fooddude

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by fooddude 18y ago
Shipping perishables can be expensive, especially when you're talking about ice cream or meat or vegan tamales. What we're hoping to do is get enough foodmakers to sign up so that we can have more regionalized products that don't have to tr
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by fooddude 18y ago
Gotta love x-browser issues... We'll take a look, though it's probably lower priority for us. It works in Chrome release version.
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by fooddude 18y ago
we have a filter by state if you click on "Foodmakers" from the top navigation bar. as we get additional merchants to join, we can work to make regional search more useful. what products from NC do you miss the most?
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by fooddude 18y ago
You are correct. Although we have a fully integrated e-commerce cart and checkout so users don't have to leave the site. On Octopart, I think it links off to the vendor's website.
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by fooddude 18y ago
Search and discovery is a tough nut to crack, but we think constantly about how to solve it as we grow the marketplace. On the flip side, discovery can be very rewarding. I'm glad you like the Wild Nori--I had no idea such things existed un
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by fooddude 18y ago
Zingerman's is a terrific store--some refer to them as the tastemakers of specialty food. But we think that Zingerman's represents a different way of doing things. First, they warehouse and ship products themselves which means added distanc
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by fooddude 18y ago
We've looked at the market and it's pretty big...and there are already several other competitors in this space. But, I'm a believer that competition is good for the consumer and us. Thanks for the kind words!
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by fooddude 18y ago
Great point... if you email me jay@ then I'll get that info for you directly from the "coupla guys" who make the stuff. We'll post it to the product pg, too
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by fooddude 18y ago
We believe there is huge value solving this shipping issue, especially for perishable foods. I've heard from an insider that Amazon Prime hasn't made money yet... and they have massive economies of scale. We're definitely thinking about how
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by fooddude 18y ago
The prices for many items are high. But all of this food is literally crafted or gathered or produced by hand. For instance, one lady wakes up on weekends at 4AM to harvest seaweed at a beach. We think that the gifting will drive a big port