▲ 327 ▼ Amazon engineers and marketers were asked on Monday to volunteer their time to the company’s warehouses to assist with grocery delivery (www.theguardian.com) submitted 1 year ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] dink@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (4 children) What happened with just going to to grocery store? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ptz@dubvee.org 6 points 1 year ago (3 children) This isn't really the demographic they're catering to but Food Deserts are a sad reality for many in the US. Being able to order staple food and have them delivered (even if it's not same day) is often less painful than driving 30-50 miles to the closest grocery store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] dink@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) My optimistic side is imagining a truck filled with a small town's worth of nutrient-rich groceries, making one trip to replace dozens of individual trip to a less-than-convenient grocery store. My pessimistic side is imagining a truck with one or two people's worth of shitty "American" groceries, making the same trip they would have made to a grocery store down the street. I feel like the reality heavily leans to latter, but I only have anecdotal data to back that up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Hard to say. I'm not sure of the delivery radius that's allowed here and whether rural food deserts would even be eligible or not. I was just mentioning that ordering (non-perishable) groceries online and having them shipped does have a legit and unfortunate use case. Back when I lived 45 miles minutes from the closest grocery store, I'd order my non-perishables online and they'd usually come via UPS or FedEx. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago I did that during the height of COVID, when my household was only going to the store once a month. Imperfect Foods was how I got fresh produce in between those trips. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ptz@dubvee.org 6 points 1 year ago (3 children) This isn't really the demographic they're catering to but Food Deserts are a sad reality for many in the US. Being able to order staple food and have them delivered (even if it's not same day) is often less painful than driving 30-50 miles to the closest grocery store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] dink@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) My optimistic side is imagining a truck filled with a small town's worth of nutrient-rich groceries, making one trip to replace dozens of individual trip to a less-than-convenient grocery store. My pessimistic side is imagining a truck with one or two people's worth of shitty "American" groceries, making the same trip they would have made to a grocery store down the street. I feel like the reality heavily leans to latter, but I only have anecdotal data to back that up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Hard to say. I'm not sure of the delivery radius that's allowed here and whether rural food deserts would even be eligible or not. I was just mentioning that ordering (non-perishable) groceries online and having them shipped does have a legit and unfortunate use case. Back when I lived 45 miles minutes from the closest grocery store, I'd order my non-perishables online and they'd usually come via UPS or FedEx. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago I did that during the height of COVID, when my household was only going to the store once a month. Imperfect Foods was how I got fresh produce in between those trips. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dink@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) My optimistic side is imagining a truck filled with a small town's worth of nutrient-rich groceries, making one trip to replace dozens of individual trip to a less-than-convenient grocery store. My pessimistic side is imagining a truck with one or two people's worth of shitty "American" groceries, making the same trip they would have made to a grocery store down the street. I feel like the reality heavily leans to latter, but I only have anecdotal data to back that up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Hard to say. I'm not sure of the delivery radius that's allowed here and whether rural food deserts would even be eligible or not. I was just mentioning that ordering (non-perishable) groceries online and having them shipped does have a legit and unfortunate use case. Back when I lived 45 miles minutes from the closest grocery store, I'd order my non-perishables online and they'd usually come via UPS or FedEx. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago I did that during the height of COVID, when my household was only going to the store once a month. Imperfect Foods was how I got fresh produce in between those trips. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Hard to say. I'm not sure of the delivery radius that's allowed here and whether rural food deserts would even be eligible or not. I was just mentioning that ordering (non-perishable) groceries online and having them shipped does have a legit and unfortunate use case. Back when I lived 45 miles minutes from the closest grocery store, I'd order my non-perishables online and they'd usually come via UPS or FedEx. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago I did that during the height of COVID, when my household was only going to the store once a month. Imperfect Foods was how I got fresh produce in between those trips. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago I did that during the height of COVID, when my household was only going to the store once a month. Imperfect Foods was how I got fresh produce in between those trips. permalink fedilink source parent