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I remember a journalist did a story on webvan and how ridiculous it’s biz model was. They ordered a snickers bar, which was delivered by itself. The cost to del
by sixQuarks 7y ago
I remember a journalist did a story on webvan and how ridiculous it’s biz model was. They ordered a snickers bar, which was delivered by itself. The cost to deliver that snickers bar was multiple times the cost of the product.
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- pp19dd 7y agoKnew a person who worked there at the time and they said the problem no one could solve was optimizing logistics because they couldn't cherry pick their customers. One order could be halfway across town from the next, and they had to fulfill that in a timely manner.