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SO YOU’VE DABBLED in buying goods online through Amazon or eBay and you’re thinking of doing the same with your grocery shopping.
It’s an incredibly handy service to use not only because it’s convenient, but because the chances of you getting distracted or picking up items you hadn’t planned for is all but eliminated. Although if you haven’t done it before, there are a few things to keep in mind first before you hit the checkout button.
Don’t dive in head first
The worst thing you can do is to assume online shopping is exactly the same as a normal shopping trip, but with added convenience. While you can still buy the same range of goods, it’s better to start off small and limit what you buy there while you get used to the service.
For the first few times you shop, limit it to non-perishable goods – avoid anything that has a short expiration date – as you get used to the service. When you’ve dealt with them enough times, you can expand to other goods.
Check to see where they deliver
It makes no sense to shop online if you have to wait a day for your groceries to arrive. Two of the biggest supermarkets in the country, Supervalu and Tesco, have the most expansive range, but still only deliver from certain stores. Supervalu has a map showing you which stores deliver while Tesco requires you to register first before telling you.
It’s best to assume that if you live relatively near a mid- to large sized town or city, you will be covered, but double-check before you proceed.
Budget for delivery charges and other costs
How much this costs really depends on whether you’re using, but all services charge a delivery fee of some kind. Also, in some cases, deals and discounts can (although rarely) change between checkout and order processed. Usually the added expense is small but it’s still worth considering.
Offers are handy, but only if you’re a regular user
Most online shopping services offer discounts and deals for signing up to delivery scheme. If you’re getting groceries delivered to you regularly, then it’s definitely worth exploring what your preferred store has to offer.
Some require you to spend above a certain threshold (€50 in some cases) to qualify for certain deals, but the same rules like any deal apply; it’s only a deal if you had intended on getting an item in the first place, anything else is just an added expense.
Remember it won’t replace everything
Online shopping is an incredibly handy service at your disposal, but there are instances where travelling to the shop is more beneficial. If you’re serious about fruit and vegetables, for example, you might be better off paying a visit to the greengrocer instead or a butcher if you’re looking for prime meat.
Whether you want to or not is entirely up to you, but it’s worth shopping around so you get both the best deal and produce available.
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I bet any money some dope will go swimming in Salthill
@James Carolan:
Or try a bit of mountaineering.
@James Carolan:
Guaranteed… Best time for it… Got the place to yourself..
@Mary.E.: The advice is to head for higher ground!
@James Carolan: the pear lads.
@James Carolan: just maybe 200km winds will be enough deterrent for those that normally would.
Will somebody please think of Enoch standing outside a closed school in all that wind and rain! Or will he be saving €1400 tomorrow?
@Oretani Wildlife: A man of steel.
@JP: a gowl…..
Won’t bother me, only the riff-raff use public transport lol
@pee wee: you’re a sad excuse for a human being
@pee wee: Whatever about that, only children use ‘lol’.
@pee wee: roll up, roll up, the circus is in town with Pee Wee the clown headlining!
@Jack Hayes: he or she is obviously one of the ‘doe’ accounts, the lol is a bit of a giveaway
@pee wee: Hope the car doesn’t break down tomorrow wouldn’t that be terrible for you.
@damien leen: Exactly and with david doe his sidekick….(yeah I know they’re the same person).
@Mandog68 Mandog68: so is the 18 almost instantaneous likes
@pee wee: or the employed.
First Climate lock down.
@087 bed: A storm is a weather event.
‘This “Climate lockdowns” narrative promotes the idea that governments and/or some ‘elites’ would be using climate change as an excuse for imposing new restrictions on people’s freedom of movement or to ‘control’ populations.’
Clearly that is not the case here. You are conflating two different things.
@087 bed:
Brendan you are explaining the difference between Weather and Climate to guy on the internet.
Do we think this will work?
@087 bed: shut down for the blizzard and mini hurricane already
@Luke Littler: Do you have a job?
@Luke Littler: you work ??
A stranger to the taxman your whole life I would say
English Met Office had to get approval from the DUP in N Ireland to change the Orange warning to a Red warning!
@Lulu: hilarious
Tie your wheelie bins down folks and Don’t make unnecessary journeys!
@Mick Hanna: Journeys like what, to go find the wheelie bin?
@Tony Humphreys: rescuing the trampoline from the neighbours roof.
@S banter: Or Dart lines.
@Mick Hanna: just put my wheelie bins into the garage.
Would love to see an article detailing the increasing frequency and severity of the storms over the last couple of decades? It feels like it’s gone through the roof (
@Penny: Climate change. More energy in the atmosphere. Look at a saucepan of water simmering gently. Put in more energy and it boils, it behaves with far more turbulence. The atmosphere is similar. More energy means more turbulence.
@Penny: ah stop ffs. We are literally at the end of an ice age cycle, this is what happens.
