All it takes for me is to have my significant other or my son pick up groceries for me to realize I want to make my own selections on fresh items. I am beginning to shop with my son to teach him what to look for.
Yesterday we did several stores and split big packages to repackage and freeze while doing some menu planning. The fresh vegetables were hit or miss so again we headed out again today. The notion of picking a bell pepper that is tall and uniform in shape to make cutting it up easier and more uniform was a surprise to him. He was doing okay on shiny with no wrinkles and bad spots. We deliberately picked boxes of tomatoes from the clearance table because these are tomatoes that were picked ripe and the discount for blemishes and softness makes them well worthwhile. When cut, the seeds are mature and the flavor that of a real tomato--not a gassed green. He picked a ham by weight, I pointed out his selection had a really thick fat layer under the skin and the meat was a little gray so we both dug through the cooler for hams that should be excellent.
The store was empty enough that we walked the aisles and each filled our carts with things we knew we were getting low on but would not have thought to put on a list to be delivered to us. There were sales on canned vegetables so I resupplied my canned beans for various dishes. My mayo was BOGO and even though I have a spare bottle, I now have 3 spares. I finally caught up with a bottle of Oyster Sauce.
It might be cheaper to have someone else pick up my specific list, but I won't be doing that unless I am completely house bound with no one who can go to the store for me.