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Freezers are a thing.

• jbob2000 7y ago
  There's an energy cost to keep food frozen for weeks or months at a time. It's common for houses to have multiple fridges and freezes, you wouldn't need to do this if food was delivered when you wanted to eat.
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  • lostmsu 7y ago
    Do you think many users of that service sell their fridges?
    • jbob2000 7y ago
      No, but it may prevent them from buying a second or third.
      • craftyguy 7y ago
        Do you have any data on how many households have more than one fridge and more than one freezer? I cannot think of any friends/relatives (at least a few dozen people) who have multiples of both.
  • jjeaff 7y ago
    Having more stuff in your freezer actually costs less. Due to the higher thermal mass that takes longer to warm up when the freezer is off. So if more food delivery means less stuff in the freezer, it's going to take more energy. And let's be honest, no one is going to ditch their freezer entirely for something like blue apron.
    • jbob2000 7y ago
      My brother just moved into an apartment and wants to get a chest freezer so he can store more frozen food. But there's really nowhere to put it, so he has to go out grocery shopping more often then not. People who already have freezers won't ditch them, why get rid of something that works. This will be a generational change - younger generations will never get secondary freezers because they'll be big consumers of meal kits.
  • slowmovintarget 7y ago
    One good snowstorm or something else that interrupts delivery... No food for your family. Seems like it makes society more brittle. Kind of like internet everything.