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Definitely fruit and veg. During the pandemic, we have done a lot of pick-up orders. Let's just say that the selections are not always what I would have made.

Definitely fruit and veg. During the pandemic, we have done a lot of pick-up orders. Let's just say that the selections are not always what I would have made. I don't blame the store workers or anything. Usually even things are mostly fine (e.g., not bruised, over/under ripe, etc). But sometimes ...

DoingIsLearning 5y ago
That comes down to stock though. Put it in another way, if I wanted to buy apples of X variety and I got to the supermarket and those apples looked crap I just wouldn't buy them, I would buy some other fruit or come back another day. However online, if I ordered x and they have in stock then they have to fulfil that order, even if the apples look like crap. I am not really sure you could improve this unless you had some form of back and forth comms between you and the warehouse.
- londons_explore 5y ago
  The crap apples shouldn't be sold. They should be sent back to the apple distributor and converted to apple pie.
  - prawn 5y ago
    I think in Australian supermarkets there is some element of this second-use that occurs in the supermarket itself. Avoids the two extra trips.
  - bagacrap 5y ago
    hard to know where each individual draws the crap line
    - londons_explore 5y ago
      Thats what branding is for. A company puts their name and logo on it, and then also sets the quality standards. Cheap brands might have lower standards than premium brands. The company makes sure the stores uphold the quality standards, and stop selling through stores that hurt their brand.
- checkyoursudo 5y ago
  At Coop in Sweden, I can buy a fruit box or a veg box that is a somewhat random assortment of produce, though there tend to be some constants. This is what we have done. I have rarely bought specific fruits or veg for pick-up orders, though not never.
Vinnl 5y ago
> I don't blame the store workers or anything. Usually even things are mostly fine (e.g., not bruised, over/under ripe, etc). But sometimes ... Hmm, apart from the "but sometimes...", your comment did make me realise that this might be a reason why it's more viable: produce that is fine but would get left behind in the supermarket (e.g. curved cucumbers, the last crop of lettuce, ...) would no longer have to be thrown away but actually gets bought.

DoingIsLearning 5y ago

That comes down to stock though. Put it in another way, if I wanted to buy apples of X variety and I got to the supermarket and those apples looked crap I just wouldn't buy them, I would buy some other fruit or come back another day. However online, if I ordered x and they have in stock then they have to fulfil that order, even if the apples look like crap. I am not really sure you could improve this unless you had some form of back and forth comms between you and the warehouse.

londons_explore 5y ago
The crap apples shouldn't be sold. They should be sent back to the apple distributor and converted to apple pie.
- prawn 5y ago
  I think in Australian supermarkets there is some element of this second-use that occurs in the supermarket itself. Avoids the two extra trips.
- bagacrap 5y ago
  hard to know where each individual draws the crap line
  - londons_explore 5y ago
    Thats what branding is for. A company puts their name and logo on it, and then also sets the quality standards. Cheap brands might have lower standards than premium brands. The company makes sure the stores uphold the quality standards, and stop selling through stores that hurt their brand.
checkyoursudo 5y ago
At Coop in Sweden, I can buy a fruit box or a veg box that is a somewhat random assortment of produce, though there tend to be some constants. This is what we have done. I have rarely bought specific fruits or veg for pick-up orders, though not never.

Vinnl 5y ago

> I don't blame the store workers or anything. Usually even things are mostly fine (e.g., not bruised, over/under ripe, etc). But sometimes ... Hmm, apart from the "but sometimes...", your comment did make me realise that this might be a reason why it's more viable: produce that is fine but would get left behind in the supermarket (e.g. curved cucumbers, the last crop of lettuce, ...) would no longer have to be thrown away but actually gets bought.