As I recall, grocery delivering has been around since the 80s at least. Probably further than that as well.
As I recall, grocery delivering has been around since the 80s at least. Probably further than that as well.
I can't see picking out stuff like produce, meat, etc. Can you trust the workers to get the best stuff?
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I would rather goto the store myself and insure that the groceries are quality. Especially with meats or produce.
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Though slightly different, but the Residence Inn Hotels have offered Grocery shopping for as long as I stayed there (20 years). In those cases you wrote down what you wanted on their sheet of paper and someone fetched it. If you wanted a brand of fat free milk, you would need to write exactly what you wanted. If you just wrote chips and dip, no telling what you'll get.
Peapod started in 1989, taking phone orders (29 years ago, or just about 3 decades). Prior to that, local grocery stores in the 50's and 60's would offer local delivery of choice items if you called them ahead of time, but that as a very regional thing, nothing like the broad availability we have today.
In any major city like top 50 at least task rabbit and in some cases the stores themselves have been offering this for well over a decade. For those that eat out of boxes and cans I am sure this is great. For meat and fresh produce I would rather pick this stuff out myself.
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I know Publix in Florida was testing out grocery delivery about 10-12 years ago, order online, then they bring them to you
Wal-Mart and I believe Amazon are looking to not only deliver your groceries, but have a worker put them away, even if you're not home.
Why would you do that?
Too lazy to walk your sorry ass outside your house?
I would never ever do this the most i have to walk to get to the next supermarket is about 5 min so...
I love this exchange. Reminds me of my niece being unable to fathom the fact that not too long ago, we had to physically move to a location and buy music/rent or buy movies and books, and insert the tape/disc each time we'd want to watch or listen and lift up a specific book upon reading it rather than having them all stored in 1 digital place...
Was a treat explaining to her why Belle is so excited about the library in Beauty and the Beast.
Super sad? Why would it be sad?
Nothing stops me from going to the store. Originally, I used Peapod because my partner and I didn't own a car (it's $250 a month for parking in our highrise) and since I worked in a nearby office (until we went full time telecommuting) and he went to school a 10 minute walk away, that left us renting hourly cars on the weekends to go buy food. We realized it cost as much to pay Peapod to deliver our groceries as it cost to rent the car for an hour, so why waste our own personal time when someone can come deliver the groceries to us?
Now I own a car again - and pay that fucking parking fee - because my work (previously full time telecommuting) moved to Northbrook and I have to drive 30 miles to the office. Still, though, in the congested streets of downtown Chicago, it's far easier to have Peapod drop off our groceries than it is to get it ourselves. Saves me time and costs nearly the same (I compared receipts). What's not to like?
I still have my Blockbuster card from 2003. I remember having a high-speed VHS rewinder for those tapes before we'd return them to the video store when I was a kid.
Strange, that's not something I've ever noticed at all. I get my deliveries every 2 or so weeks, mainly coz fuck climbing stairs to my flat with my health issues. I don't think I've ever bought food day to day. Only thing I'll not have delivered is meat. I like to choose my meat fresh for cooking that day.
My mother and sister always buy in bulk, my gran did same. Most people I know also do that.