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District of Columbia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Worst delivery service
August 29, 2022

I waited several hours only to have the delivery person dump my groceries in front of my door without even ringing the bell. And to add insult to injury, a whole bag of groceries was missing. Finding the number ti complain is like looking for a needle in a haystack. And then the only solution is a refund. So much for convenience. Anthony - worst delivery in NW DC. I'll be using something different next time.

Date of experience: August 29, 2022
Rhode Island
1 review
1 helpful vote
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The last time I use this company (10/22/2022), they were not only late they missed delivered my groceries, only to received them 4 hrs. Later from a neighbor, I had to throw all the meats out for safety precaution. The produce appears like the ones they would throw away, and they charge for things that weren't deliver. You're better off going on your own and taking an uber or Lyft to get your groceries home.

Date of experience: October 28, 2022
Connecticut
1 review
0 helpful votes
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My husband, myself and daughter are sick. We ordered 3 times and we're no shows. They lied on us and used a number I changed personally 4 years ago. They've used the right number in the past. I have never wanted people fired before now! No compensation was offered as well. Shame on them!

Date of experience: February 27, 2024
Connecticut
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Never again
December 22, 2020

Peapod not only charged me for items that they never delivered and when I told the driver items are missing he shrugged and took off. To top it off the dairy items are all smashed and the cake I ordered was not sent but a totally different smashed caked was in its place. But even worse is they took
It upon themselves to charge my card a 20.00 tip... Twice! Customer service hung up on me 3 times after I started to explain what happened and when finally the 4th person said I was owed 58.15 and my card would be credited, I asked for his name and a confirmation number and he said you will
Be emailed and of course... I never was! Pathetic!

Date of experience: December 22, 2020
Connecticut
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered groceries online for delivery on 12/3 and a hold was placed on my credit card for the total. I was subsequently charged on 12/6 for the order. However, the hold was never released. This caused serious issues as I needed those funds for other authorizations. I constantly emailed and called the folks at Peapod to try to resolve the issue. I even went to the Store Manager. On 12/10 I was told I would get a call back from someone in billing within 48 hours. After 48 hours and no callback I called again each day with no success. It has been over 10 days and my credit card hold is still not released. This is unacceptable.

Date of experience: December 15, 2021
Maryland
3 reviews
12 helpful votes
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The search bar rarely works so it's hard to find products you need. The search bar for coupons never works so you spend a lot of time going through the list of coupons to find relevant ones. They cancel items often. Just don't make it available to put in my cart if you don't have it. That simple. I've given up trying peapod because it's so time consuming due to its terrible website.

Date of experience: April 10, 2021
Maryland
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Delivery
May 19, 2022

I I'm so sick of Giant Food just changing my order to suit them. My latest order delivered today, they updated my order and said I did not order the butter or the milk. The whole reason I placed the order was because the butter was on sale. I'm 63 and not senile. Retired at 59 comfortably. I must have been doing something right. And my milk? Where's the milk? Was there a big run on milk and butter? I know what I ordered, but they removed it on my order status. Why my order was $75.11, to $61? When I called them, they said they do not see those items that I ordered. I know what I ordered. I need to just stop using the giant delivery system and go instacart. This is not the first time giant has done this. I still have my paper check cashing card from 50 years ago. Ridiculous how giant picks and chooses what you're going to order.

Date of experience: May 19, 2022
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Don't waste your time
December 15, 2020

After waiting for 4 days for order to be delivered, they did not deliver my groceries because I did not answer the door.the website says contactless delivery for covid. The fees are higher than any other service out there. Half my groceries were out of stock and I was charged for them anyway. On top of the high delivery fees these people want a tip on top of that. If you don't tip they circle "tip not included " on the receipt in red. I will never use them again since I discovered instacart, which is far superior.

Date of experience: December 15, 2020
Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Zero stars
November 4, 2023

They constantly "forget" to deliver groceries, deliver to the wrong address. They have terrible customer service. Everyone on the phone states they cannot "do that" for any questions. No one seems to take responsibility for their actions. Terrible customer service Terrible delivery service. I would NOT USE THEM!

Date of experience: November 4, 2023
Maryland
1 review
13 helpful votes
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Waited twelve days for a delivery but received less than half of what I ordered, even though each item was in stock and I had enabled Substitutions. Unfortunately I needed the missing items to make meals with the few that actually arrived. Also, basic staples like milk, butter and frozen vegetables were not sent. But when I physically went to the store they had plenty of milk, butter and other stuff they omitted! I suspect that the order pickers simply avoid heavy items like Dairy and Frozen. Still, I gave a good tip because I heard some people were entering large tips for preferential treatment and then taking the tip away. You simply cannot count on Peapod; you wind up going to the store to buy everything they decided not to send.

Date of experience: April 23, 2020
Massachusetts
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Over $100 of missing items that we were charged for on the delivery followed by 90 minutes on hold to get most of them refunded (I missed 4 items costing about $12. Life is too short to call back. The guy delivered them in plastic bags. I can tell from the order that they were in 2 or 3 bags that he either delivered to someone else or were left in his truck.

