Shaw’s Deals & Delivery 17+

This is one of the very few supermarket apps that has a functional shopping list. You can pull from the in-app weekly ad, special offers based on your shopping (ex, it knows I buy Outshine bars and often gives me a special for little extra off that other shoppers don’t get), or add your own items. You can sort by category or customize the list order, and check things off as you add them to your cart. It has the couponing you expect; just remember to enter your phone number at check out. There are also in-store coupons you scan with the app from barcodes (but you have to have signal in the store - please improve that, Shaws!!!). I even use it at other stores because it just works. It’s a little kludgy and could use a few helpful hints, but it’s the best I’ve found. (As of today, it was updated to include the Monopoly game; we’ll see).

Update May ‘19: still like the app very much, except for one thing that drives me nuts. They often include specials that aren’t in sold at my store. You have to identify which store is your regular store and then you get ads and prices based on that and close by locations. For ex., there was a special on Method Laundry Liquid this week. The small store in town didn’t carry it, but neither did the regular size store, ‘My Store’, in a nearby town. If it’s not carried at my designated store, why am I seeing it? Why do I have to pick a store at all? The app still needs better matching to actual store inventory.

The delivery service Shaw’s offers is great, the price differences alone are absolutely worth the switch. They have great deals & easy to use coupons, it’s better than Instacart in every way possible with 1 exception - the chat feature. If there are any issues or if your items are out of stock the Instacart shoppers message you & ask if there is another item you’d like but the Shaw’s shoppers makes that decision for you. My first order the shopper made some ridiculous swaps for items that weren’t even close to what I ordered & the second time the shopper refunded items that they could have easily replaced -one of those things was coffee, my top 2 choices weren’t available & the shopper could have easily chosen another similar coffee for the replacement (of all the items to refund my morning coffee is the very LAST one I’d want, I need my coffee Shaws! I have an addiction! ;-)
That being said I’d still choose Shaws over Instacart without hesitation! Most of the items at full price are still cheaper than Instacart items even on sale. I wish I had discovered this app long ago & saved myself lots of money.

I love being able to sneak peak the next week’s flyer a day or two in advance, and the personalized setting that give even just nickels off in some cases for stuff they know i buy regularly adds up. Even the rewards available often coincide with my preferences.
One single thing that i would love to see in the future, that would grab that last star from my standpoint, would be to have available on the app everything. I do realize that saying “everything in the store” is not a small feat, but i’m sure it can be done. I often spend a little time cobbling together my grocery list before going to the store, and it would be IMMENSELY helpful to be able to have a complete grocery list right in the app, even for non-sale items. I, like i’m sure many other people, sometimes go shopping and forget the most important reason for the trip. The app already satiates the store’s objective of impulse add-ons with all the stuff in the “just for u” section, so also have a complete list to check off would just help make trips more expedient, which would be to everyone’s benefit.

Aside from that, the app is marvelous, and even my little backwater tiny location has its own wifi to use while i check off my items. Very helpful. Thanks