I don’t know jack about influencers...

i carry cloth bags into the store, the baggers fill them at check out, and load them into my car. I sometimes do tell them to not pack them too heavy. I don’t organize more then keeping the cold together, which the baggers do.

When I get home, they are quickly unloaded from my car. If I am lucky someone is here to help. Usually it’s just me, a few trips and I am done.

if I had to walk a quarter mile to my kitchen I would want a wagon.

eta: be sure whatever system you use is not too heavy to carry.

How about rectangular or oval laundry baskets?

Then, when you're not using them, you can nest them inside each other.

Not a fan of that organizer unless you're going to use it just to keep things from sliding around - I have one but I never use it so it's on a shelf in the garage.

I live in a townhouse complex where parking is quite far from many of the units and several of my neighbors have wagons like Olychick showed, only with hard sides, not foldable.

I'd go with the Amazon box and a Radio Flyer wagon. Or kids. or a pony and a cart, but that might be more work...but worth it.

bpath, I don't think Chewy sends out pony feed and it is heavy stuff. Then the pony is nosing around the pantry.

The reason I love a fridge with freezer on the bottom is so the dogs don't shop the fridge while I am pondering dinner.

Oooh, I like that blue wagon. I park with the back of the car right near the sidewalk, and we have three steps with nice depth each on the front porch. If I were alone I could easily pull the wagon up them.

DH and I take turns shopping but I always buy more than he does and it takes an hour and a half to go to the store, shop, and return home. After groceries are brought in and put up, I have to go lay down.

Maddie, click on the blog link above and see where the blogger is showing what she bought. It's a popular blog and she gives a link to everything. I'm pretty sure she's an influencer and they can get a good sum of money each month doing it.

"so the dogs don't shop the fridge while I am pondering dinner."

One of my friends had to duct tape her fridge door shut because her dog learned how to open it!

I have my groceries delivered, if it is a huge amount I give the delivery person an extra nice tip. Usually they deliver them to an area in the living/dining I set aside and I put away from there.

I’m probably in the minority, but I enjoy grocery shopping. Making up menus for the week and shopping for everything. Planning. Handling. Choosing. I like it all. I have a Toyota Sienna minivan that has hooks for shopping bags in the back. I keep my cloth shopping bags back there, as well as a large cooler for my cold and frozen things, as we live pretty much 30 minutes from either of my two grocery stores. We have an attached garage, which is nice. I have my second refrigerator and upright freezer out there, too. But, the walk from the garage through the house to the kitchen is looong! I just carry everything in, 2-4 bags at a time. Since we’re empty nesters and DH is at our clinic at least 10 hours a day, M-F, I’m the only shopper and the only grocery bag hauler.

I have an organizer similar to the one shown in the blog, but it is only good in the back of the car. You still have to carry the bags or items into the house. It is great for nursery shopping--it keeps the plants from rolling around and spilling dirt in the back of the car.

Since you have steps, you might like a vertical grocery cart.

In our old minivan I used laundry baskets in the back to prevent things rolling around. When we bought an SUV in 2012 I "upgraded" to these nylon baskets from Target...haha. I just carry the bags into the house but in our old house and new house the kitchen is not far from the attached garage entrance. Sometimes DH will just carry the hole basket into the house.

Lynn, I used to love grocery shopping too, and I also have to drive a ways to the store. But when you get home and put things away, if you've made a big haul, aren't you exhausted? I've lost a lot of stamina this past year. I too have a long walk from front door to kitchen.

Did any of you ever watch Everybody Loves Raymond? If so, do you remember the episode where Pat got caught smoking then everybody confessed to their bad habits? Pat's husband made fun of her for having to rest after grocery shopping. Thats me! One of the funniest episodes ever.

Lizbeth, I looked at the vertical grocery carts, once inside the house will the back wheels hurt wood floors?

Joanie, I'm going to check out the baskets, and also laundry baskets.

What would be nice is a garden cart but I could see DH and DH stealing it for the big garden they have.

Back in the day, when I was urban dweller, I walked to market than came home and brought groceries into a third floor walk up. Sometimes with infant in a back or front pack. I recommend a stand up grocery cart, get one with big wheels for pulling it up the stairs.

The organizer is great if you need to keep bags from wandering around the cargo area of your SUV. As for carrying the groceries into the home I think trying to carry a large plastic container or a laundry basket in front of you might strain your back. - especially going up stairs. I've found that I can carry more items and even a heavier load if I hold bags by their handles. I use my own bags because they are sturdier and the handles easier to grasp.

Both dh & I have collapsible crates in our vehicles. His are newer and more heavy duty. When we shop together he'll carry the bag filled crate into the house.

You can find InstaCrates elsewhere, but they're more expensive.

https://www.costcobusinessdelivery.com/GreenMade-InstaCrate-Collapsible-Storage-Bin%2C-12-Gallon.product.100260385.html

We have the same type of fold up wagon and love it. Lost one in the flood but quickly went to academy sports and got a new one. It does duty in the garden too.

I use string fillet net sacs. They hold an amazing amount of stuff, add little weight to the groceries, are inexpensive, and are washable. No plastic-100% cotton. These aren't the brand I bought, but they are basically the same. Mine are just a regular off-white/natural color.

One brand

Oakley,

If you had posted this over on the Decoration side, you would have gotten comments to remodel your house so that the kitchen would be nearer the front door. Aren't you glad that you are on the sensible side?

I have cargo nets in the trunk of my car. Some bags (reusable, of course), go inside the cargo net; the overflow gets tied to the cargo net by the shopping bag handles.

I use a combo of things. A large pack sack is used for heavy stuff. I have a steep set of stairs to climb once I get into the house. An upright shopping cart for stuff that stays on the main level with the boys. The rest of the groceries for upstairs goes in cloth grocery bags. If I have my big rucksack I make way fewer trips. Also my dogs wait a shorter amount of time to be cuddled. Win win.

I'm really thinking of getting another larger pack sack and putting just about everything in there.

I store the bags in a little organizer in my car.

Oakley, I don't think the wheels should be a problem on hardwood if you get a quality cart with good wheels.

Great information. Our kitchen is a good distance from the driveway. When I know that there is someone home to help me unload my groceries I use a trunk organizer to bring in the groceries. Our organizer is larger than the one shown on the website and when full it is too heavy and bulky for me on my own. Thinking I need to look into that wagon or the instacart though, would really help at home when I am unloading by myself. Also my mom recently moved to an Assisted Living apartment and of course her apartment is about as far as you can get from the parking lot.

The only thing you have to worry about with carts coming into wooden floors - and a quick visual inspection will help you before you load said cart - is any gravel caught between the treads that may stick out. (Don't know what your surface is before you reach your house - I'm speaking as one with a gravel driveway - but sometimes flecks of stuff can end up in there anyway despite the driveway.)

Sorry I haven't been back, we've all been sick, including DS and grandkids. Lovely weekend. :) But I still had to go to the store because we were out of pet food. Shortest grocery trip ever.

Sue, at first I thought you were serious about the kitchen and I was getting ready to throw a virtual tomato at you, then I got the joke and how right you are! lol

I like those insta crates. I was thinking about getting a garden wagon for my flowerbed, which is right next to the driveway, but I know DH would steal it to take to the big garden that is quite a way from the house. Those things are expensive.

OR...I could hook up the large wagon thingy that goes with the riding mower. :)

Great suggestions.

If you have steps you can use this type of cart. I have a different model but, in NYC they are everywhere. They have never damaged my wooden floors, but I don't pull it in from the building hallway if the wheels are wet, I wait for them to dry before I store it on the inside back of a closet door. I use it for more than groceries.