re: Wal Mart pick up service

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Fixing to get started with this. Opinions? Not sure how this works however. Got on the website and started shopping. How do you place the order when you are finished? Set pick up date and time. Don’t know about buying meat and produce like this though

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There's a place order button or something like it. You get a confirmation.

When it works, it works great. Lately the one by us is having staffing issues as well as issues keeping the store stocked... so lots of missing items with no subs available... and four hours late... and waiting 30 min in line for the pickup because only one loader available.

I'll use it for simple meats/produce like bell peppers, bagged lettuce, stew meat, ground meat, chicken breast, etc. Things like roast and steaks, and fruits I don't really ever buy at Walmart anyways, even when I go inside.

A lot of times what I will do is pickup my WMT order, then immediately go to say Breaux Mart to get those meats/veggies/fruit items, and I can also get hopefully any missing items that WMT was not able to sub.

We use it.

First, it's Wal Mart in South Louisiana (for us), so don't expect the workers to be overly motivated. I would schedule pick ups for as early as possible. Otherwise, be prepared to wait in your car for a while.

It saves time by not having to go in, shop, wait in line to pay. However, I would NOT order any perishable items. The workers aren't particularly concerned if you get fruit/vegetables just on the brink of spoiling or things with a day or two left on the expiration date. Sometimes you get lucky and the fruit isn't moldy or the milk has 10 days or so left before it expires, but it is a complete crapshoot.

Overall, we use it to get staple products on a weekly basis but it doesn't completely eliminate having to go to the grocery store.

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Such as regular tortillas when we needed low carb or canned corn instead of corn on the cob, so we got frustrated and quit.

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Click the button that says "Do no substitute"

We have been using the home delivery for almost 2 years now.

It saves us a lot of time and effort, BUT

Keep in mind it is sill Walmart.