Before starting this Kat's Delivery, I was working in the service industry, as a bartender, for many years. When the pandemic hit, the service industry was hit very hard. Suddenly, along with so many others, I found myself without a job or a source of income. During this time, I started working for grocery delivery companies such as Instacart and Shipt, but quickly realized that these companies were taking advantage of shoppers by paying them extremely low wages, forcing them to rely on customer gratuity alone as income. I also noticed that these companies were also taking advantage of the customers by charging hidden fees, and also charging inflated prices on the actual grocery items. Instacart will charge customers a certain amount for an item, when the actual store price is much less, sometimes up to 80% less! Shoppers are advised NOT to give you a copy of the store receipt, because they do not want the customer to see the items mark-ups. After realizing these things, I quickly knew I did not want to support them, and also wanted to offer people a more ethical and honest alternative. I branched off from the on-demand shopping platforms in search of a new way to provide these services to people. So I decided to go for it and launched my company, Kat’s Delivery!

 

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Here at Kat's Delivery we are focused on providing a shopping experience that people can trust and feel good about. Our company is based in Portland, Oregon, and provides services for anyone in the metro area along with limited suburban areas as well, such as Beaverton, Aloha, Hillsboro. Our base location is in SW Portland.  You are welcome to order from any store in the Portland area that accepts major credit cards, including (and encouraged) small businesses such as bakeries, butchers, boutiques and more. If you have any questions or concerns about a particular store you might want to order from, always feel free to contact me directly. We strive daily to make sure our clients feel important, appreciated, and connected. Building REAL relationships with clients is especially important to me, and I consider each and every client as a friend, and sometimes even family. As I shop you from week to week, I start to learn your eating habits, your likes and dis-likes, your substitution preferences and even how ripe you like your bananas. This eventually makes your shopping experience easier and stress-free as our relationship grows.

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