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Re: Introducing Amazon Fresh

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Post by ghaff »

rb2k_ wrote: post #34
benesch wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Back of the napkin calculations put the cost of Prime Fresh at less than the cost of Zipcar grocery shopping. Realistically, you can't drive to the grocery store, do your shopping, drive home, unload the car, and drive the Zipcar back to its parking spot in anything less than two hours. (And maybe fill it up with gas, if you're unlucky.) Even with a cheap Zipcar, that's $16 + tax per trip. $220/$17 puts the equivalen…

I saw ads for stop & shop's "peapod" service on the T: http://www.peapod.com/ . Haven't used them myself though. (and the ad said that you can use T2013 as a coupon code and get ?15$? off your first order)

My experience with Peapod is a few years back when I had a broken foot and was on crutches. It was great for me in those circumstances. I could order from a (somewhat limited) set of things and they would (mostly) arrive at the scheduled time. Going to the store to pick up the odd item wasn't that big a deal but doing a full grocery shopping was difficult.

Now, if I could reliably do a full grocery shopping with all the ordered items delivered from a good selection I might be tempted. But probably wouldn't pay the necessary fee as the grocery store is 4 miles down the road from my house and I have a car. (Also I imagine I'm too far out of the city to get the service anyway.)

Re: Introducing Amazon Fresh

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Post by gmisra »

nivals wrote: post #37

I cannot wait for this to launch in San Francisco. Depending on your location in the city, grocery shopping without a car can be a pain if you're buying enough food/organic produce/grass-fed meat for 21 meals/week x 2 people. Add the cost of ~1.0-1.5 hours of a ZipCar on top of the 'organic premium' and a delivery service makes sense. In NYC, FreshDirect was worth the delivery cost. They charged per delivery rather t…

You may want to try Luke's Local http://lukeslocal.com

Re: Introducing Amazon Fresh

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Post by kitwalker12 »

jmduke wrote: post #3

Amazon Fresh isn't new -- it's been around in Seattle since 2007. What appears to be new is the Prime Fresh offering as a new gating mechanism for it: $299 per annum (effectively $220 if you're already a Prime customer), which also cuts away the delivery cost. At first blush, I'm not sure if the value proposition is attractive enough for me, even though I'm more or less the target demographic (upper-middle-class, 20'…

I feel the target demographic is dads or moms with 2-3 kids who just don't have the time. My boss specifically signed up for this reason.

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Post by Rebelgecko »

bhauer wrote: post #33

Has anything changed with Fresh recently? Looks about the same to me. Incidentally, my review of the LA service from a few months ago: http://tiamat.tsotech.com/amazon-fresh TLDR: It's a welcome and long-anticipated return of home grocery delivery but there is a lot of room for improvement.

It seems like they've rolled it out to more of LA. When it first came here my address wasn't eligible, but apparently it is now (although for some reason before it lets me proceed it shows a big warning saying that I'm not in the Seattle delivery area)

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Post by Patrick_Devine »

How does Amazon Fresh compare to Webvan of old? For me, Webvan was kind of cool (I still have a green plastic box), but it was kind of a pain in the ass. The main points against it, in my book, were:

- It's hard to keep track of recurring purchases. If I haven't finished something, I don't (necessarily) want more of it piling up. That, and I'm lazy and will get annoyed if this is happening with more than a couple of items. - Deliveries had to be scheduled days in advance. Often I just need a couple of things to finish a meal, and I'd rather buy those and have them delivered in an hour. When I make a grocery list, it's often just-in-time when I go to the supermarket. I know what I'm missing right now. It's a lot more difficult to predict what will be missing 3-4 days from now. - The interface for finding things was a pain in the ass. Presumably Amazon can fix this, but their interface isn't exactly stellar. It's easy to find a three-four things relatively quickly, but the loiter time I spend on each product is probably 5-10 minutes because of comparison shopping. This isn't how I approach buying things at a supermarket where I usually know the location of something because it's always in the same spot.

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Post by swampthing »

techsupporter wrote: post #31
swampthing wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't there a QFC on Lake City Way? There's also a nice new Safeway on 125th and 15th (though not technically Lake City, I think). On another note... never thought I'd see talk about Lake City on HN :)

I saw an Amazon FTE badge in Lake City about two weeks ago, so I'd get ready for lots more Lake City talk on HN... :D The only grocery store on LCW is Fred Meyer (part of the Kroger family of stores, which also includes QFC) and it's the only walkable one--outside of Grocery Outlet which barely counts as a grocery store--in the neighborhood. Amazon Fresh is the only way to get Whole Foods/Trader Joe's-style offerings…

Ah bummer, looks like the QFC on Lake City Way closed a couple years ago... it'd been there forever! Looks like the one on 145th and 15th is still there though (but obviously that's not easily walkable from Lake City Way).

Good to see the neighborhood is perhaps up and coming?

Re: Introducing Amazon Fresh

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Post by ozchrisb »

nivals wrote: post #37

I cannot wait for this to launch in San Francisco. Depending on your location in the city, grocery shopping without a car can be a pain if you're buying enough food/organic produce/grass-fed meat for 21 meals/week x 2 people. Add the cost of ~1.0-1.5 hours of a ZipCar on top of the 'organic premium' and a delivery service makes sense. In NYC, FreshDirect was worth the delivery cost. They charged per delivery rather t…

There one a Amazon Fresh Truck in my street (Russian Hill) last night. They're coming.
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