I tried Kroger's new grocery service, and I'm never buying food the old way again

Earlier this week I tried Kroger's ClickList, which lets you order groceries online and then pick them up at a store where employees load everything into your car.

The service - known in the industry as click-and-collect - has been popular for years in the UK, but it has just started taking off in the US.

Kroger started testing ClickList two years ago, and it recently started rolling out the service nationwide. ClickList is currently available at more than 500 stores, the company told Business Insider. I tried it at a location in Richmond, Virginia.

Other companies offering grocery pickup include Walmart, Harris Teeter, and soon Amazon.

My friends have been raving about it, so I decided to give it a try.

Here's what it was like.