Comments on: Cheapest online supermarket shopping: Coles Online or Woolworths Homeshop?

By: Joy George

Joy George — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:53:50 +0000

I have been shopping with Woolworths Online for a few weeks because I’m unable to carry my goods home and as I always shopped at Coles before, I was wondering if I could do an online with them instead. If so, how?

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:07:35 +0000

Cheap

By: Jody

Jody — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:48:51 +0000

I was so excited to know that Woolies online is now available in our area (regional Qld). I have just finished my third order and I just love it. I usually work full time plus regular overtime and have two children – I consider my family time precious. I am currently recovering from surgery – so presently I can not push a trolley, let alone contemplate a full grocery shop.

I instantly realized that most prices where 10c plus more, but there’s a ‘trolley discount’ which helps reduce this ($381.46 total order – this includes a trolley discount of $92.81). I am yet to work out how the trolley discount works. Delivery fee is sliding scale of $13 for under $100 to Nil for over $250.

Our delivery guy has explained there is seperate people employed in store to pick and pack our order (that is, walk the trolley up and down the isles, etc). So I’m more than happy to have to ‘pay’ someone to do this on my behalf, whether I am well or not.

That said, I only buy meat and veg if on special as I prefer to select my own (and meat online is markedly more expensive). This allows to me shop for fresh product at local market and support local farmers, etc.

By: Mark McDougall

Mark McDougall — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:03:53 +0000

Australia really is the dumb country. And the greedy country. We sat down, last week’s docket in hand, to work out the price of our weekly shopping list online. Each item was, on average, 50c dearer. We had 50 items on our list – that’s $25/week – plus delivery!

There’s no incentive for supermarkets to have people shop online. There’s no impulse buying when you’re sitting at home on the computer. It’s a money grab for the time poor – nothing more. Australian business have no interest in offering service or convenience. And they complain when people buy online overseas. Gee, I wonder why!?!

Coles is trying to position itself as a variety store. Our local Coles now stocks books, DVDs and clothes. As a result, they’ve dropped several grocery items that we regularly buy. One of which there’s no alternative at all. Add to the growing shelf space of their own brand – it’s a duopoly in the making. How long until companies like Kellogs are forced out of the market?

It’s disgraceful. Public transport is a joke. Tourists get ripped off and have to put up with rude and unhelpful service. We’ve always been ripped off in Australia with pricing, but it’s even more obvious now we have the internet. I spent a few months in the US earlier this year, and the cost of living is staggeringly cheaper. My sister, who lives in the US, was out here recently and was horrified by the price of groceries here.

The lucky country? Hah – we’re a bunch of suckers!

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 21 May 2011 08:33:59 +0000

Have checked two weeks between wollies online and wollies Neutral
Bay in Sydney and online averages 8% more…delivery is extra again!

By: Geoff

Geoff — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 05:03:18 +0000

Dont forget Amway online – All your groceries and most are cheaper than coles and woolies –

I didnt believe it so i priced 148 items 104 were cheaper.

Plus they have a 90day no questions money back gaurantee

And of course if you let a few people know they’ll pay you. Dont remember coles offering to pay me last time i went there

Also delivery fee is cheaper than woolies

Yeh yeh i get the ‘ i hate amway thing’ but they really are cheaper online guys.

By: Fiona

Fiona — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:10:24 +0000

I also think as far as fruit, and vege is concerned and packet meat you can save more money going in person to the markets for vegies and going instore to the supermarket late in the day when meat is being marked down, this is an advantage that you do not get with online shopping.

By: Fiona

Fiona — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:57:01 +0000

I think that the online shopping is an interesting concept. I am considering doing it because I have no car and have to cart all my grocies home via bus or pay for a cab fare anyway. Most people in Australia take having a car for granted. I have a coles a ten minute walk up the road and if I do my shop it costs $5 or more to get a cab back to my house with all the groceries. I think that doing stuff online is great and I first heard of this from a friend who got a job doing the online homeshop for woolies. Really, it costs more the supermarket to have someone do the shop for them. You see, many do not take the cost of employing someone to do their shopping for them into account. As one lady commented, that they don’t have to stock the shelves with online shopping but that isn’t the case as the people employed to do the shopping for the consumer actually have to go round the shop after hours and retrieve the items from what I understand. I find it interesting that woolies have a window of time for deliveries which are free. I like that and I prefer woolies to coles as they have a bigger selection of generic products than coles does. I should know, I shop generic mostly as I can’t afford to pay for brand stuff being a university student. I think that I will do my shop up the road at the local coles and wheel the trolley home as I need to start saving some cash on cab fares. Believe me, every dollar does count when you are a student and also you lack time as you are having to spend so much time studying. In reality, I will probably do my shop at the dreaded coles wheel the trolley home and then take it back. Not only will is save on delivery costs or cabfares but I will be exercising aswell. Let’s face it we are a lazy society, but if life can be made easier by online shopping then it is worth it. I think that doing my shopping locally and manually bringing it home is the way to go, but when the winter weather hits with it rainy fury I might just do online shopping with woolies and do it in the free time slot. I have a good memory, and have found that the prices of various products are not that much more expensive than that of a supermarket, however let’s face it people would save even more on generic if they got it and know that the fancy colourful labelling that they buy pollutes our environment more just for us to throw it in the bin and it goes to landfill. I do my course online and think that online shopping is advantageous. There are also people who cannot drive, like those in wheel chairs or badly disabled people who can barely walk or whatever. Not too mention that the elderly would have more problems with pushing a trolley around than younger ones, although the idea of shopping online maybe more daunting to an older generation of technophobs. I say bring it on… but more competition is needed, ie: iga, aldi and all the others need to get on board I think.

By: Fiona

Fiona — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:39:09 +0000

*equates*

By: Fiona

Fiona — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:38:03 +0000

Have just spoken to Woolies online helpdesk and she confirmed prices are higher when you shop online. She said it wasn’t 5% but lower on a basket of groceries, she couldn’t confirm the percentage, but even at 5% that equates to 390.00 extra a year. I take into account petrol, time, stress with two young boys,and impulse buying i’m probably still coming out on top and I get to shop in my pjs with a glass of wine.