Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B

Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by ghaff on Friday June 16, 2017 @09:54AM (#14568963)

Hannafords has a place an order and pick it up model. Anecdotally, based on my local store, hardly anyone uses it. I suspect it's a narrow niche where people are happy to order on their computer but want to save a few $$ on delivery.

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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by ccorda on Friday June 16, 2017 @10:02AM (#14569033)

Amazon has it on trial already: https://www.amazon.com/afx/nc/aboutpickup

Not for me either, but not everyone wants or can have groceries and/or packages sitting on their porch all day.

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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by ghaff on Friday June 16, 2017 @10:27AM (#14569283)

Fair enough. Being able to swing by a store and pickup a pre picked order at a specific time probably has value for some. So likely does not having to drag kids around a store.

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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by SmellTheGlove on Friday June 16, 2017 @10:58AM (#14569556)

Mainers checking in?

I haven't used it yet, but I just went to their website. I picked the store that I pass on my way home from work. Next available pickup is tomorrow at noon. They gotta go same day if they want people to use it. That or it's popular at this particular store, who knows.

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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by ghaff on Friday June 16, 2017 @11:07AM (#14569634)

They're pretty common in Massachusetts as well. Agreed. Need to be able to place order at lunchtime and pick up on the way home.

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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by SmellTheGlove on Friday June 16, 2017 @11:33AM (#14569856)

Just wait for Market Basket to do it. Everyone will follow.

We got a Market Basket in Maine I think 2 years ago - in Biddeford. No joke, you'd think it were Six Flags with the traffic it gets on the weekends.

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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by ghaff on Friday June 16, 2017 @11:39AM (#14569903)

I mostly like Market Basket. Prices are good and around me they upgraded a couple stores that were smaller and the worse for wear. They carry things other stores don't. On the other hand bread and fish particularly tend to be weak.

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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by dceddia on Friday June 16, 2017 @01:00PM (#14570596)

We got a few Wegmans in Massachusetts, same thing. It's crazy on weekends.

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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by odonnellryan on Friday June 16, 2017 @02:42PM (#14571624)

Personally, I've tried many:

- Local supermarket (pickup and delivery)

- Amazon Fresh

- Services like BlueApron

BlueApron is a WAY better value, IMO. This is where I see the future being. It's fun, healthy (very), promotes sustainability, is fairly cost-effective (once you consider they deliver it as part of the cost) and is worry-free.

Shopping on Amazon still means I have to shop. Might as well take 5-10 minutes and go to the store :)

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