Shaw's Deals & Delivery

Shaw's Grocery Deals & Delivery  Shop, save and simplify your meal planning…

Albertsons Companies, Inc.
Google Play rating4.7★56.3K ratings
PriceFreeListed price
Age4+Store age rating
CategoryLifestyle

What we found

Full report

Some warnings 1 confirmed warning. Checked: 400 reviews, the Android app’s code, the store listing and the privacy label.

Money

  • Free to download.

Privacy

From our automated analysis, 24 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.

This analysis describes version 2026.36.0 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-24 .

The store currently lists version 2026.36.0, updated 2026-10-14.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

Shaw's Grocery Deals & Delivery

Shop, save and simplify your meal planning with the Shaw's all-in-one grocery app. Find everything you need, from fresh produce to pet food and pharmacy prescriptions. Choose the convenience that fits your schedule: grocery delivery or DriveUp & Go™ grocery pickup service.

Convenient grocery delivery or pickup

Get grocery delivery or choose DriveUp & Go™ for easy curbside grocery pickup. Use Schedule & Save to automate your household essentials and save more on every order. Flash™ 30-minute delivery available in select markets for additional convenience.

Your AI shopping assistant

Take the guesswork out of meals with Ask AI. Use everyday language to ask for recipe ideas, find items based on dietary needs or compare products.…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

1 published · 8 shown, not confirmed

Things to watch for 1

Findings that met the published evidence standard.

Privacy disclosure does not match the app

Measured

The store privacy disclosure (3 entries) names no tracking or advertising use, but the package ships 4 advertising/tracking SDKs: Adobe Experience Platform, AppsFlyer, Firebase Analytics, Google Mobile Ads (AdMob / Ad Manager)

Sources
The store privacy disclosure
Agreement
A measured fact from one deterministic, checkable source.
Where measured
From the Google Play privacy disclosure
Definition

Tracking or advertising SDKs are present in the package that the store's own privacy disclosure does not account for.

Open evidence

One source only — shown, not confirmed 8

Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.

Aggressive ad load

One source only

The app's own text says: "Replay"

Sources
The app's own on-screen text
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
Found in the Android app’s package

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.

How we know

Package artefact

sha256:d70de72e2a7560df6212991f2904d2bc3dfe29b43b4302e5c3286ba59fb37f5a

Trial converts to a charge

One source only

The app's own text says: "It appears you don’t have a saved credit or debit card in your wallet. Please add a credit or a debit card to pay for subscription fees after the %s-day free trial and for subsequent auto-renewals until cancelled."

Sources
The app's own on-screen text
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
Found in the Android app’s package

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

The free trial demands a payment method up front and/or rolls into a paid subscription with no usable warning.

How we know

Package artefact

sha256:d70de72e2a7560df6212991f2904d2bc3dfe29b43b4302e5c3286ba59fb37f5a

Hard to cancel

One source only

Cancellation copy routes the user away from a direct control: "Before you go, please tell us why you're not keeping your for U+™ subscription."

Sources
The app's own on-screen text
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
Found in the Android app’s package

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.

How we know

Package artefact

sha256:d70de72e2a7560df6212991f2904d2bc3dfe29b43b4302e5c3286ba59fb37f5a

Pay to progress

One source only

The app's own text says: "Automatically convert Points into cash off at checkout"

Sources
The app's own on-screen text
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
Found in the Android app’s package

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.

How we know

Package artefact

sha256:d70de72e2a7560df6212991f2904d2bc3dfe29b43b4302e5c3286ba59fb37f5a

A plan is pre-picked as 'recommended'

One source only

Purchase screen steers the choice: "Best value"

Sources
The app's own on-screen text
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
Found in the Android app’s package

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

The purchase screen arrives with one plan already framed as the recommended or most popular choice, so the default is the app's preference rather than the user's. We do not compare the plans' prices, and only the app's own text evidences this, so it is shown, but never counted as a charge.

How we know

Package artefact

sha256:d70de72e2a7560df6212991f2904d2bc3dfe29b43b4302e5c3286ba59fb37f5a

Countdown-timer purchase pressure

One source only

Deadline pressure in the app's own copy: "Offer expires"

Sources
The app's own on-screen text
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
Found in the Android app’s package

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

The app's own purchase copy attaches a deadline to buying — a countdown, 'offer ends in', 'limited time' — or ships a countdown view on a purchase-screen layout.

How we know

Package artefact

sha256:d70de72e2a7560df6212991f2904d2bc3dfe29b43b4302e5c3286ba59fb37f5a

Usable without an account

One source only

The app's own text says: "Continue as Guest"

Sources
The app's own on-screen text
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
Found in the Android app’s package

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.

How we know

Package artefact

sha256:d70de72e2a7560df6212991f2904d2bc3dfe29b43b4302e5c3286ba59fb37f5a

Works offline

One source only

The app's own text says: "%s is linked to more than one account. Please sign in with the email associated with this number."

Sources
The app's own on-screen text
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
Found in the Android app’s package

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

The app's own copy describes working without a connection — offline mode, downloading for offline use, or content saved for later. Shown because readers filter on it; it is a feature, not a fairness property, and never counts for or against an app.

How we know

Package artefact

sha256:d70de72e2a7560df6212991f2904d2bc3dfe29b43b4302e5c3286ba59fb37f5a

What reviewers report

400 reviews read · 0 review-based observations

No review-based observation is published in this assessment. That does not establish that reviewers had no problems.

Measurements

8 measured · 0 not assessed

“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.

From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
No theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the app package we scanned

Android package 2026.36.0, scanned 24 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.

Sensitive permissions
3–5 requested
Counted against a fixed list of eighteen sensitive Android permissions: sixteen runtime permissions, among them location, camera, microphone, contacts and SMS, and two the user must switch on in system settings, drawing over other apps and usage access. Requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
How we know

Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Assessed 24 Oct 2026

This analysis describes version 2026.36.0 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-24 .

The store currently lists version 2026.36.0, updated 2026-10-14.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

Google Play

Version 2026.36.0 · 2026-10-14

No release notes were provided for this version.

Assessment record

Status
Automated analysis
App identifier
shaw-s-deals-and-delivery
Assessment date
24 Oct 2026
Sources used
6 independent signals: user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text, the app manifest, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure
Reviews read
400
Package examined
Android · 2026.36.0 · scanned 24 Oct 2026
Human inspection
Not completed

Assessed 2026-10-24 from 400 user reviews, the app's package, the store listing and its privacy label.

How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

How this page was produced

Analyzed 2026-10-24 Version analyzed: 2026.36.06 independent signals400 reviews scannedConfidence: HighNot human-reviewedVocabulary v1.13Methodology v1.3
Signals run: user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text, the app manifest, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure.

Store facts

Google Play

What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.

Google Play

Store rating
4.70 ★ · 56,323 ratings
Version
2026.36.0
Updated
14 Oct 2026
Price
Free
Age rating
4+
Size
Not supplied
Open in Google Play
Developer
Albertsons Companies, Inc.
Category
Lifestyle
Listing price
Free

No itemized purchase list is available for this listing.

Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

How the automated analysis works

This assessment is produced automatically. Six independent signals are read — user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text, the app manifest, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.

No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every subscription bills weekly; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.

There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.

Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A hands-on test can confirm or contradict a finding and adds its own measurements; it does not change a measurement row. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.

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