That sounds like Sears Catalog shopping 100 years ago only at lighting speed. I think grocery delivery was common years ago too but you would have had to go and fill the order yourself.
My grandmother and great grand mother always sent in their grocery orders to be delivered. My great sent a note in the morning, my grand called in her order. Both charged it and there was a monthly grocery bill.
Exactly.
My grandparents ordered from Sears. My grandmother didn’t drive and my grand dad refused to drive 30 miles round trip to go shopping.
My wife’s grandparents and parents lived in a small mid west town, and the nearest Sears was a hundred mile round trip. So they used the catalog.
They ordered their groceries from the local small grocery store and had the option to pick them up or pay a $ for delivery. They like my grandparents in the spring, summer and early fall bought fresh food from farm stands near by.