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Can you get online shopping delivered to your Halls?

Like... groceries, etc?

I might be going self-catered next year, and this is one of the few ways I can see myself actually managing to do a weekly shop! So can I get Sainsburys to deliver to my halls?

Reply 1

*River

15

If they deliver to your area, it's no problem. At my halls pretty much everybody gets Tesco to deliver because there isn't a decent supermarket that's easy to reach from here.

Reply 2

Renal

17

It also depends on whether there's access onto the campus, some places there is, some places there isn't.

Reply 3

louisedotcom

13

Well check that they deliver to your area first and if so you should be ok.

However, theres usually a minimum spend requirement + however much they charge for delievery.
Asda for example require a minimum of £25 spend and then its about £3/£4 for delivery so you will be looking at almost £30 a week minimum if sainsburys have a similar policy which is alot. If I spend £25 a week ive more than likely done a particually extravagant shop and bought pretty much all branded products/ ran out of absolutley everything that week.

You could do online shops with housemates to get over this issue if anyone else was interested.

Reply 4

Gryffprefect

9

As everyone else said, If they deliver to your area then it's OK. But also take note of the minimum spend required and delivery charges as they can all add up at the end of the day. In my opinion, getting home delivery is only good if you like to do a big monthly shop or if you and your friends band together to do an online shop to split the costs.

Reply 5

lolimemma

15

You can usually google for free delivery codes too!

Reply 6

~ Purple Rose ~

19

I used to get shopping delivered to my halls. It just depends on whether a supermarket will deliver there or not.

Reply 7

vex44

£30 a week would be alot for food shopping just for yourself wouldnt it? So like someone earlier suggested...see if your flat mates or anyone would want to do a joint shop with you..that way you can both split the cost and take advantage of the buy one get one free offers aswell!

Reply 8

Mystic

1

I haven't tried it, but when I looked on Asda's website, it said it wouldn't deliver to my campus :frown:

Reply 9

whatever...

we get tescos too mainly cos they don't do the minimum spend thing.

i usually use it to get lotsa of heavy stuff for like a month or more.

eg: 10liters of apple juice, sparkling water, other soft drinks and then on top of that anything that i fancy on offer plus whatever i need to cook healthily :biggrin:

so, i reckon it's good, if they deliver to your area, and if you can do like a monthly shopping-thing lol

Reply 10

achander29

Can you purchase things from onine stores like Amazon and Ebay, and have them purchased items deivered to your halls???

Reply 11

Origami Bullets

19

Original post by achander29

Can you purchase things from onine stores like Amazon and Ebay, and have them purchased items deivered to your halls???

Yes, I do this all the time! Here, it anything too big for our postboxes just gets left at reception, and then you get an email, and then you go and collect it from reception.

OP - have you checked where your nearest supermarket is? Sainsburys, in particular, have a tendency to put large supermarkets in student areas - we have one two minutes away from here, and there's one between uni and halls in Bristol.

Reply 12

jelly1000

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Original post by Origami Bullets

Yes, I do this all the time! Here, it anything too big for our postboxes just gets left at reception, and then you get an email, and then you go and collect it from reception.

OP - have you checked where your nearest supermarket is? Sainsburys, in particular, have a tendency to put large supermarkets in student areas - we have one two minutes away from here, and there's one between uni and halls in Bristol.

this thread is several years old

Reply 13

Origami Bullets

19

Original post by jelly1000

this thread is several years old

My apologies, although it wasn't me who bumped it (hence why I didn't notice it), and the bumper did come in with a new question!

Reply 14

jelly1000

21

Original post by Origami Bullets

My apologies, although it wasn't me who bumped it (hence why I didn't notice it), and the bumper did come in with a new question!

yeah i saw, just thought id point out the OP will probally never see your answer

Reply 15

~ Purple Rose ~

19

Original post by achander29

Can you purchase things from onine stores like Amazon and Ebay, and have them purchased items deivered to your halls???

Yes, you can. At my uni we have a post room that all letters and parcels go to, and we have to pick them up, but some deliver straight to each hall :smile:

Can you get online shopping delivered to your Halls?

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