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Hehe, you sound a bit like a luddite. What's with all these people using the internet? How long would it take them to go down the library and look at a book. T
by mattmanser 10y ago
Hehe, you sound a bit like a luddite. What's with all these people using the internet? How long would it take them to go down the library and look at a book.
The US is quite a way behind the times when it comes to online groceries. This is a proven market in other countries.
For reference, 11% of the UK now shop for groceries online[1]. We got our instacart equivalent almost 15 years ago (Ocado[2]). That's a HUGE market. Ocada market cap is something like £1.5 billion last time I looked[3].
Now all major grocery chains offer their own equivalent service, you pick a time slot and pay £5-£10 extra to have it delivered to your door in an hour time slot. Take off petrol costs and it's pretty low cost compared to time saved.
We also have click and collect which allows you to pick up pre-picked groceries on your way home.
[1]http://www.igd.com/Research/Shopper-Insight/Pushing-online-shopping-growth-further/ http://www.igd.com/Research/Shopper-Insight/Pushing-online-s...
[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocado
[3]http://www.lse.co.uk/SharePrice.asp?shareprice=OCDO http://www.lse.co.uk/SharePrice.asp?shareprice=OCDO
- aninhumer 10y ago>you pick a time slot and pay £5-£10 extra That much? I usually pay £1 for my deliveries. And that's for an hour slot, at a reasonable time, and I usually only have to book a couple of days in advance.