Just yesterday I shopped in a store I hardly ever go to, and didn’t have the current type of member card for. The cashier was super thoughtful, telling me I didn’t have to give any information if I didn’t want to, and my card would still be active right away. So I only put down my phone number, not even my name, just so I can use that instead of bringing the card with me in the future. In another chain where I shop very frequently due to its proximity, I have given lots of information because I get miles on my purchases with our preferred airline, and also because we used to get percentages for our school (before we started homeschooling), though escrip.

Now I use http://www.planetorganics.com for biweekly deliveries of organic produce & meat and dairy and even some other groceries. Really helpful.

I used to use Safeway.com sometimes but the ice cream was always melted and one time they even delivered fish that was past its prime…ugh! So they are off my favored list of ways to shop. I loved webvan.com and was sad when they went out of business. Planetorganics is expanding their offerings so I’m pretty happy about that and thinking of making it weekly.