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Voilà By Sobeys/Safeway Grocery Delivery & Curbside Pickup Reviews

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Voilà is a grocery home delivery and curbside pickup currently being offered at select Sobeys and Safeway locations across Canada. Please visit their website at Voila.ca to find out which service is available in your area.

About Grocery Delivery: Voilà by Sobeys is a cutting-edge online grocery home delivery service in the Greater Toronto Area. At Voilà, we promise guaranteed freshness, at affordable prices, straight to your door. Products are delivered directly from the warehouse, ensuring the widest range of products available. Orders are packed by robots and delivered by teammates for safer and less handling. Produce is guaranteed to be fresh or it's free. Standard delivery fee of $7.99 applies, and delivery is slotted in 1-hour windows for maximum convenience.

About Curbside Pickup: Voilà is offering curbside pickup in select locations in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan, providing a safe and convenient way to shop for groceries. Enjoy guaranteed freshness at affordable prices, delivered straight to your car. Assembly fee for curbside pickup varies depending on the time slot chosen, and you will choose a 1-hour pickup window for maximum convenience.
 
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    February 13, 2024

    VOILA

    By combining Voila's effective platform with Subway's and Safeway's extensive product selection, their alliance provides a smooth grocery ordering experience. Consumers gain from dependable delivery and user-friendly interfaces, creating a new benchmark for online food purchasing.

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    February 13, 2024

    Free midweek grocery delivery!

    I love that for only $10 a month I can get limited midweek grocery deliveries. Being able to have more choices for grocery stores to order from is great. I can hop between platforms and order whatever is on sale and have everything delivered fast and easy.

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    February 12, 2024

    They met my high standards!

    I'm extremely picky when it comes to grocery shopping, which is part of the reason why I don't often do click and collect or delivery services. However, I decided to give Voila a try since it is new to my area and there were promos for $25 off $75 and a free month of delivery.

    Their website was fairly simple to use and they had most of the items I wanted in stock. Their pricing was also not too far off of what I would expect to pay at Safeway/Sobeys.

    The driver was courteous and gave me a call to let me know that he was 15 minutes away. He treated my groceries with care and offered to bring them inside for me. When I unpacked my order, I was very impressed with the quality of the produce and the long expiry dates on perishable items. They did a better job shopping than I would have!

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    February 12, 2024

    They met my high standards!

    I'm extremely picky when it comes to grocery shopping, which is part of the reason why I don't often do click and collect or delivery services. However, I decided to give Voila a try since it is new to my area and there were promos for $25 off $75 and a free month of delivery.

    Their website was fairly simple to use and they had most of the items I wanted in stock. Their pricing was also not too far off of what I would expect to pay at Safeway/Sobeys.

    The driver was courteous and gave me a call to let me know that he was 15 minutes away. He treated my groceries with care and offered to bring them inside for me. When I unpacked my order, I was very impressed with the quality of the produce and the long expiry dates on perishable items. They did a better job shopping than I would have!

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    February 12, 2024

    Fast and efficient

    I received a discount to try Voila grocery delivery. The process was easy and I was able to select a delivery slot that was very quick, lots of other services have a wait time. My delivery was temperature controlled, came on time with good communication. My only complaint was that none of the produce I wanted to order was available and the one that stayed in my cart was not reflected in the order summary I got by email. It would have been nice to get some replacement suggestions or notification this was removed

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    February 12, 2024

    Ok - But website issues and higher base price

    This was an ok delivery service. Having used delivery services for a few years now, I am quite efficient in grabbing what I need, put the order in and go. This website was so finicky, scrolling often made it glitch, and without knowing exactly what I needed I got the glitch a lot. Not fun. I also noticed that the prices of items, even when on sale were above the "normal" prices to other stores. Your budget wouldn't go far if you did a full shop here, so maybe just keep it for emergency items? Overall was ok, but not going to switch to this delivery service anytime soon.

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    February 12, 2024

    Thoughtful and quick service

    I was able to navigate the site easily and find the groceries I needed. I think some of the prices were a bit higher than what I would find in store for certain items but overall the delivery was quick, right on the dot and I was assured I would get help as soon as possible for any issues with product or date I may have.

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    February 12, 2024

    Okay

    I regularly use Walmart pickup or even instacart (which I also drive for) so I'm familiar with this concept. I went into this thinking the items would be more expensive because obviously safeway vs walmart... so, yes, most items were more expensive. They did have some sales that were then cheaper. I also find their produce much better.

    There were a few things for me that decreased my rating.

    First, the cost for delivery is huge in my opinion. A minimum of $10 a month and that limits you to only weekday deliveries. The larger issue is that pickup is not available at most stores yet. So you HAVE to get it delivered unless you're driving to the other side of the city.

    Second, you HAVE to be home and answer the door or they will not leave your groceries. I get why, but there should be an option to leave at door, and the customer is responsible then if the groceries sit too long or are stolen.

    Third, they charge you 5 cents per bag but don't give any options to not get bags?

    Last, the upselling while ordering is insane. You have to scroll down through ~50 items in order to get to the checkout screen. It's a little ridiculous.

    So I'd say this is an "upscale" grocery service. If you can afford it and don't mind waiting around for your groceries, then you'll definitely get better produce and items. But if you want to save money or like more convenience, I wouldn't recommend Voila.

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    February 12, 2024

    It needs a few updates

    I really has high hopes for this grocery delivery service but I was let down
    Pros:
    - It was easy to register
    - My delivery was accurate and arrived on time
    - The paper bags were nice and only .15

    Cons:
    - There were no pickup locations near me so I had to choose delivery
    - I was not able to order sliced deli meat from the deli counter (prepackaged only)
    - I was charged more than the flyer advertised price on an item so I had to email customer service.
    - I was never asked to add my Scene + card so I don't get any points. I found out AFTER that you have to go in and add the card to your profile.
    - $7.99 for a delivery fee is too high.
    - I was not able to customize my produce request (yellow bananas, soft avocados etc)

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    February 12, 2024

    Food was all fresh!

    I was offered the opportunity to try out the new grocery delivery Voila.
    Pros:
    The groceries came in paper bags delivered right to our front door.
    We had to be home for the delivery.
    We got a call about 5min prior to delivery to make sure we were available.
    The food was all fresh and even the bananas we ordered were perfect, lettuce was also crispy and fresh, bread was soft
    and the rest of the items were also good.
    I was impressed at how well everything was packed and picked like I would have had I gone to the store.
    Delivery is normally $7.99 per delivery, but since we are in a trial for one month it was free.
    You have a little bit of time to add to your order any items you missed after placing order.
    Checkout process is fairly simple.

    Cons:
    There is a monthly delivery charge of $14.99
    The site was a bit glitchy where at times the screen started jumping and was impossible to scroll past and had to wait for
    the jumping to stop.
    The coupon used did not give us the free month of delivery as expected, but instead had to sign up to the monthly service which gave us a free month to get it (first month is free the $14.99 after)
    that was displayed on the front page of the site.

    I have to say the delivery person was great and since it was our first time he gave us a little description right at our door about how we can look over our order groceries to make sure we are satisfied with how fresh everything was and that if we were not happy for whatever reason they would take the item(s) back and bring back a fresh of whatever right away. Very pleasent and on time delivery.

    Would I use the site and the grocery delivery again? ABSOLUTELY!

    Thank you Butterly and Voila for letting us try out this service.

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