Online grocery shopping is a total must for me.

Up here the shops are few and far between, the choices are limited unless you're at Katoomba and you most definitely need your license to get to the shops unless you live close by.

In my case, I'm not in Katoomba, I don't live near the shops and I don't drive. To top it off I'm preggo, my knee still hurts and my house has a lot of steps.

Up til a week ago I was a Coles girl.

I have a long long history with Coles, loyalty and understanding of how online operates. Sure things may have changed during my time but there's some things that are, to me, common sense.

Once I found myself up in the mountains I immediately thought of Coles Online assuming they have maintained the same standards.

But they actually haven't and I've put up with crappy subs and out of stocks for many years out of loyalty until my last order, when they out of stocked my water AGAIN (I only drink water!) and the delivery driver kept letting himself into my house after I pushed him out already ~ I had enough and decided to switch over to Woolworths.

Woolworths Online

Woolies online.... Where do I start!???

Their range alone shits all over Coles. Almost to the point where it's overwhelming and hard to navigate the website.

Although their delivery price is more expensive if you look at their every day low price, special value products and look at price per volume not price per item it kinda balances out.

They do have delivery saver packages that could end up being cheaper depending on your situation. This is the one most suitable for me.

So if I order groceries totalling $100 twice a month that would pretty much be the same if I was ordering from Coles on my usual delivery time slot.

One of the things Woolies does better than Coles is their extensive recipes list. Simply find one you want to try out and click add all to cart and that's it you're all set ~ like this one.

How did my first Woolies delivery go?

After the Coles delivery guy waltzed in my house uninvited last week I wasn't keen on opening the door to deliveries so I asked that everything be left outside. This meant I was under no obligation to greet anyone or even get out of bed although I was up when they arrived.

As instructed they didn't try to drive up the driveway.

This is a new delivery rule ever since Coles drove the truck up the driveway and got stuck trying to get out.

They left my shopping where I asked them to.

They knew how to pack the bags properly to avoid cross contamination.

Detergents etc in one bag.

Fridge in another.

Frozen in another.

Light items all together to avoid things being crushed.

But most importantly they were on time and nothing was out of stocked.

It was pretty much perfect. I couldn't ask for more and I would have been one proud manager if I saw my team bag like that.

The delivery was done quickly too from parking to getting the groceries up took him about 3 minutes, 5 max. I've had Coles take 5 minutes alone to park and get everything out.

Over all... At this rate and considering my immense customer satisfaction with Woolies, I ain't ever going back to Coles. Woolies would have to really REALLY stuff up my order numerous times and don't deliver me water for me to go back to Coles.

Also I have to say I really liked not having to open my door to anyone and being able to get my shopping when I was ready.

The only thing that annoys me is they charge the card the day you put the order in not the day the shopping goes out. Considering the order can be changed the day before the delivery is due that's just silly.

In my case I placed my order on Monday, changed it on Tuesday night to accommodate my no chewing situation, the shop is about $10 less so now a $10 refund needs to be issued ~ that's just messy. In my opinion this is the only thing Coles does better.

Sorry for the boring grocery blog but I felt a comparison needed to be made.

Also perhaps this will come in handy to someone out there who's been sitting on the fence about online grocery shopping.