Re:Startups that were massively funded that died in 2017
by CalRobert on Monday July 10, 2017 @06:03AM
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I desperately want grocery delivery because I _hate_ grocery shopping, at least for normal sundries. Stores move the stuff I'm looking for every few months. It's crowded. You're being hit with ads constantly. I have to laboriously read ingredient labels when a simple online filter (or, at least, cmd-f) would do the trick. Self-checkout systems tacitly accuse you of theft because you brought a backpack and want to put groceries in it, but it weighs more than 2 oz. It's just effing boring and takes forever. High end grocery stores are nicer, but not where I go for the week's eggs.
Delivery is nice too, but the picking is what I really hate. Showing up, picking up a box, and leaving would be fine too. However, if delivery is the main option, I'll take it.
The fact that I strongly dislike Tesco and STILL just set up an account for grocery delivery so I can pay them to pick groceries and bring them to me, because I hate going shopping so much, suggests that this service is needed by at least some people.
I also wanted to use buymie.eu, but I have an aversion to services that would work perfectly well as websites but insist on an app instead.
Delivery is nice too, but the picking is what I really hate. Showing up, picking up a box, and leaving would be fine too. However, if delivery is the main option, I'll take it.
The fact that I strongly dislike Tesco and STILL just set up an account for grocery delivery so I can pay them to pick groceries and bring them to me, because I hate going shopping so much, suggests that this service is needed by at least some people.
I also wanted to use buymie.eu, but I have an aversion to services that would work perfectly well as websites but insist on an app instead.