The grocery store decided they want to deliver Sunday night instead of Saturday afternoon. I order food for the day after I run out because my fridge isn't so great.
The delay could be seen as problematic.
Do they have a standard delivery day, or is this a store where you can order in the morning and expect the delivery in the evening (or maybe the next day)? What reason do they give for the delay? I guess you don't have an emergency food stash (3 days' worth of canned food/bottled beverages) that don't need refrigeration or cooking?
I've had a few goarounds with the store I order from... I get that sometimes they're very busy and have to do it the next day. I get highly annoyed when they want to put it off
again, and when they tried for yet
another day, I reminded them that some of what I ordered was deli salads that wouldn't keep that long, I'm concerned about how fresh it would be after that many days, and I'd been pretty patient for a lot of times when I'd been bumped to the bottom of the pile for next-day deliveries. Being repeatedly bumped is unacceptable, considering the fact that I order a lot of dairy and deli items that don't have a long shelf life (milk and egg salad) and as someone whose family has had a membership there for over 55 years, I think a bit more consideration is merited for loyal customers.
re: groceries. What's the 'Muricanadian cultural implication of having groceries delivered?
Not sure what the "'Muri" part of that has to do with this. Some people have groceries delivered because they're busy and don't have time to shop. Some people don't like shopping for various reasons (crowds, frustration of having to search for things, lineups at the checkout). Some neighborhoods are basically "food deserts" because they might have a convenience store in them, but no real grocery store (or at least not an affordable one) and it's a long way to get to a real grocery store.
Most of those reasons are why I have food delivered. There's a convenience store nearby, but given the potholiness of the parking lot here, the very busy street in front, the uneven sidewalks, plus the doorway and aisles of the store are too narrow to accommodate walkers, it's impossible for me to even get to this place, let alone get in there.
The nearest affordable grocery store is in Walmart, and I do pick up a few things there if it's considerably cheaper than my regular store or if they have it and the regular store doesn't (that's how I found out about hot dog-flavored Pringles). Walmart offers some of its non-perishable items online, and that's how I get Maddy's cat milk - it's considerably cheaper than anywhere else (gotta put in another order soon; I have to throw out the stuff in the fridge, and she's only got 2 left).
The store where I have the membership (it's a cooperative) is way across town. The cost of delivering it is less than half what it would cost for me to take a taxi there, so I just phone in the order and the manager delivers it... eventually. I don't object to the next day if I've put my order in later in the day. But when I get calls that say, "Oh, he can't do it today, he'll do it tomorrow" and this continues past the next day I was expecting, I've actually gotten to the point where I've said, "Tomorrow morning, or cancel the order and I'll go to Walmart." Since my orders are usually fairly large or pricey (I tend to order case lots whenever possible, and cat food and litter aren't cheap at the best of times), they haven't tested that yet.