Every large NY grocery store consistently seems to have either poor-quality or extremely expensive produce, which was drastically exacerbated last April: if you don’t go soon after they stock, people pick over, scratch and generally take all the edible-looking choices. Whole Foods was terrible for delivery: the pickers seemed to just choose what was available, which inevitably tends to be what in store shoppers left over. I’d much rather on average get an average apple or onion, without having to spend time figuring out whether it’s “good”: average is almost always good enough.
My total time spent grocery shopping went down, while the quality of the food went up. Their website does a really good job of focusing me on what’s fresh, in season, and otherwise likely to be good this week, and it seems like there’s a lot less waste in this model. I can also order more than I can walk home myself, which is pretty valuable when you don’t own a car.