Google Launches Fresh-Grocery Deliveries

What's Google's USP here? This service sounds like everything Google that Google goes at great lengths to avoid (physical products, customer service, etc).

Re: Google Launches Fresh-Grocery Deliveries

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Post by xvedejas » Thu, Feb 18, 2016, 5:28 AM UTC

drglitch wrote: post #3

What is the long term ROI play here? Buying new eggs (low margin) along with a high margin jewelry or clothing item?

There's a membership fee after the first three months of $10/mo or $95/yr

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Post by frik » Thu, Feb 18, 2016, 5:32 AM UTC

Now that Amazon bought the WebVan brand, Google starts Express fresh-grocery delivery too, and we read about crazy Giphy $300mio evaluation. Btw who owns the Pets.com brand these days?

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Post by anirvan_m » Thu, Feb 18, 2016, 5:33 AM UTC

sogen wrote: post #2

This is cool until they sunset it like countless others.

I think it isn't cool considering even that. It certainly feels like the holding company strategy was done to embark on more traditional run-of-the-mill pursuits, while avoiding obvious questions like how on Earth does it make any sense for Google to do this?!

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Post by colept » Thu, Feb 18, 2016, 5:35 AM UTC

I can't wait until the day I can pickup groceries out of the trunk of a self-driving van.

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Post by dannyr » Thu, Feb 18, 2016, 5:35 AM UTC

sogen wrote: post #2

This is cool until they sunset it like countless others.

So what if they sunset this service?

The worst thing that could happen is you go back to going physically to the store to buy groceries.

It's not like you won't have the ability to buy groceries if the service stops.

I personally like that companies like Google are trying out different things.

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Post by wingerlang » Thu, Feb 18, 2016, 5:49 AM UTC

joelrunyon wrote: post #4

What's Google's USP here? This service sounds like everything Google that Google goes at great lengths to avoid (physical products, customer service, etc).

The fact that they are Google seems pretty unique. Other than that I've got no idea.