One of the social distancing guidelines is that you are supposed to stay at least six feet away from all other people. However, in most grocery stores, you can always find packed grocery lines. The reasons could be there are too many shoppers, or there is never enough space for people to stay 2 meters away from each other. Now, during this coronavirus outbreak period, you might want to stay home as much as possible and consider online grocery shopping. Here is a simple comparison of some of the popular grocery stores in Toronto.
Walmart – https://www.walmart.ca/en/grocery/N-117
What is the Grocery Delivery fee? The fee is $9.97 for picking, packing, and delivering your order. Is there a minimum order amount for Grocery Delivery? The minimum order amount is $50.00 before tax.
Longo’s – https://www.grocerygateway.com/
The minimum order requirement is $50.00, excluding any alcohol or beer purchases and excluding tax and the delivery fee. Minimum order requirement is $50.00 (excluding any alcohol or beer purchases and excluding tax and the delivery fee). Longo’s delivers to both residences and businesses in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area including Oshawa, Stouffville, King, Mississauga, Oakville, Burlington, Milton and as far west of Toronto as Kitchener/Waterloo, Guelph and Hamilton. I use my postal code to get an idea of the delivery charge; mine is $9.99 with a fuel surcharge of $1. For unlimited delivery, you can consider joining one of their membership plans: 3 Month for $49.99, 6 Month for $79.99, and one year for $139.99.
Loblaws – https://www.loblaws.ca/delivery
Loblaws works with Instacart for grocery delivery. Instacart charges a delivery fee and a service fee that is included in the total cost of your order. The service fee is 5% of your order total before taxes. The delivery fee depends on the size of your order and the delivery time that you choose. For example, or orders under $35, the delivery fee is $7.99 for 2-hour delivery and $9.99 for 1-hour delivery. All orders must be $10 or more. Also, Instacart Express members get free, unlimited delivery on any orders over $35. After a free trial period, regular membership annual fee is $99.
Metro – https://www.metro.ca/en
Is there a minimum order amount? To place an order, it needs to be $50 or more before fees and taxes. For delivery, the cost is $11.99 + HST (even for same-day delivery). They have a form for checking shipping availability, my address is not available for delivery, and the closest pick-up branch is in Burlington. That doesn’t make sense; I bet there is something wrong with the system, well I guess it takes time to tune things up.
Labbaik – https://www.labbaik.ca
Labbaik delivers hand slaughtered HALAL certified meat. All their vendors are certified Halal meat suppliers in Canada. What is the minimum order? There is no minimum or maximum limit on the purchase; you can buy as small as 5 dollar worth of items. What are the delivery charges? In most of the areas, the Delivery charges are $4.99. My postal code suggests that I would need to pay $10.64 for delivery.
Galleria – http://www.galleriasm.com:8888
If you have watched the movie Parasite and got a craving for Korean good, Galleria can help you. Depends on your area zone, the delivery fee ranges from $14 to $42.50. For region 1 to 3, you get free delivery for purchase of $300 or more.
T&T Supermarket – https://www.tntsupermarket.com/delivery-to-home.html
T&T delivery mostly offers oriental dry food such as instant noodles and such. They have something called T&T Shipping Stamp, which is a discounted shipping program introduced by T&T Online Shop. Each package includes ten shipping stamps and is sold at $49.99. For example, for an order of fewer than 20 lbs delivered to an Ontario address, you would need one stamp.
Food Basics – https://www.foodbasics.ca/more-about-us/faq.en.html
Too bad, they currently do not offer online shopping or delivery service.
No Frills – https://www.nofrills.ca/online-grocery-shopping
No Frills provides online grocery shopping, but they don’t deliver. The online grocery service is available on orders over $30. You can pick up your stuff at your selected No Frills store.
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