> Today's grocery delivery came quite soaked with rain, despite a  very
>> short distance between the truck and the building  door.>>>>>>
>>    Please tell me about grocery delivery!
>>        David Strang.
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