Groceries

[SeaUThere]

What is the best (least expensive) way to get groceries delivered to your DVC resort?

 

[han22735]

We use Instacart and have them shop at Publix. Cheap and painless process.

 

[DVC2000]

We also used instacart and through Publix. It was very painless, had them delivered 2 hours after our flight arrived at MCO to our resort. We were still on Magic Express when delivered, but the bell desk stored them for use. We were charged $8.00 for the storage and the bell desk delivered them to our room. (PLEASE don't to forget to tip the bell desk if they deliver it to your room)

 

[sticker231]

Another vote for Instacart. We’ve used it several times without a problem.

 

[Ben E N]

If you have an amazon prime membership, it's also worth looking at Prime Now. Depending on what you are looking for, I have found it to be as cheap as prices I saw at Walmart.

 

[Hopefully]

using Instacart through Publix was HORRIBLE for us in December. Never again

 

[Meriweather]

We use Amazon Prime Now. Have for the last 4 or 5 trips.
It works for the things we need and free delivery........you can pick your time frame for delivery. Bell Services will store it. Now there is a fee for them to deliver to your room, but only $6.

 

[Debbie Jean]

using Instacart through Publix was HORRIBLE for us in October. Never again

Why?

 

[Hopefully]

We were at the BCV and used Instacart from Publix delivery on Saturday 12/07/2019. It was HORRIBLE. We are going to report them to BBB.
The short story.
We scheduled our delivery for 5-6PM Purposely as Villas often are that late to get in. We went to Epcot for a few hours while we waited for our Room ready text
When I returned to the Villa at 4:50 ish I saw that I had 3 missed calls from Instacart at 4:08, almost an hour early. I called the number and I was told I was a No Show. AND I was charged full groceries AND a $15 fee.
I will not go through the long back and forth with customer service, but they were HORRIBLE. I was told there was nothing they could do, even though I was calling them BEFORE 6 PM.
Long painful journey short our order was delivered at 8:30 PM, again 30 minutes ahead of our agreed upon time of 9-10 PM. Luckily we were back from our ADR.
To add insult to injury, I had ordered 2 6 packs of Diet Pepsi bottles. When delivered one was Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi.
We will never use them again. We will use Garden Grocer as we have in the past. With all the fees added by Instacart that you never saw until checkout, they ended up not much less. It was not only the fact that they charged me as a No Show nearly an hour before our agreed upon delivery time, but more so that Customer Service was so bad.

 

[Debbie Jean]

We were at the BCV and used Instacart from Publix delivery on Saturday 12/07/2019. It was HORRIBLE. We are going to report them to BBB.
The short story.
We scheduled our delivery for 5-6PM Purposely as Villas often are that late to get in. We went to Epcot for a few hours while we waited for our Room ready text
When I returned to the Villa at 4:50 ish I saw that I had 3 missed calls from Instacart at 4:08, almost an hour early. I called the number and I was told I was a No Show. AND I was charged full groceries AND a $15 fee.
I will not go through the long back and forth with customer service, but they were HORRIBLE. I was told there was nothing they could do, even though I was calling them BEFORE 6 PM.
Long painful journey short our order was delivered at 8:30 PM, again 30 minutes ahead of our agreed upon time of 9-10 PM. Luckily we were back from our ADR.
To add insult to injury, I had ordered 2 6 packs of Diet Pepsi bottles. When delivered one was Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi.
We will never use them again. We will use Garden Grocer as we have in the past. With all the fees added by Instacart that you never saw until checkout, they ended up not much less. It was not only the fact that they charged me as a No Show nearly an hour before our agreed upon delivery time, but more so that Customer Service was so bad.

Wow! I'm so sorry that was how your trip began... it sounds dreadful and I can understand exactly why you wouldn't want to use them again. It's always helpful to have people share their experiences... the good, the bad and the ugly.

Hopefully the rest of your trip made up for the bad beginning!

 

[DaisyNY]

Another vote for Garden Grocer...always reliable, produce is great quality! Using them for our April trip once again!

 

[Hopefully]

Wow! I'm so sorry that was how your trip began... it sounds dreadful and I can understand exactly why you wouldn't want to use them again. It's always helpful to have people share their experiences... the good, the bad and the ugly.

Hopefully the rest of your trip made up for the bad beginning!

Just an FYI. I did share it at the time. And what I posted above was copied from the Grocery Delivery thread above that I also posted.

 

[TTA Rider Matt]

We used Prime Now last time we were there, and that's the only service we ever used. The one thing I didn't like about it was the selection can be a little limited, but there are concessions we were willing to make for the convenience of having groceries delivered. I will be going to WDW in July for 11 nights, and will definitely be using Prime Now again.

