Grocery shopping help from your area

The weekly shopping for your mother who has trouble walking, picking something up from the pharmacy or a big stock-up after an operation. Someone from your area helps, often just by bike, and you agree the price yourself.

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Help from your area

Weekly groceries€16 to €20 per hour
Picking up from the pharmacy or a parcel€8 to €15 per trip
A chat while unpackingOften
Legal minimum (21+, since 1 July 2026)€14.99 per hour plus 8% holiday pay

All costs and sources

What does grocery shopping help cost?

A delivery service or home care organisation compared with someone from your area who goes to the shop for you.

	Delivery service or organisation	Help from your area
Weekly groceries	The supermarket's delivery fee	€16 to €20 per hour
Picking up from the pharmacy or a parcel	Often delivered by the pharmacy	€8 to €15 per trip
A chat while unpacking	No	Often
Legal minimum (21+, since 1 July 2026)	n/a	€14.99 per hour plus 8% holiday pay

Grocery shopping falls under the Dutch scheme for services in the home (Regeling dienstverlening aan huis) if someone works for you less than 4 days a week: you pay at least the minimum wage for your helper's age, plus 8% holiday pay. The groceries themselves you of course pay separately.

Sources: Dutch government, services in the home (in Dutch), Dutch government, minimum wage 2026 (in Dutch).

New to the Netherlands? Arranging help for a parent who lives elsewhere in the Netherlands? Post the request yourself with your parent's town. You can write it in English.

Delivery service, volunteer or help from your area?

Choose delivery or a volunteer organisation for

just the groceries at the door, without help
help you arrange through the municipality or the Wmo desk (local support for people who need care)
free help from volunteers, if there are any in your neighbourhood

Choose help from your area for

regular weekly shopping with a familiar face
things from different shops or the market
picking up from the pharmacy or the parcel point
unpacking and putting away, with a chat

How to find grocery shopping help

Post your request for free
For whom, how often, which shop and on which day. Posting for a parent? Say so.
Meet first
Read the replies and arrange to meet first. Especially for help for a parent, you want to meet someone first.
Make a regular arrangement
Day, shopping list, how the money for the groceries works and what the help costs.

Tips for grocery help that runs smoothly

Sort out the grocery money in advance
A fixed amount up front, a debit card from a separate account, or paying back with the receipt: agree it beforehand.
Work with a fixed list
A fixed basic list with brands saves phone calls from the shop.
Ask the municipality when it is about care
Does someone need help on a long-term basis? Then also check with the municipality's Wmo desk what is possible.

Grocery help by city

Prices, helpers and recently posted jobs in your city.

Frequently asked questions

What does grocery shopping help cost?+

You agree that yourself. Grocery shopping falls under the Regeling dienstverlening aan huis if someone works for you less than 4 days a week; then you pay at least the minimum wage for your helper's age (from 21, €14.99 per hour since 1 July 2026) plus 8% holiday pay. For a single trip to the pharmacy, people often agree a fixed amount.

Can I arrange grocery help for my father or mother?+

Yes. Post the request yourself and say it is for your parent, with your parent's town. Agree that you meet together first.

How does the money for the groceries work?+

Agree it in advance: a fixed amount to take along, a debit card from a separate account, or the helper pays first and gets it back with the receipt.

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