🚀 go-pugleaf

the only reason stores do it now is to keep their customers.....it's next to
impossible to make any money with grocery delivery.....take a look at the
carry-out pizza model to see what I mean...the people, like Peapod, who have
been moderately (or less) successful rely on beer/liquor/and other high markup
items to stay afloat....I thought about it myself when I was in school...

if you're really interested, there are plenty of articles about the phenomenon
in supermarket-related magazines......yep, they're out there...like this
one...

http://www.progressivegrocer.com/

Good luck.  I hope you make phatt cash!  And if you need help on the
e-commerce/web end, just drop me a line.....

Elton John wrote:

> I'm posting this to see if there is interest enough in this type of
> service to pursue it.  Actually, not for me to pursue, but for a relative.
>
> Here's the senario:  you are out of groceries (or soon to be out) and you
> really don't want to go to the store because first of all, you have to go,
> second, you have to walk all around the store, then you have to wait in
> line to pay.  You think to yourself, "It would really be nice if I could
> have them delivered to my house."
>         So how many of you would actually use an online service (a
> webpage) where you can order groceries (mainly non-perishables) over the
> internet and pay with a credit card and have them shipped via UPS or FedEx
> 2nd or 3rd day?  What if they were about 30%-50% less than grocery store
> prices?
>         I know college students have neither much money nor much time, so
> it wouod be ideal for them.  But for those who are not students, would you
> use it?
>
> Thanks for any feedback you can give me.
> --
> Christopher Eaker
> Civil Engineering Student in the Cooperative Education Program
> Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
> Lab Instructor for EGR1170 AutoCAD Lab



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