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I'm pretty happy with the free and near real-time Amazon Now. Amazon Fresh is one of the rare Amazon failures. Well, it's still around, but at $299/year (well,

by nikolay 11y ago

I'm pretty happy with the free and near real-time Amazon Now. Amazon Fresh is one of the rare Amazon failures. Well, it's still around, but at $299/year (well, minus $99 for Prime) plus tips for delivery - it's expensive! I got the Express trial and was happy that I'll be able to save trips to Costco, but, no, I won't as they possibly offer less than 1% of Costco's inventory, so, it's a totally useless service for me as I still need to visit the wholesaler.

Symbiote 11y ago
The UK has a very competitive market for grocery delivery. It's existed using the Internet since 1997 - it's one of the first services I remember people being attracted to. Everything is available, and after almost 20 years they've obviously worked out how to deliver what people want (fresh / unripe / whatever). Delivery is still £1-5 or so, depending on time, and the supermarkets often have a minimum spend (or additional charge). £40 for Tesco. If shopping every week, that's potentially less than Amazon, and with the full range, so perhaps there's room for competition.
- lucaspiller 11y ago
  Tesco will deliver for under £40 (previously £25), but will charge £4 extra on top of the delivery fee. Although there are a lot of players, apparently they operate these services at a loss [0]. [0] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2707071/Supermarket-giants-lose-100million-year-online-delivery-services-Cost-delivery-means-effectively-paying-customers-shop-them.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2707071/Supermarket-...
  - ionised 11y ago
    They don't mention the one I use in that article, Ocado, which is an online-only grocery company.
- dzhiurgis 11y ago
  Their web experience haven't improved much since then.
ascorbic 11y ago
The rumour a few weeks ago that Amazon was about to buy Ocado was pretty interesting. While almost every supermarket chain in the UK offers delivery, Ocado is the only one that is online-only without physical stores. They have a big infrastructure with warehouses around the country, but most importantly they have excellent software, which they white label for other companies. As well as jumping into the UK grocery delivery market (which is the most mature in the world), they'd also get their hands on the technology to take it to other countries.

by nikolay 11y ago

Symbiote 11y ago

The UK has a very competitive market for grocery delivery. It's existed using the Internet since 1997 - it's one of the first services I remember people being attracted to. Everything is available, and after almost 20 years they've obviously worked out how to deliver what people want (fresh / unripe / whatever). Delivery is still £1-5 or so, depending on time, and the supermarkets often have a minimum spend (or additional charge). £40 for Tesco. If shopping every week, that's potentially less than Amazon, and with the full range, so perhaps there's room for competition.

lucaspiller 11y ago
Tesco will deliver for under £40 (previously £25), but will charge £4 extra on top of the delivery fee. Although there are a lot of players, apparently they operate these services at a loss [0]. [0] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2707071/Supermarket-giants-lose-100million-year-online-delivery-services-Cost-delivery-means-effectively-paying-customers-shop-them.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2707071/Supermarket-...
- ionised 11y ago
  They don't mention the one I use in that article, Ocado, which is an online-only grocery company.
dzhiurgis 11y ago
Their web experience haven't improved much since then.

ascorbic 11y ago

The rumour a few weeks ago that Amazon was about to buy Ocado was pretty interesting. While almost every supermarket chain in the UK offers delivery, Ocado is the only one that is online-only without physical stores. They have a big infrastructure with warehouses around the country, but most importantly they have excellent software, which they white label for other companies. As well as jumping into the UK grocery delivery market (which is the most mature in the world), they'd also get their hands on the technology to take it to other countries.