Any word on Dublin Airport operating
@David Doyle: aerlingus and ryanair will still be operating. Only smaller propellor planes won’t be. According to newstalk 30 minutes ago.
@David Doyle: Aer Lingus have already cancelled a number of inbound transatlantic flights. And if the winds are as bad as they say they will be there will be a period of time where the majority of aircraft won’t be able to depart or arrive as their operational limits will have exceeded.
So more a case of watch this space.
@Luke Littler: flying isn’t a problem, but landing will be.
@Kevin Dillon: Flying into Dublin Airport during windy conditions is horrendous
Bit of wind and rain they say the whole country comes to standstill costing parents a fortune having to stay at home to mind any kids that they have in creche and paid for in advance and then to lose a day’s pay cus most employers will not pay staff if they can’t make it to work …. stay safe anyone that has to travel to work emergency workers etc….
@daz Carroll: that has to be the most backward comment I have ever seen,do you not read your comments before you post them ?
@daz Carroll: Bit of wind and rain? Will probably be the strongest winds ever recorded in Ireland. More than a bit of wind.
@Tom O’ Donnell: 183kph is the record so far.
@brendan C5: that’s been exceeded now tonight.
Will it not be very dangerous for the pizza delivery guys to be out on their bikes delivering pizzas to Gardai?
Farmers still will need to feed cattle(off farm) so they also will be out. Tomorrow morning
@Peter Brown: they’ll bring extra food this evening or later, the worst will be over by 10am in most places.
@Peter Brown:, Most cattle are indoors at this time of year.
Got all of my essential supplies earlier in the local hardware shop. Lots of duct tape and super glue with which to secure myself! I’ll be stuck in the armchair and glued to the telly for the duration…
@William Tallon: hand glued to your Micky no doubt
@William Tallon: You’re not going anywhere, well done. You listened well and took the advice on board. Winner
@sean weir: Just the one? That sounds so inadequate…
This panic buying is ridiculous for a one day storm!
Stay safe everyone.
Bring in the roads?
For real live updates go here :
https://zoom.earth/maps/wind-gusts/#view=52.352,-11.548,6z/model=icon
@Billy Hayes: that’s excellent…everyone should look at this…v informative with time of storm impact etc
@Billy Hayes: That’s a very cool link, maps forward through the morning at the bottom.
Some absolute gobsh###s live among us.
Why is the Howling Gowl not giving us warnings about the incoming storm. Did he lose his job as The Weather man
@Tony O’Toole: George Lee is currently awaiting new acting classes on how to be more hysterical when misrepresenting normal weather events and conflating them to pseudoscience the climate change cult.
Will GP surgeries, Dentists, Out Patients Clinic, GP out of Hours services etc be open?
@Nick Bowie: Doubt it.
@Nick Bowie: not during red hour times, but access to the emergency services is still available of course
@Nick Bowie: what about the pubs, you forgot to mention the pubs?!
@Hotirish: only pubs that offer a substantial meal can open
@Nick Bowie: no
Can’t beat the weather in winter
@David O Brien: would it be a good idea to get rid of weather forecasting altogether so people won’t be upset when they give out warnings of storms and dangerous winter weather ? Let’s just wing it like real men,ya Dave boi.
@David O Brien: Can’t beat the weather any time. It will do what it wants, when it wants.
@David O Brien: you will be the lad we all watch on the telly out on his bike
Take heed.. Take Care and Stay Safe Folks.
Is the Chinese takeaway Open
If you north of a line from cork to dundalk, your in the very very very dark red zone
@P. V. Aglue: also if your living in a house built with crumbling mica blocks, leave!
@P. V. Aglue: collect your millions on the way out!
Mary Lou is a gas one altogether. I can just imagine a SF led ragtag coalition with PBP, Socialists, Labour, Social Democrats and others. They’d all want their pound of flesh. Can’t see her declining to become Taoiseach on a point of principle over dishing out ministries? Would all be justified in the national interest. Hypocrite….
Far more concerned about my electric bill.
Let’s ensure the imagery of the storm is displayed in the most fear invoking way possible to ruffle up as many feathers as possible for a bit of wind during the change of seasons…
Fear mongering at its finest
@Jimmy Magoo: the saying goes ‘ there’s always one’ and it just happens to be you. Can you in particular please ignore the instructions and go for a good long walk where there’s lots of trees or even an area where there’s a lot of trampolines.
“Shelter in place” : fear porn
The scaremongering is on another level typical wilfully ignorant irish forgets the evidence of their own eyes and ears and believe this propaganda from the rte and newstalks of this moss covered rock.
A bit of weather. Must buy extra supplies for the 3 hour shocker.
Who let these loonies loose
Any updates ?
@Jb Walshe: Lashing and windy alright in Dungarvan,still kind a romantic if u need a good shower.
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