Other than avocados which I actually select for “ripe right now” vs “will be ripe in a few days” depending on what I need, no, I don’t do any of this. I grab the milk and bread from the front of the shelf. If the fruits of vegetables are obviously in bad shape I don’t take them, but I generally find that it applies to the the entire lot, so it is more “buy or not buy”, rather than select the best one. We also have a CSA that delivers fruits and vegetables weekly. And they don’t necessarily look as “clean” as the ones in the supermarket, but it turns out they usually taste fine. I would gladly give up the ability to touch and feel if someone provided a good online experience. Sure, if I regularly got food that was already rotten, I would stop, but I don’t see any reason why an online retailer shouldn’t be able to deliver fresh food reliably.
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