# Amazon Grocery

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Amazon Grocery and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for cheap grocery prices and free delivery, especially in cities without a car. Critics say some prices are uncompetitive and delivered items can arrive in poor condition.

## Why people recommend it

- Cheap prices and free delivery (2 comments): "They still usually can buy lots of food from amazon/walmart in bulk with cheap/free home delivery" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46247187)) "amazon groceries are super cheap online and now delivery is free" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46783663))
- Helps people without cars (2 comments): "Mostly I'm buying Amazon groceries because here in Boston if you don't have a car and access to Costco" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49346927)) "Amazon grocery delivery in cities does do a LOT toward reducing their impact on poor people" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49350148))

## What people warn about

- Quality problems with delivered items (2 comments): "Their groceries are priced uncompetitively and after a few times having some stranger pick my produce" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48780381)) "they instead sold me a package of cheddar cheese that was completely blue from mold" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46183404))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Uber Eats](https://hackerapproved.com/p/uber-eats.md): 16 recommend
- [McDonald's app](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mcdonald-s-app.md): 12 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Amazon+Grocery+delivery&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Amazon Grocery", https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-grocery-delivery/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).