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It the late 90s a technology professional calmly explained to me that nobody would ever do their supermarket shopping online because they would not able to sele
by codeulike 3y ago
It the late 90s a technology professional calmly explained to me that nobody would ever do their supermarket shopping online because they would not able to select fruit and vegetables by hand to look for the 'good' ones
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y agoAnd he was right. Still going to the market myself for the veggies.
- williamcotton 3y agoWhat are you talking about? I see a large number of grocery store employees gather up wares for curbside or delivery every time I go to the supermarket. All of my area supermarkets have dedicated sections for these ways of shopping!
- vel0city 3y agoAnd then on top of that the popularity of meal kits as well supplanting some amount of grocery shopping.
- mrguyorama 3y agoAnd any discussion about those meal kits is full of people complaining about low quality produce, and many of them quitting their subscription because of it.
- bluedonuts 3y agoBecause when the grocery store employee picks the fruit for you online order they don’t care about getting the ripe ones with no blemishes. Additionally they seem to always pick the perishables with the closest expiry date. IE milk from the front of the shelf that is expiring tomorrow rather than the stuff at the back that has 7 days before expiry.
- CyberDildonics 3y agoI wonder how instacart became a 12 billion dollar company even though you go to the market for 'the veggies'.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y agoI guess many people make do with mountain dew and pringles.
- CyberDildonics 3y agoYou can dismiss it if you want, but the truth is that what you said is not correct. People get groceries delivered all the time and that includes fruits and vegetables.
- hdctambien 3y agoWhat they didn't anticipate was how many people don't buy fruits or vegetables.
- brookst 3y agoPlus how many of us are willing to buy 2x as many as needed, assuming some will be bad, and just chalk that up to the cost of not going to the store.
- mrguyorama 3y agoOr how many of us understand that an "ugly" tomato is just fine to eat, especially when I'm making a sauce. The obsession with perfect produce is so dumb, and has genuinely harmed our shopping.
- brookst 3y agoOh I’m fine with imperfect produce. But Instacart frequently brings me really terrible specimens, like strawberries with mold literally yesterday (the second batch was fine, and I would have eaten both if they were both good). The grocery store should be pulling terribly produce, but my local one apparently does not.
- codeulike 3y agoContext: Not sure what its like in the US but in the UK supermarket deliveries including all kinds of loose fruit and veg are very common