Unlike Instacart, there was no way to call the delivery guy to get the truck to return when we discovered it 5 min. After he left. SOLUTION IS EASY! Pack them in paper bags, put the last 2 or 3 digits of the order on each bag as he checks out, and avoid a very unhappy customer like me. Hope whoever got our Easter rack of Lamb enjoys it (and that they are needy). We'll be eating hamburgers. (Items we were charged for but not received are highlighted in turquoise.

Date of experience: April 11, 2020
Rhode Island
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Thieves
September 14, 2023

Received some expired items from peapod and customer service ignored me, to get a refund I had to dispute the charge with my credit card company and my visa gave it back to me. Then peapod emails me about the chargeback and how i need to respond to them to settle up. I reply explaining what happened. They ignore me and a few weeks later send the same email to me. Again I reply and explain. They ignore me and again a week later send the same email to which I reply and they again ignore me. They deactivated my account when they sent the first email insinuating i can't use peapod anymore unless i pay for the expired items they sent me. No thanks. No desire to use them again. Their customer service is trash. Who sends expired food and expects people to not request a refund for it?

Date of experience: September 14, 2023
New Jersey
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Awful service
January 2, 2020

Drivers are rude and always late. The produce comes rotten or if not, it goes bad 2-3 days later. You can never get through to customer service, the wait time is 20 minutes or more. There are so many food delivery sites these days, don't waste your money on Peapod. I was a loyal customer for years but unfortunately, they are out of chances.

Date of experience: January 2, 2020
Massachusetts
4 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Since PP's Website is a nightmare to navigate for a tech savvy person like I am, I cant imagine how awful it wd.be for a senior starting out. I haven't used it in 1--2 years but am a bit desperate and had hoped for better results. Three hours later with only $115 in my cart, $15 fees, charges, taxes... I gave up. Lost a full afternoon with nothing to show for it. I needed $12 more for gas points, having been robbed of 200 points forced to STAY HOME for 3+ months, I am on zero in tank. Gas prices have soared again. No gas no food no pet food and I must start all over again bc PP cant manage a website, nor anything close to customer care if you are not considered essential.

Date of experience: June 14, 2020
Pennsylvania
1 review
16 helpful votes
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DON'T BOTHER!
February 17, 2020

If you enjoy wasting your time cultivating an online order, only to see cart pricing surge for no apparent reason, Peapod may be what you are looking for... I recently spent 35 minutes putting together an order for pick up. One of the items, diced onions and celery was part of a meal deal promo... was advised store was out with no substitute. Upon hitting ok button, order refreshed, price jumped nearly 20 dollars... was not able to ascertain why pricing jumped... was unable to add bonus card in at the checkout stage... eventually i just went to the store to do my shopping... lo and behold, there was approx 15 tubs of the celery and onions... not ready for prime time... never again!

Date of experience: February 17, 2020
Massachusetts
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Order placed
April 11, 2020

Not happy. Nothing in my order showed out of stock. They did there own substitutes that we can't eat so now we have wasted money we can't afford. No slip to tell me what I actually received vs what was delivered. Very disappointed.

Date of experience: April 11, 2020
Connecticut
1 review
0 helpful votes
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So I am at home sick with Covid, and since they forgot my ginger ale actually suggested that I come to the store to get it. I ordered it this morning and now they are delivering it late tomorrow.

NEVER AGAIN

Date of experience: December 3, 2022
New York
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Read this
January 30, 2016

Peapod is a horrible service. Although it is convenient picking up your groceries and not having the shop, the way they packed the groceries cost more of your own time then just going grocery shopping on your own. I can't tell you how many times I've picked up my grocery and had chicken juice leaking all over the bags and all over my car and all over my house. One time my kids even got into it which even worse. Bottles and products are always broken and defective. These people clearly do not know what they're doing and need to seriously shape up. It's unfortunate since it is such a good service but poorly implemented. I highly recommend people to stay away from this, or you will probably waste more time than it save you.

Date of experience: January 30, 2016
Connecticut
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Junk food only
November 4, 2020

StopandShop is only slightly better than PeaPod, but they still suck. They never bring a receipt, unless you ask multiple times, and items are always missing. I've concluded that this is a scam. After I asked multiple times for a receipt, I got a partial refund, but was still missing several key ingredients in my recipe. They bring it in those outlawed plastic bags and who knows how it was handled. I found 10 bags wrapped together, 2 items to a bag. Why not just do a Whole Foods pickup or order from FreshDirect, which is excellent.

Date of experience: November 4, 2020
Virginia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Horrible in every aspect. ZERO notice in a 7 hour delivery window of delivery, groceries were left outside in hot sun possibly for hours. They are supposed to alert & ring door bell / knock, yet they did zero. Ice cream was liquid, and was as warm as the milk. Customer service is horrible, IF you get thru. 1 hour 10 minutes waiting on phone just to get a woman who said, "sorry" in two seconds and later hung up. Did I mention every aspect was HORRIBLE?

Date of experience: April 18, 2020

Overview

Peapod has a rating of 1.4 stars from 114 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Peapod most frequently mention customer service, credit card and many times. Peapod ranks 191st among Grocery sites.

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value
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10
returns
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quality
12