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Online Vegetable, Fruit, Grocery Delivery Options

So far, I have been purchasing vegetables, fruits in local weekly mandis and groceries from local Kirana. I sometimes go to DMART for groceries also. Due to recent COVID-19 pandemic, lock down situations I stared looking for online purchase and home delivery options. Here is list of vendors that I explored giving my first purchase feed back of some that I used recently. There are several options available however please look for if they are operating for home delivery in your area by searching with PIN code before proceeding.

 www.bigbasket.com

Accepts orders online and provides home delivery of vegetables, fruits, meat, grocery and other household items. The website has wide range or products listed. Each time user accesses website, they need to enter either mobile number or email ID along with OPT to create purchase orders.

Locations:          Major cities in India. For example areas served in Telanangana include Hyderabad, Jadcharla, Kalwakurthy, Mahaboobnagar, Manchiryal, Miryalaguda,Nizamabad and Sangareddy

Membership fee:            299/- for six months              

Home delivery charges: Free for orders more than 600/-

Wallet   : User needs to refill wallet with credit card or other net banking options. The order amount would be deducted wallet budget.

There are  3 delivery methods: slotted, express and speciality.

I received my first order on 3rd day, as committed during 8am-10am delivery slot. The chicken packing

was good and was transported in a seperate cooling box. Vegetable freshness was average, and prices

were reasonable. Noticed 3 out of 6 limes were damaged, and 3 out of 18 eggs were broken in spite

of solid packing. Few of items were removed from my order, and quantity of few items were minorly

adjusted and billing was also adjusted accordingly

www.sparindia.com

Provides home delivery of vegetables, fruits, meat, grocery and other household items. User requires email, phone number to register first and then proceed to create orders.

Locations:          Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbattoe, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Mangalore, New Delhi, Shimoga

Membership fee:            N/A

Home delivery charges: Free on orders of above 499/-. There is delivery charge of 50/- for orders below 499/-

Wallet: N/A

 https://ratnadeepretail.com

Home delivery of vegetables, fruits, grocery is available. Home delivery is available within 4km of physical store. The main website (https://ratnadeepretail.com/) does not have product list, prices or online order mechanism

User needs to use third party applications. User needs to login to Dunzo or Swiggy, select category (such as vegetables, grocery etc), select Ratnadeep vendor, browse for products lise and order. There is also limited products available.

Locations:          Hyderabad, Bangalore

Membership fee:            N/A

Home delivery charges: as per Dunzo, Swiggy

Wallet: N/A

 https://vijetha.in

Home delivery of fruits, vegetables, grocery is available. Prices are reasonable, fresh meat items are not available. If the delivery is delayed by more than 4 hours of committed slot, Vijetha is promising free delivery. Products lists include good variety of items and prices are also reasonable

and 100/- voucher

Locations:          Hyderabad (50+ stores available across Hyderabad city)

Membership fee:            N/A

Home delivery charges: Free for orders above 1000/- other wise 50/- is delivery charge

Wallet:  User needs to refill wallet with credit card or other net banking options. The order amount would be deducted wallet budget

 https://www.urbankisaan.com

Company rises vegetables, fruits using hydroponics technology. Their farm locations spread within city area close to urban homes. Vegetable seeds are sowed in cocopeat, once sprouted within week, saplings ae transferred to seeding trays and kept for 20 days, then transplanted into net pots. The net pots are placed in NFT channels (water pipes). The NFT channels are fed with nutrient filled water, and saplings are maintained here for 20 more days. Nutrients in the water are monitored every day

Company sells leafy vegetables, fruits, herbs, vegetables, leafy green bowls and salad bowls. There are many varieties of leafy vegetables available many of them we don't get in regular vegetable markets. Prices are 10-30% higher than regular prices.

Company also sells Hydroponic home kit starting from 9,999/-  The stands can be installed in balcony and grow 12 types of leafy vegetables

Locations: Hyderabad (Gachibowli, Jublee Hills, Manikonda, Begumpet, Kukatpally, Himayatnagar, Sainikpuri, Nallagandala)

Membership Fee: N/A

Home delivery charges: 30/-

Wallet: N/A

https://www.gofarmz.com

The company sells vegetable, fruit, millet products on their website. The company collects products from organic farmers every week and places them on the website. The company is signed up with several farmers who practice Zero Budge Natural Farming (ZBNF) or natural methods of cultivation. There is minimum order value of 300/- required for home delivery. The company has created veggie, fruit and millet boxes with mix of commonly used items. For example Small Veg box containing 13 items costs 300/-. Prices are 10-30% higher than regular market.

