Posted on 02/13/2018 8:22:53 PM PST by zeestephen
I would concur.
Amazon is for cheap and fast soft goods... at a macro level.
Whole Foods doesn’t really fit Amazon... lots of niche items at high prices... and not enough real estate to create the infrastructure to deliver groceries in a rapid time frame.
Walmart is getting smarter and smarter online... if they start converting stores into internet delivery hubs... they could quickly beat amazon on price and speed.
If that happens... Amazon could be in trouble.
“They already have their own parcel delivery service.”
—
Yes,but their drivers are just contract workers——the one that delivers for me also drives for Uber.
.
.
I call it “Dirty Hippie Foods” because that’s exactly what it is. Staffed by a bunch of know-nothing hipsters that always wear stocking caps even when it’s 90 degrees out. I despise the type. And WHAT the HELL is that NASTY SMELL that every health food store has?!! The rare times that I have shopped there, my grocery bill was at least twice as much! I’ll just go to Publix, thankyouverymuch.
I call it progress.
Like those crazy notions like the steam engine, combustible engine, indoor plumbing, electricity...
If I can avoid driving to a store and navigating the whole parking lot, walking aisles, finding an open register, waiting, loading my car, driving home, unloading my car.... and spend that time on something productive/fulfilling, sign me up!
I even place most of my home depot orders online now.
I would be very surprised.
“Amazon Fresh” is Amazon's grocery home delivery business, which started just a couple miles from my house about 10 years ago.
It is now a self-sustaining international business, and every major grocery chain in the USA has copied it.
Amazon Fresh trucks and drivers and computer system are also the core from which Amazon is building its general delivery business.
I don't know if they will ever be profitable, but I'll guess that Bezos plans to build the first fleet of driverless trucks in the world before he retires.
Amazon gets a rate shipping cut from USPS. IOW.....they’re subsidized.....by US.
EBT are credit cards.
WalMart is doing this.
**Everything is the same except for lower prices on some items.**
Hardly anything is less expensive. I’m talking produce here, [which is why I go to WH]...and I’ve been watching. I expected prices to become a bit more competitive, and I haven’t seen it. Oh well.
They are debit cards. A huge difference.
Last Wednesday, I talked to a guy stocking the shelves at Whole Foods. There were a LOT of empty spaces on the shelves. He said inventory management was a total disaster now and, on the weekends, many entire shelves are completely bare. This jibes with photos I’ve seen posted here and elsewhere on the web.
We did fine before Amazon so I’m hoping we can make it again without them. Would be kind of nice to have back our holiday eves and weekends during the season. Never had to work them until the last few years.
There is only one store and it is a test store. Eventually, none of the stores will have checkers, so I guess you will starve.
Me, too. I use far less gasoline shopping now and FAR fewer hours driving from store to store vainly looking for what I want. Selection on Amazon is 100 times better than any local store could possibly carry. Obscure products you once could never find anywhere are now at your fingertips. I LOVE paying $100 per year for shipping all my stuff right to my door. Being able to comparison shop and read verified buyer reviews is a huge boon.
Amazon has given me back 2 or 3 hours every week I used to spend shopping. I love it.
Walmart has had, quite literally, 20 years to do as you suggest; and has failed to do so.
They offer free shipping "site to store", but take weeks to get your purchase to their store. I suppose even now, it isn't too late for Walmart to get in the game, but c'mon. How hard could it be for Walmart management to notice the obvious?
... checking the ‘use by dates ‘ ...
Stopped at Whole Foods just yesterday to price compare.
Still outrageously expensive.
Really? You see a volume discount for, by far, their biggest customer as a "tax subsidy"? USPS will lose a ton of revenue once Amazon starts their own fleet (and will then need to raise prices on US), and they're doing what they can to delay that day as much as possible. Seems like a sound business decision to me, a rarity in government.
Amazon has had a good run. I’m not sure when the market is going to value it on strengths rather than fantasy. Alice Bezos is still baffling them.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.