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NYC Update: Grocery Delivery Guide

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Evelyn Kanter

grocery delivery guideThere are long lines waiting to get into NYC supermarkets and grocery stores, even during the dedicated early morning shopping hours for seniors and immuno-compromised. 

So more of us are ordering grocery delivery.

Here is a guide to delivery by NYC markets, including meal kits, prepared meals, and such household necessities as cleaning supplies and personal hygiene products.

Our list includes farm-based suppliers and restaurant suppliers now selling direct to the public.

As with all goods and services, prices vary.

And because of the current overload, delivery times can be days instead of hours, whether that delivery is by bicycle or FedEx truck.  

So for some delivery services, items that require refrigeration are not an option.

Be ready to learn your way around the grocery delivery website, and be ready for some items to be unavailable, either because they are sold out or just because your favorite size box of heirloom tomatoes isn’t on the website list.

Check delivery rules carefully, since there are usually minimums, of $25 or more.

Remember that delivery workers are today’s essential workers, so tip them well.


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Local supermarkets offering delivery

Local grocery chains been providing free or inexpensive grocery delivery service within their neighborhoods for decades, usually with hand carts pushed from the store to your apartment.

Many still do, and some now even deliver beer with the rest of your order.

Morton Williams

With locations in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Jersey City, the supermarket chain has launched a delivery program to provide same day delivery for orders placed by 2pm on that day by email.

There is a $5 fee per order, and delivery is free for orders $100 and over. The shopper will call you with any questions.

D’Agostino

 There are 11 stores in Manhattan, all south of 90th Street.

  • Check the website for locations and contact numbers for all stores, along with the cell phones of store managers just in case something goes awry.

Fairway

Delivery is available daily from 9 am to 11 pm in NYC via Instacart.
 
Because of extended delivery times, ordering perishables is not recommended.
  • Click here to order by zip code.

Gristede’s

NYC stores are delivering via Instacart. 

  • Delivery times vary by zipcode.

C Town:

There are 140 independently owned C Town stores in the NYC Metropolitan area. According to Eater NY,  the one in Park Slope delivers beer in addition to food and other staples.

  • Find your nearest C Town supermarket.

Westside Market

This popular Upper West Side min-chain offers same day delivery for online orders.

Or, you can choose online ordering and free pick-up at the store of your choice.

The online ordering site is brilliantly simple – every item available at the store of your choice is listed with its image, size and price, so you can comparison shop brands.

  • Click here to order
  • Sign up for deals at a specific store location.

Store locations:

  • 2840 Broadway – corner of 110th St.
  • 84 Third Avenue – corner of 12th St.
  • 77 Seventh Avenue – Chelsea, between 14th & 15th St.
  • 2589 Broadway – between 97th & 98th St.
  • 180 Third Avenue – between 16th & 17th St.
  • 1407 Lexington Avenue – corner of 92nd St.
  • 170 West 23rd Street  – between 6th & 7h Ave

Essex Market

The Lower East Side market is now delivering via Mercato to a limited area. 

Participating Essex Market vendors include  Peasant Stock, Dominican Cravings, and Puebla Mexican Food for regular takeaway business at Essex Market. vendors are now offering delivery vd other services. Check out the info below for details!

Bushwick Met Fresh

The Brooklyn market is doing free delivery on orders that can be placed online; and Eater reports most orders arrive within two hours of ordering.

The orders show up on your doorstep. Some basic items like bananas and limes aren’t searchable on the website so you have to add those manually.

This long-time Hell’s Kitchen grocery offers organic produce and other natural foods and non-food items for delivery.

Orders are taken only by email. If delivery is in Hell’s Kitchen and adjacent areas, it will be done by the store; anywhere else in the city, the delivery will be UPS, so don’t order frozen food or anything requiring refrigeration. 

  • Email: customerservice@westerlynaturalmarket.com

H Mart:

With five stores in eastern Queens and two in Manhattan, it stocks a beguiling range of Asian groceries.

H Mart offers a delivery service too, the drawback being that it only delivers to zip codes in Manhattan and northern New Jersey.  

Delays currently run nine to 11 business days, so ordering any fresh food is out of the question.

See next page for

Liquor delivery

restaurants delivering groceries

farm-based suppliers

more grocery delivery services

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Posted by Evelyn Kanter on April 23, 2020 | Updated May 3, 2020 Filed Under: Cheap Eats · Coronavirus · Crisis Resources · Frugal Over Fifty Tagged With: Fairway· Westside Market

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  1. helen murphy says

    May 21, 2020 at 7:10 PM

    THEY MUST TAKE SNAP BY PHONE LIKE CREDIT AND DEBIT, IN NYC

    Reply
  2. Peter Brandt says

    April 8, 2020 at 11:14 AM

    What about Westside Market, whats their home delivery cost ?

    Reply
    • Evelyn Kanter says

      April 8, 2020 at 11:28 AM

      I did not include them because there is no way to contact them by phone or email. I just phoned three locations – no answer at any of them. Since several locations are open 24/7, best suggestion is to go very early in the day or very late in the evening, and ask at the location what delivery policy is.

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