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Ok Amazon, why not do this? Skip the whole stocked shelf thing entirely. Have a website setup that customers can build a shopping cart, then just show up and
by microDude 10y ago
Ok Amazon, why not do this?
Skip the whole stocked shelf thing entirely. Have a website setup that customers can build a shopping cart, then just show up and pickup their "pre-bagged" groceries. The benefits to this are obvious.
1) No shop lifting.
2) Car friendly (you could have multiple drive-thru pickup lines)
3) Convenience for the shopper (saved lists, common items, don't have to walk around the store)
4) The store, could just effectively be a warehouse.
5) Possible to automate almost all of the work.
And before you say "what about produce?". Well, you could have a automated "imaging" station upon goods receipt that customers could use when building their cart. Or, offer really good return policies. Either way, the convenience would far outweigh the produce problem.
- Consultant32452 10y agoThey're 90% of the way there with primenow. You can order frozen chicken, deli meats, etc. No fresh fruits and veggies yet, but you can order eggs. There's no drive-thru though, they just deliver it to your house within 2 hours of ordering, 1 hour if you pay a premium.
- kevan 10y agoAmazon Fresh already exists[1], but they deliver instead of you picking it up. [1] https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=Fr_Gr_Sft_Nv1_learnmore?ie=UTF8&bbn=10329849011&node=11782817011 https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=Fr_Gr_Sft_Nv1_learnmore?ie=UTF8...