Save time, money and the environment; Buy your groceries online

I just posted today about Tesco introducing zero emissions delivery vans at their new Shrewsbury store. This will be reducing CO2 emissions due to the deliveries themselves but it'll also be reducing the number of car journeys people make to get their weekly shopping.

Why not save yourself some time and money while helping the environment by having a go at getting your shopping online?

We've been doing our shopping online now since the end of last year and we've found it much more convenient. No longer do we have to wait in endless queues every week just to pay for our food, no longer do we have to make a special journey and spend forever trying to find a parking space.

It also has the added advantage that we now buy in bulk and do one online order a month. This usually means we can take advantage of more of the offers which in turn means we save more money. Online shopping is also great if you're on a budget because you have a nice running total that adds up each time you put something in the virtual trolley, so you always know how much you're spending.

Buying in bulk and ordering less often means you're also helping to save the environment by reducing the number of journeys made by the delivery vans.

The only real disadvantage of ordering online is that you don't get to see the fruit, veg and meat before you choose it, however we get all of our fruit and veg from an organic supplier delivered separately and we don't really eat that much meat so it doesn't really matter.

Pretty much all the major supermarkets offer online ordering now so why not see if you could help save yourself some time and money as well as help save the environment by ordering your food online.