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I really enjoy this site's design. At first I thought that LocalCDN was blocking some CSS/JS but to my surprise, no - it just looks that way. I like it.
Granted, it can be fixed by resizing my window.
*I also prefer sans-serif fonts but that's just my personal preference.
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It's especially baffling because TJs deliberately keeps a fairly small number of SKUs, so it is actually much better placed for online orders than more traditional grocery stores that have 12 kinds of Cheerios.
I think online ordering would just be too far outside their wheelhouse. I don't know what improvements they have made over the years, but when I used to work there years and years ago they were very much a human-driven company. By that I mean that ordering was done entirely manually by people that specialized in their sections, inventory tracking was rather loosely done, and the customer question of 'do you have any…
Clever, but the guesses aren't useful, because "the middle" is rarely the most efficient place to get goods off trucks and rail. I know the TJs in Kansas are stocked from a Kansas Aldi distribution center, near rail and highways. A better start might be mapping known Aldi warehouses. https://careers.aldi.us/employment/olathe-warehouse-jobs/61/...
I wish Trader Joe's would start a delivery service since they don't partner with delivery vendors like Instacart. Great and unique selection of food!
I suspect that's why they don't partner with delivery vendors. Grocery stores would rather you came in person. You'll make impulse buys, they can direct you to products where they have excess inventory, and they can maintain a direct relationship with you.
Most are forced to offer delivery precisely because they don't have a "great and unique selection of food." If they don't support delivery, you'll get the same products from a competitor who does. Trader Joe's doesn't have to because you can't find their products anywhere else.
I wish Trader Joe's would start a delivery service since they don't partner with delivery vendors like Instacart. Great and unique selection of food!
It's especially baffling because TJs deliberately keeps a fairly small number of SKUs, so it is actually much better placed for online orders than more traditional grocery stores that have 12 kinds of Cheerios.
Clever, but the guesses aren't useful, because "the middle" is rarely the most efficient place to get goods off trucks and rail. I know the TJs in Kansas are stocked from a Kansas Aldi distribution center, near rail and highways. A better start might be mapping known Aldi warehouses. https://careers.aldi.us/employment/olathe-warehouse-jobs/61/...
That would mean that Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud share warehouses?
I wish Trader Joe's would start a delivery service since they don't partner with delivery vendors like Instacart. Great and unique selection of food!
The COO (?) specifically said that they preferred to invest in their people and store experience, not automation or such technology.
edit: ah, found the articles:
https://www.businessinsider.com/trader-joes-wont-offer-groce...
https://www.boston.com/food/coronavirus/2020/04/24/trader-jo...