 

[EpcotNerd]

Will Instacart come right to your room? Last year at Boardwalk we met them outside the lobby and had to carry everything to the room ourselves. We couldn't tell if that was the standard, we can't remember if the driver asked us to do that or if we just gestured in a way that implied we preferred it. Staying at Boardwalk last week and have a pretty huge order in the works, I'd change things up if we have to bring it all to the room ourselves.

 

[Meriweather]

The friend I was just traveling with used instacart and it was left with Bell Services and she had them bring it to the room

 

[MNDisneyMommy]

We used Garden Grocer before all the services were a thing, they were great but now prices are just way too high... I've used Instacart before, if I had many preferences and wanted a full grocery store available I'd go that route. But for cheapest if you're not getting a lot... Amazon Prime (if you're already a member). Now with their partnership with Whole Foods, they have wider selection (although you need to be mindful of which 'store' you're shopping in the app).

Our typical buy is ~100 and mostly water/juice, kids snacks, some fresh fruit, quick breakfast things (cereal bars etc), and maybe a quick meal or two (hot dogs etc).

If you just want a few things... just stop at the hotel gift shop. The grocery prices are higher but not ridiculous, you won't have fees (Instacart) or a minimum (Amazon). If we just need a bit more milk and cereal, we go that route.

 

[pavicich]

Shipt! We use at home and also at our DVC home. Subscription is good nationwide!!

 

[quandrea]

We were at the BCV and used Instacart from Publix delivery on Saturday 12/07/2019. It was HORRIBLE. We are going to report them to BBB.
The short story.
We scheduled our delivery for 5-6PM Purposely as Villas often are that late to get in. We went to Epcot for a few hours while we waited for our Room ready text
When I returned to the Villa at 4:50 ish I saw that I had 3 missed calls from Instacart at 4:08, almost an hour early. I called the number and I was told I was a No Show. AND I was charged full groceries AND a $15 fee.
I will not go through the long back and forth with customer service, but they were HORRIBLE. I was told there was nothing they could do, even though I was calling them BEFORE 6 PM.
Long painful journey short our order was delivered at 8:30 PM, again 30 minutes ahead of our agreed upon time of 9-10 PM. Luckily we were back from our ADR.
To add insult to injury, I had ordered 2 6 packs of Diet Pepsi bottles. When delivered one was Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi.
We will never use them again. We will use Garden Grocer as we have in the past. With all the fees added by Instacart that you never saw until checkout, they ended up not much less. It was not only the fact that they charged me as a No Show nearly an hour before our agreed upon delivery time, but more so that Customer Service was so bad.

Horrible story. Add me to the list who will only use Garden Grocer going forward. I’d always used GG since 2007 until this January when I tried Dizzy Dolphin. They put in countless substitutions, most of which were lesser quality than the brands I ordered. Iceberg lettuce instead of romaine, cheap, disgusting ground turkey in a tube rather than the lean ground turkey I’d ordered. I could go on and on. It was a six hundred dollar order with many substitutions. The substitutions made a huge difference in the quality of the meals that landed on our table.

Garden Grocer all the way. More expensive or not.

 

[bluecruiser]

If you just want a few things... just stop at the hotel gift shop. The grocery prices are higher but not ridiculous, you won't have fees (Instacart) or a minimum (Amazon). If we just need a bit more milk and cereal, we go that route.

You may want to check in advance if the hotel gift shop carries the items you want. You can find the grocery pre-order checklists at https://disneyvacationclub.disney.go.com/faq/pre-arrival-checklist/grocery-order/ , which should give you a good idea of what's available in the DVC hotel shops.

I noticed they no longer have an online order form for VGC. Not sure when it was removed, but there are forms for all other DVC properties, including each WDW location, Aulani, Hilton Head, and Vero Beach. I did online chat with DVC just now and they confirmed with the hotel that VGC does not offer pre-ordering of groceries.

 

[quandrea]

You may want to check in advance if the hotel gift shop carries the items you want. You can find the grocery pre-order checklists at https://disneyvacationclub.disney.go.com/faq/pre-arrival-checklist/grocery-order/ , which should give you a good idea of what's available in the DVC hotel shops.

I noticed they no longer have an online order form for VGC. Not sure when it was removed, but there are forms for all other DVC properties, including each WDW location, Aulani, Hilton Head, and Vero Beach. I did online chat with DVC just now and they confirmed with the hotel that VGC does not offer pre-ordering of groceries.

This is an excellent point. If you want only the most basic of groceries, the gift shop prices are in line with Garden Grocer.