I’m thrifty. I cut coupons. I price match. I cook a lot. All of these things mean big trips to the grocery store. Although we have a strict budget for groceries and personal items I almost always go over budget. I’ve been thinking for a long time now that grocery stores and places like *gasp* Wal-Mart need to offer some sort of online grocery shopping. It would work like this:
#1 A customer would go online to shop for their items.
#2 In order to secure your order you would have to pay online via a credit or debit card.
#3 Customer would have a set time that they need to pick up their order by.
#4 Customer goes to the store to pick up the order that was placed online.
#5 Customer could then use coupons and get a credit back onto their card for the amount of money saved.
I realize you can currently do this at some electronic stores, etc. But, think about it. If you could do this for groceries that would definitely decrease impulse buying and would help people stay within their grocery store budgets. Thoughts?
If any big wig grocery store folks are reading this. Please give this a trial run. My wallet begs you.
