Lockdown may be over, but there’s no way we’re slumming it and doing our own shopping – that’s why we’ve found the best grocery delivery apps for Sydney. All the groceries, none of the hassle.

If we took one thing from lockdown, it’s that sometimes we definitely prefer our own solitude and don’t want to go through the bother of actually interacting with people. Sure, you can pop your hefadphones on and use self-checkout to get your shopping done, but more often than not someone will be in your way when you just want to grab your choccies, or you’ll have that dreaded automated voice at checkout saying, “please wait for assistance” or, god forbid, “unexpected item in the bagging area.”

We’ve been getting our K-Mart orders delivered all through lockdown, and have been buying heaps just to simply get us a little serotonin when the delivery person shows up, so shouldn’t we be feeling that little happiness when it comes to our groceries, too? Because, shopping in person just leaves me muttering curse words under my mask when someone cuts me off in the aisle for the fourteenth time in a row.

While we might’ve been having our shopping delivered occasionally for healths-sake, now is the time to be choosy, and find the best grocery delivery app out there so we can have all our needs taken care of with just a few clicks, and none of the frustration. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of the best grocery delivery apps for Sydney.

Check out all the hassle to be avoided when using grocery delivery apps:

SEND App

Paving the way for grocery delivery services, SEND is Australia’s first exclusively online and delivery-only supermarket designed first to navigate this ceaseless pandemic, but now is ushering in a new generation of online-only shoppers.

With the promise of getting your items delivered to you in under 15 minutes, it’s perfect for when you’ve got a hankering for some ice cream, and need that craving satisfied now, or even when you’ve forgotten a certain important ingredient for your morning avo toast, and need bread delivered to you ASAP.

With typical supermarkets like Woolies and Coles sometimes not even having next-day delivery options because of too many bookings, SEND is sure to get you what you want, when you want, without any hassle.

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Check out SEND App:

Aircart

Offering on-demand grocery shopping, Aircart’s goal is to “enable simpler, healthier lives”. Bringing fresh groceries from local supermarkets, Aircart follows a store-to-door concept through their personal shoppers.

With an aim to deliver groceries to you in as little as an hour, Aircart doesn’t save you as much time as a usual run to the shops would do, but considering you can browse the online ‘aisles’ from the comfort of your own home, with your pyjamas still on whilst drinking your morning coffee, it’s a pretty handy grocery delivery app.

Check out Aircart:

UberEats

While this isn’t the cheapest option available with delivery prices varying with distance, and some shops up-pricing items, sometimes urgency and necessity take precedence. Typically delivered within the hour, UberEats offers a wide range of local shops, with plenty to pop in the cart.

Whether you’ve just got to have some late-night Ben & Jerry’s, or are needing a few essentials from the shops to go with your morning tea, UberEats can take care of those in a jiffy. Plus, with their UberPass, you can get free delivery options with local shops.

Check out UberEats:

Instant Grocery

Instant Grocery delivers from multiple shops like Woolies, Coles, Aldi, and local grocers to ensure that you’re getting exactly what you’re after. Boasting that they’ll deliver groceries within two hours, their entire M.O. is “anything from anywhere, anytime.”

Additionally, they can help with other errands like prescriptions filled at the chemist, so you can avoid another outing all together!

Check out Instant Grocery:

Coles and Woolworths

It goes without saying that Australia’s biggest supermarkets Coles and Woolies offer their own grocery delivery services, with both offering deliveries no matter where you live in Sydney, albeit without the blisteringly quick delivery times offered by some of the newcomers like SEND.

Watch this tutorial from Woolworths on how to shop online:

Voly

Voly are another entry into the on-demand supermarket delivery service, offering deliveries in 15 minutes.

The list of suburbs Voly delivers to is steadily growing, but currently limited. At present they deliver to the inner city and as far out as Paddington, Redfearn, Waterloo, Ultimo, Glebe, and Haymarket.

Check out Voly:

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MILKRUN

With an emphasis on fresh produce sourced directly from Australian farmers, MILKRUN offers 10 minute or less deliveries to a number of Sydney suburbs, from the East to the Inner West.

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