Online grocery ordering is taking Baton Rouge by storm.
Local grocery stores like Matherne’s Market downtown and Rouses Supermarkets and big box retailers like Wal-Mart and Target have recently started offering online grocery ordering. Consumers can now purchase food from anywhere at any time.
“We wanted to have something that would make it easy for our customers to order groceries online and pick them up, trying to make it as convenient as possible,” says Matherne’s Market co-owner and manager Tony Matherne. “It was something we’d been trying to get going for the last couple of years.”
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Instead of aimlessly perusing the aisles, shoppers can purchase only the groceries they need from the comfort of their own homes or while on their lunch breaks. And instead of waiting in long checkout lines, they can park in specially designated parking spaces and wait for an employee to bring their order outside.
Matherne’s system also offers online catering orders with delivery.
With additional plans for same-day grocery delivery in the works, Matherne says the initial response from shoppers has been positive, and the system will soon be in place at the other two Matherne’s location (Paulina and LaPlace), as well as the upcoming LSU location.
“We launched [the downtown] store first to kind of work through the process and get everybody comfortable with it,” he says.
Shoppers can place an online order from Matherne’s Market at mathernes.com/shop. Order pickup is available Monday-Saturday, 10a.m.-7:30 p.m. and Sundays 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Baton Rouge options for online grocery ordering and delivery
Instacart partners with capital area stores, including Rouses Supermarkets, Costco, CVS Pharmacy, Petco and Albertsons, and offers grocery delivery every day for orders of $35 or more with a delivery fee of $5.99 per order or $14.99 per month for unlimited orders. Whole Foods Market is another Instacart partner in other areas (fingers crossed the Corporate Boulevard location is available for delivery soon).
Shipt recently launched a partnership with Target and Rouses Supermarkets to offer same-day grocery delivery for unlimited orders over $35 with an annual subscription of $8.25 per month or $14.99 per month. (Target also offers free store picking with specially designated parking spaces outside.)
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Walmart offers free in-store pickup every day through grocery.walmart.com, with order delivery coming soon.
Alexander’s Highland Market offers online grocery ordering at alexandersmkt.com/shop with options for free pickup and delivery (with a $19.99 delivery fee for minimum purchases of $100) to south Baton Rouge and Prairieville.
Twine Market and Deli releases an online ordering form every Thursday. Customers can select prepared meal items and side dishes, as well as an array of general grocery and deli products. On Tuesdays, shoppers can pick up their orders from the deli, or Twine will deliver the orders to shoppers’ homes for an additional $10. We recently tested out the service.