Location:            Hyderabad (selected locations in this city are eligible for home delivery)

Membership Fee: N/A

Home delivery charge:   Min delivery charge based on the user locatioin

Wallet: N/A

www.amazon.in (Amazon Fresh

Once user logs in to Amazon India website (www.amazon.in) browser for category Fresh and start listing products list for vegetables, fruits, grocery and other house hold items. Prices are reasonable. Only limited variety of products availble

Location:            Many locations across major locations in India

Membership:    N/A

Home delivery charge: Free for Amazon Prime members. Same day, 1-day & 2-day delivery options are available. Amazon Prime membership costs 999/- per year

For non-members, 1-day delivery is 100/- and, 2-day delivery is 80/-

Wallet: N/A

https://www.spencers.in

Once user enters website, they need to enter PIN code and select applicable nearest store from where the ordered items would be delivered.  Good variety is available in their catalogue and prices are also reasonable

Locations: Chennai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Kolkata, Noida, Hyderabad, Lucknow, & Vizag

Membership: N/A

Home delivery charges: Free for orders above 99/-

Wallet: N/A

 https://www.naturesbasket.co.in

Online store sells fruits, vegetables, frozen meat, seafood and grocery. There is no restriction on minimum order quantity. Prices are 10—30% higher compared to other vendors

Locations: Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Surat

Membership Fee: N/A

Home delivery charge: 50/- for all order quantities

Wallet: N/A

 https://indbazaar.com

Online store sells fruits, vegetables, meat, egg and groceries. The company operates in few cities of Tamilnadu. Prices are reasonable, and good variety of products available.

Locations:          Chennai city, Villupuram, Tindivanam, Cuddalore and Puducherry

Membership: N/A

Home delivery charge:          Free for orders above 250/-

Wallet: N/A

 https://www.licious.in

Online meat supplier. Sells chicken, meat and sea food varieties. Company also sells ready to cook meat items, spreads, cold cuts, kebabs & tandoor items. Company claims that it will not charge for wastage. Net weight charged for meat would be after scaling, cleaning. Prices are 10-30% higher compared to other vendors

Locations:          Bangalore, NCR, Hydreabad, Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali, Mumbai, Pune, chennai, Coimbatore, Jaipur, Cochin, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Pondicherry, Kolkata.

Refer to friends and get credit on your Licious wallet once your friend orders. Referrals will receive 200/- discount on their first order using the referral code provided. Referral code discount is only valid on orders of 500/- and more

Membership: N/A

Home delivery charge: 39/- is applicable for all order quantities

Wallet: User needs to refill wallet with credit card or other net banking options. The order amount would be deducted wallet budget

 https://www.freshtohome.com

Online sale of fruits, vegetables, fresh meat, chicken, seafood. prices are 10-30% higher compared to other vendors

Locations: Bangalore,Delhi/NCR,Jaipur,Hyderabad, Mumbai,Pune,Kerala,Tamilnadu

Membership: N/A

Home delivery charges: Rate is decided as per your order and delivery location

Wallet: N/A

www.dmart.in

Groceries, packaged food, personal care, Appliances, Home & Kitchen, Clothing, School supplies are available for online delivery. Only few locations in any city have home delivery option. While placing order online, select "Deliver to" or "Dmart Ready Pickup" options while placing your order. There are Dmart Ready pickup points opened in various cities.

Locations: Major cities across India

Membership

Home delivery charge: Rs.49/- or 3% (not exceeding Rs.79/-) of Order Value whichever is higher.

Collection of order from DMart Ready Pick Up Point is completely free of cost.

Wallet: N/A

www.jiomart.com

Onlie grocery store. Website is still coming up, running beta version. Once website is accessed user need configure their current location by auto detection or by manually entering PIN code

Currently only Fashion, Jewellery items are available website for ordering

https://shop.bigbazaar.com/

Online delivery of vegetable, fruit, grocery items. Prices are average but only limited products available in their catalogue. Meat items not available

https://grofers.com/

Company sells fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, grocery and other house hold items via online. Min order is 500/- for Gurgaon and 800/- for rest of India. No wide variety of fruits, vegetables are available on catalogue. Only frozen meat items are listed

Location: Major cities in India

Membership : N/A

Home delivery charge: Delivery charge is shown only during checkout based on order value and delivery location

Wallet: User needs to refill wallet with credit card or other net banking options. The order amount would be deducted wallet budget

Conclusion – I have started using Bigbasket and Spar India vendors

[curiouswiz]

Review on Math and English learning programs in India

I have been looking for additional support for my 7th grade child in Mathematics and English areas for past couple of years. I have checked with few friends and searched on Internet, there is overwhelming information on online/offline tuition, worksheets, online learning program options. Hence, I decided to summarize my findings to work as ready reckoner for other parents who are in similar pursuit.

