To thwart Amazon, Kroger and Walmart lure shoppers with curbside pickup

[Common]

To thwart Amazon, Kroger and Walmart lure shoppers with curbside pickupPublix offers home delivery, you choose your items online, they pick the order, pack it and deliver it for a fee. Exactly what they fee is I dont know I havent used the service.

In florida the land of the retiree there are those that are up in age and inferm that really need a service like food and medicine delivry.




As Amazon.com looks to upend the U.S. grocery market with home delivery, some veteran supermarket operators are betting on a different strategy: curbside pickup. Americans have long loved the convenience of drive-through service for burgers and coffee. Kroger Co (KR.N (https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=KR.N)) and Walmart Inc (WMT.N (https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=WMT.N)) are tweaking that formula for groceries.

ANGELES (Reuters) - As Amazon.com looks to upend the U.S. grocery market with home delivery, some veteran supermarket operators are betting on a different strategy: curbside pickup. Americans have long loved the convenience of drive-through service for burgers and coffee. Kroger Co (KR.N (https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=KR.N)) and Walmart Inc (WMT.N (https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=WMT.N)) are tweaking that formula for groceries.




The companies have invested heavily in online systems that allow customers to order ahead from their neighborhood store. Workers pick and pack the products, then run them out to shoppers in the parking lot, the grocery version of carry out pizza. For the retailers, the service is cheaper than delivery, because customers do the driving. For shoppers, it means skipping crowds and queues at their local market, and no worries about missing packages or melted ice cream if they are not at home to meet the delivery guy.
Tony Sacco, who lives in the Los Angeles beach community of Playa Del Rey, is a regular user of the service at a nearby Ralphs supermarket, owned by Cincinnati-based Kroger. Each pickup costs $6.95, but the time-crunched married father of three says it is worth it.
“This is easy. Time is money,” said Sacco, 47, as a worker loaded bags into his SUV on a recent morning

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kroger-onlineshopping/to-thwart-amazon-kroger-and-walmart-lure-shoppers-with-curbside-pickup-idUSKBN1EC0GS

[Tahuyaman]

Isn't it something how competition forces changes in the way people do business? Obviously government needs to get involved here and place obstacles in the way.

[jimmyz]

I have used Safeway.com in the past but stopped. Too many mistakes on the orders. And, I want to pick my meat and produce myself. Its useful for dry goods and sundries though.

[resister]

We switched pharmacies from CVS to a local independent one. Free delivery, we can run a tab, free vitamins and glucose meter with purchase of test strips. Plus, we support a local independent instead of a corporate chain.

[Ethereal]

We switched pharmacies from CVS to a local independent one. Free delivery, we can run a tab, free vitamins and glucose meter with purchase of test strips. Plus, we support a local independent instead of a corporate chain.

Oh look, Bethere! Some personal information you can use as ammunition against another member. Make sure to file this one away in your resister dossier.

[nathanbforrest45]

Now here is an interesting idea that needs to be done now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGaVFRzTTP4

[Kacper]

I noticed that today when at Target. I normally don't go to Target so wasn't sure if that was new. They are one of the few places that will still takes checks for gift card purchases around here.

[Chris]

My mom's doctor told her she shouldn't drive, and my dad's way past that, so I helped them order from Walmart Grociery, same low prices, workers collect the items and have them ready at a time you designate, all you do it stop by a side door and they bring it out--a phone app tells them you're there. No charge. 3rd parties offer delivery, but they charge and expect a tip.

I liked it, saved me time. My mom hated not being able to shop--doctor told her she can drive again so we don't use and she's happy.

[Tahuyaman]

And this is happening with no prompting or mandates from government. It's hard to imagine, huh?

[Chris]

And this is happening with no prompting or mandates from government. It's hard to imagine, huh?

Amazing the way the invisible hand works.

[Tahuyaman]

Amazing the way the invisible hand works.
We all know that big business wants to screw over their customers every chance they get, so there must be something we aren't being told here.

[Dr. Who]

To thwart Amazon, Kroger and Walmart lure shoppers with curbside pickup

Publix offers home delivery, you choose your items online, they pick the order, pack it and deliver it for a fee. Exactly what they fee is I dont know I havent used the service.

In florida the land of the retiree there are those that are up in age and inferm that really need a service like food and medicine delivry.




As Amazon.com looks to upend the U.S. grocery market with home delivery, some veteran supermarket operators are betting on a different strategy: curbside pickup. Americans have long loved the convenience of drive-through service for burgers and coffee. Kroger Co (KR.N (https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=KR.N)) and Walmart Inc (WMT.N (https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=WMT.N)) are tweaking that formula for groceries.

ANGELES (Reuters) - As Amazon.com looks to upend the U.S. grocery market with home delivery, some veteran supermarket operators are betting on a different strategy: curbside pickup. Americans have long loved the convenience of drive-through service for burgers and coffee. Kroger Co (KR.N (https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=KR.N)) and Walmart Inc (WMT.N (https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=WMT.N)) are tweaking that formula for groceries.

The companies have invested heavily in online systems that allow customers to order ahead from their neighborhood store. Workers pick and pack the products, then run them out to shoppers in the parking lot, the grocery version of carry out pizza. For the retailers, the service is cheaper than delivery, because customers do the driving. For shoppers, it means skipping crowds and queues at their local market, and no worries about missing packages or melted ice cream if they are not at home to meet the delivery guy.
Tony Sacco, who lives in the Los Angeles beach community of Playa Del Rey, is a regular user of the service at a nearby Ralphs supermarket, owned by Cincinnati-based Kroger. Each pickup costs $6.95, but the time-crunched married father of three says it is worth it.
“This is easy. Time is money,” said Sacco, 47, as a worker loaded bags into his SUV on a recent morning

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kroger-onlineshopping/to-thwart-amazon-kroger-and-walmart-lure-shoppers-with-curbside-pickup-idUSKBN1EC0GS

I have that service where I live. The only problem is that your shopper may make substitutions that you don't want if the store is out of the product that you selected, at least that has been my experience. I'm also rather picky, so if the item that I want is out of stock, another of the same description, but different brand name, is not necessarily acceptable. Furthermore, shopping for food online is actually more time-consuming. I can whip through the store, tossing things in my cart, faster than searching for them online. Finally, I really can't let someone else choose my produce and meats. They simply can't know what I'm selecting for i.e. the specific fat to lean ratio in meat, the particular degree of ripeness I want in fruit or the desired thinness of asparagus etc. It's generally fine if I'm just buying staples, TP, detergent and the like.

[Ravens Fan]

Oh look, Bethere! Some personal information you can use as ammunition against another member. Make sure to file this one away in your resister dossier.

@Ethereal Warning Infraction for going personal and bringing things from the Hole onto the main forum.