How a Busy Mom Spends Less Time Grocery Shopping and More Time with Her Kids
Alice Choi, aka Hip Foodie Mom, specializes in recipes that are delicious, easy to follow, and can be ready in under 30 minutes. While getting a meal on the table for her husband and two daughters in record time is her specialty, grocery shopping has always been a chore, taking up valuable weekend time she’d rather spend riding bikes or packing a picnic for the park.
So, we asked her to try Shipt, the same-day grocery delivery service that’s fast become a favorite for busy moms. She found lots of advantages of using Shipt, but the biggest was that it saved her weekend. “Normally, I meal plan and go to the grocery store on the weekends. We have our kids at home distance learning, so I can’t just run out to the grocery store during the week when I want to,” she says. “Shipt helped me with my groceries when I didn’t have time to run out myself.”
Easy Ordering and Efficient Delivery
Besides the fact that using Shipt freed up her schedule for fun family activities, Alice was very satisfied with the ordering, shopping, and delivery process. “My experience was great!” she says. “The app was very easy to use and I quickly found what I was looking for, in addition to many pantry staples that I purchase all the time. My shopper texted me while she was shopping to see if there was anything else I needed. I thought that was fabulous. The delivery process was very efficient.”
Once she’d placed her order and her personal shopper was all done shopping, they texted her an ETA for when they’d arrive with the goods. Since Alice lives in an apartment building, this was an essential step, since it gave her time to go downstairs and accept the delivery. She loved that she could schedule a delivery down to the hour, and even within that delivery window, she got text updates from her Shipt Shopper about their exact arrival time.
The Secret Behind ‘The Best Spaghetti Ever’
Alice is a planner, and a pro when it comes to coming up with quick, tasty dinners. But even the best of us could use a little help when it comes to getting dinner on the table on busy weeknights. She had her order delivered on a weekday morning and chose to get some of our editors’ favorite groceries for an easy, kid-friendly lunch (PB&Js and cotton candy grapes, please!) and what her kids call “the best spaghetti ever” for dinner.
“I made a quick weeknight spaghetti using California Olive Ranch Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Cento San Marzano peeled tomatoes, and Land O’Lakes Unsalted Butter. It’s delicious and so easy to make,” Alice says. On a busy day when she didn’t quite have time to run to the grocery store between work and home learning, Shipt turned out to be a great option that also freed up time for the weekend ahead.