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When I was an undergrad back in 2005, I bought my groceries online from Waldbaums with a $10 delivery fee - which was more than justified given that I'd usually
by romwell 9y ago
When I was an undergrad back in 2005, I bought my groceries online from Waldbaums with a $10 delivery fee - which was more than justified given that I'd usually shop once a week and would buy more than I could carry on a bus.
They ran their own delivery van around town; you got to pick a two-hour window during which the van would arrive.
Your future has already happened, and lingered unnoticed for quite a bit. I still don't understand why it didn't catch on back then.
- PMan74 9y agoIndeed, Tesco in the UK where doing 8% on home delivery about 3 years ago. Can't find more recent numbers but you have to think it's 10-15% now. Anecdotally at least it's not uncommon to see the delivery vans around.
- cjrp 9y agoAlso companies like Ocado, which is exclusively online, and started operationally in 2002 I believe.