@ukedog said in Kroger Launches New Online Grocery Delivery Service + Subscription Option NOW NATIONWIDE With 15% Off (Stacks With Coupons/Sales)+ FS, No Minimum AC, Exp 04-26-2019:
I know it’s been a while since this was posted, but I wanted to comment what a good deal it seemed to be for me…
I’m so glad to get any feedback on what I think is an incredible but largely overlooked grocery deal, much less such a detailed report. It’s great to hear that it worked out so well for you.
So I ordered 5 boxes of Hodgson Mills Oat Bran cereal, which has been “temporarily unavailable” at all my local Kroger stores for the last couple of weeks…
Yes, this is a great way to stock up on things your local store(s) either don’t carry or rarely have more than a few of (e.g., there’s a great sale but you can only get 1 or 2), or just to get a bunch at the lowest price you’ve ever seen on something.
While nosing around on the Kroger Ship site, I noticed Kroger’s 13-gallon trash bags at a good price: $8.99 for 120, vs. $9.99 for the same in-store…
Thanks. I wasn’t aware of this deal and will be adding it to my online cart!
The kicker was, I made this ~$16 order on Friday morning… the Kroger box sitting on my doorstep on Saturday afternoon! Everything well packed too. Look out Amazon Prime Pantry!
Yeah, I’m sooo tired of Amazon’s Prime 2-day shipping now effectively being 5-day shipping + a bunch of excuses and frequent membership fee hikes… next day beats my expectations though/is really impressive for free shipping… and Kroger already beat Amazon by using any packing materials, much less packing their boxes well.
NOTE: Item prices on the Kroger Ship site often vary from the normal Kroger shop site (say for ClickList pickup), often being higher but some also lower…
Very true. Most of the prices I’ve noticed are the same, but you have to know what your local Kroger sells it for and/or what a competitive price is for a given product (no matter where you buy it). For example, my favorite premium rice brand is 3% less on Kroger Ship compared to their B&M, yet my favorite staple rice brand costs 6% more on K-Ship (fortunately it does go on sale there periodically, making it cheaper than the B&M).
I suspect that different Kroger coupons are in play here too, just not sure.
Confirmed! I believe that the digital B&M coupons you can load to your loyalty card are just Coupon .com coupons (that’s why, although affiliated with Kroger, you can’t submit Kroger receipts in the Coupons .com app). There are far fewer coupons on K-Ship and they are very different… I haven’t figured out how or why yet.
I do know that if decided to get the Hodgson Mills Oat Bran cereal from Amazon, it would have cost me almost as much… It pays to look around!
Yes, definitely shop around for everything… always… even after you found a great price somewhere because the next time they might raise the price (I’m looking at you Amazon), another retailer may have lowered their price/have a sale/have a coupon etc., or a new seller on the block could start selling it at a great price. FWIW, I never use Amazon S&S unless I have 5 items/qualify for 15% off (even if I have to place 2 separate orders of a staple product instead of one order of 2).
ETA: they had a $10 off + free shipping code for anyone (not just 1st timers) during the holidays, so definitely keep an out for future K-Ship deals you’ll qualify for.