First, I would like to differentiate between metal math and general learning programs. Mental math methods use Abacus, Vedic math concepts and enables child to perform memory based arithmetic calculations with speed. These methods help children to prepare for competitive exams and time bound tests. Whereas general learning programs emphasize on building strong concepts, foundation instead of memorization. These programs are in line with classroom curriculum (CBSE/ ICSE) and use colourful pictures, simulation videos and other material to explain math concepts. I continued my research for general learning programs.

There are several programs available for math learning only. Only few vendors are offering both math and English reading learning programs. It all depends on the child either requiring instructor led or self-learning program. Most important thing is constant monitoring, support from parent is required for making their child successful. Parents can’t just leave to teachers, learning modules. Parents are best judges to select appropriate learning program for their child.  All the below programs that I reviewed are online based and would require a laptop/desktop with Internet facility.

Cuemath

www.cuemath.com

This is franchise model. You can find local teacher available in your neighbourhood in Cuemath website. Ideally designed for in-person training, but in recent days the teaching converted to online. There are two classes per week, each 60 mins conducted by dedicated teacher. Math material is custom made my Cuemath and aligned with CBSE, ICSE syllabus. The class is conducted on company’s website based on Leap platform. Typical class size is 1:6

Math Pricing:                   2500/- per month

Reading Pricing:               Program not available

Mathjunior

www.mathjunior.in

This platform offers courses in Abacus, Art & Craft, Coding, Robotics, Vedic Math, General Math and Olympiad.

Vedic Math Pricing:        3,500/- for 3 months

General Math Pricing:    2,400/- for 3 months

Reading Pricing:               Program not available

Whitehatjr

www.whitehatjr.com

This platform offers full year math program for Grade 1 to 8. Classes are conducted online spanning the year covering 52 classes in 37 weeks.

 Math Pricing:                   34,000/- (for full year for each grade from 1 to 8)

Reading Pricing:               Program not available

 This company specialized in offering programming, coding, animation, game development programs to children.

Mindspark

https://get.mindspark.in/index.php

Mindspark offers math and English reading programs. These courses are online, adaptive learning platform based and aligned to CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE curriculum. Students need to spend minimum of 2 hours per week per subject. Online session is conducted for 90 mins/day for Math, and 60 mins/day for English. The courses are designed self-regulated and weekly reports are sent to parents, teachers. This company was mentioned in MIT’s J-PAL research papers, Harvard Business school case study, The Economist’s column and received IDA award for best product of the year in 2018.

 Math Pricing:                                  4,999/-                (for each grade from 1 to 10, 12 months subscription)

English Reading pricing:               2,499/-                (for each grade from 4 to 9, 12 months subscription)a

Khan academy

www.khanacademy.org

It is a non-profit educational organization that delivers unlined video tutorials as well as collaborative exercises. The videos, articles, practice questions on various subjects available on this portal are completely free. The child can register on the website sign up for current grade and select areas of subjects  for learning such as Math, English, Environmental science, coding etc. The relevant student profile with video learning material, practice sessions, quizzes are created in the profile and learning progress is tracked.

Math Pricing:                                  Free

English Reading Pricing:               Free

 Classk12

www.in.classk12.com

This portal offers fun and interactive Math and English personalized learning program. The syllabus covers CBSE, ICSE, IB and State board curriculum. Online material is available for KG to 5th grade. Student can register in the portal, sign up for his current class and there is math and English learning plan created with series of tests, percentage progress indication. As student makes progress with online tests they are awarded points. The graphics, sounds and interface is very simple, attractive and keep student engaging

Math & English Pricing:  76/- per year (Parent and 5 children). Material available for KG to 5th grade

Edugain

www.in.edugain.com

 Online practice and tests area available for Class 1 to 10. The preparatory material is helpful for competitive exams such as SAT, IMO, Navodaya Vidyalaya, SEAMO, NTSE-Maths and Olympiad etc

 Math Pricing:                                  Free

English Reading Pricing:               Program not available

Globalsiksha

www.globalsiksha.com

The website hosts children skill assessment tests online for grades LKG to 6th in Math, English, EVS areas. Students can practice over thousands of questions before taking assessments.

Printed Worksheets: UKG to 5th class - Each class kit (Math 100 sheets, English 100 sheets, EVS 80 sheets) - 1599/- Kid's Assessment Tests: Nursery to Class 6 Math, English, EVS. For each Grade 1 year Course 1500/-

Animated Video Kit: 2999/- for each class with 1 yr validity

 Conclusion

Upon review of available learning platforms, I decided to register and start with Classk12 and Khanacademy programs which offer both Math and English reading programs. As my child gets to daily routine with computer usage, learning material and assessments, I plan to sign up for Mindspark learning program.