Elaines Elite Errand Service

I always went with my Mom when she went grocery shopping. When my Grama could no longer go to the grocery store due to mobility issues, when I was about 12 years old, I would go along and help my Pappy who was starting to have some Dementia issues. He could spend 2 hours at the store with a list and still miss items. He would pick me up and I would take the list and take control of the shopping and let him do the paying. I did this all through middle and high school.

In 2019 after spending 10 years at a job that was going nowhere, and being treated badly, I decided to quit without a backup plan. I happened into working for 2 delivery services, where I would go to the store (limited selection of stores) with a list from a client, shop for their groceries or other household items, and then deliver the items to their door, some of the elderly clients I would even carry everything in and help put their groceries away. After working with the companies for a short time, I fell in love with helping the clients. I was helping the mothers with little children so they didn’t have to take their children to the store or helping the elderly clients do things that they no longer could, made me feel like I was helping my Grama and Pappy again.

After working with those delivery services for about 6 months or so and having clients ask how they could request me be the only one shop for them, and having to tell them there was no way to request a shopper, I got the idea maybe it was time to start my own service. I toyed with the idea for a couple of months during the pandemic and I then decided to take the leap and just start my own business here in the Franklin County, PA area.

I know how important your family and your time are to you, I take that very seriously. I make giving you more time with your family my top priority by providing you with picking out quality produce and meats, and getting your groceries and household items, and medications to you in a efficient and timely manner just like if I was shopping for my own family.