Tesco grocery delivery
Ranked 9 of 9 grocery delivery services by recommenders
People recommend it for friendly service, groceries that arrive undamaged, and in-store heated meals. The one criticism is weak product search that returns nonsense items.
People recommend it for friendly service, groceries that arrive undamaged, and in-store heated meals. The one criticism is weak product search that returns nonsense items.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Staff offer extra help
“It's a great (UK) service, and they quite often ask if they can do anything else for me”
Comment from 7 Mar 2026 in “The yoghurt delivery women combatting loneliness in Japan” Refrigerated meals heated in store
“I also liked the refrigerated meals they would heat up for you right in the store.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct” Groceries arrive without breakage
“your groceries tend to be of good quality no breakage etc”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “DoorDash to acquire Instacart” Marginally better than alternatives
“Tesco is marginally better.”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Beware Management Consultants”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Keyword search returns nonsense products
“they're weird keyword matching that doesn't even work so you get nonsense products”
Comment from 23 Sep 2026 in “Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy”
Other grocery delivery services people recommend
The four most recommended other grocery delivery services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DoorDash | 34 | 102 | 25% | 11 | — | — |
| Instacart | 24 | 51 | 32% | 7 | — | — |
| Amazon Fresh | 21 | 23 | 48% | 7 | 2 yrs3 owners | — |
| Uber Eats | 16 | 41 | 28% | 9 | — | — |
| Tesco grocery deliveryThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“your groceries tend to be of good quality no breakage etc”
“they're weird keyword matching that doesn't even work so you get nonsense products”
“Tesco is marginally better.”
“I also liked the refrigerated meals they would heat up for you right in the store.”
“It's a great (UK) service, and they quite often ask if they can do anything else for me”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.