Scared to shop

I’m too fearful of the coronavirus to contemplate a supermarket sweep. I can’t remember the last time I visited a supermarket — it’s now well over two weeks.

Where one door closes, another opens, and I’m looking elsewhere to feed my tribe. Who knew there were so many other ways to buy food! Admittedly, I’m competing with a gazillion other scared shoppers, but the choice is there – if you click quick.

I found a local fruit and vegetable delivery service — Sparshotts — who offer first come, first served delivery slots daily. After several fruitless attempts (pun intended) frantically clicking and refreshing their pages, I managed to snag a box to be delivered a couple of days later.

Their juicing box most closely fitted our needs at that moment. A friendly delivery driver left it safely outside my front door. The fruit and vegetables are excellent  — no nasty plastic wrapping and all super fresh. The broccoli was noticeably more tasty than our usual dried out version. I do have rather more beetroot than I know what to do with, but it's forcing me to be bit creative. 

There are issues — you can't currently pick and choose what goes in the boxes, and there are certain veggies that I'm not keen on. (Who ever actually shops for a green pepper?) But overall, it's a win win. 

And how much better to be buying from the smaller operators than the huge supermarkets? I've seen a number of smaller companies who deliver high quality fruit, veg, dairy etc. Shame on me for not having looked further than the easiest option until forced to.

Coronavirus will have changed so many things in all of our lives and made us look further than what’s right in front of us. When all of this is over – and I’m hoping that will be soon — I wonder how many of us will change our shopping habits?