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This totally depends where you are. Here we are talking about the US but in the UK for example all the major supermarkets offer delivery for a small fee. In Can
by bpye 7y ago
This totally depends where you are. Here we are talking about the US but in the UK for example all the major supermarkets offer delivery for a small fee. In Canada Save-on-foods has a delivery service.
- wpietri 7y agoSure, grocery delivery is commonly available here too. But what percentage of groceries are sold through delivery? That was the real thing material to WebVan's business plan. They were betting the rate of change was much higher than it turned out to be. And I'll note that WebVan was betting on replacing supermarkets, so they needed much more dramatic numbers. A supermarket already has 90% of business up, running, and paid for. WebVan spent hugely just to get to approximate infrastructure parity -- something that turned out to be totally unnecessary.