ptz comments on Amazon engineers and marketers were asked on Monday to volunteer their time to the company’s warehouses to assist with grocery delivery

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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.

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