How are you doing your grocery shopping now? If you're still leaving home to buy groceries, other than the inability to get a delivery slot from your supermarket of choice, why are you doing so?

Yup, my family heads down to the supermarket. Honestly, the probability of contracting covid when you

1. Private transport / walk

2. Don't dilly dally or talk in th supermarket

3. Take your stuff quickly and leave

The chance of getting covid if you're acting sensible is rather low.

Nothing beats the joy of seeing rows and rows of fresh food and selecting them and putting them in the cart for dinner ;)

My family is still visiting the wet market these days, and I guess one of the main reason is the perceived freshness of the items you are buying. With many stalls available to pick and choose from as well, there are aplenty of options if you wanna get the best produce. Comparing that to supermarket where you could probably only supermarket-hop within an area.

Since fresh produce is very much like a "look and feel" kind of purchase, you don't exactly get to choose them when you're buying online. Unless it's those online auction that seems to be gaining popularity. So when comes to vegetables and meat for example, my family still prefers to have a first-hand look and touch to pick the best goods.

Funnily enough, similar to Cedric, my family hasn't been using any online delivery for groceries nor food as well. I guess old habits do stick since pre-covid days, so there hasn't been much of a difference for us. Besides a reduced frequency of visiting the wet markets.

There are a few food items that we just don't have the confidence of purchasing them online, such as ice cream, milk and frozen food. I think heading out to the supermarket once/twice a week is still reasonable as long as we comply to the safe distancing measures all the time.​​​