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Re:Interview with GoCardless CEO Hiroki Takeuchi after paral... by Angostura on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @05:40AM (#15283067)
Nope. I certainly wouldn't be able to carry my weekly shop on the bus. And public transport is, in my opinion pretty well funded here.
Re:Interview with GoCardless CEO Hiroki Takeuchi after paral... by donjoe on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @06:19AM (#15283237)
I love the irony. Moving 2 tons to buy 1kg of bread ;) delivery services as an alternative? It would work out if people wanted to...
Re:Interview with GoCardless CEO Hiroki Takeuchi after paral... by barrkel on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @08:10AM (#15283891)
Delivery services means delegating your choice of fresh produce. Incentives are not aligned; the lowest bidder will not do as good a job as the consumer.

From direct experience: food delivery works well enough for branded, processed and other long shelf life products. It's not bad for meat, as long as you're ordering from a specialist and not a supermarket (and of course there is a price premium). It's not good at all for fruit or vegetables, with current suppliers. Goods are bruised, mouldy, unripe, overripe, etc. It's also useless for bread; you always get yesterday's bread.

Re:Interview with GoCardless CEO Hiroki Takeuchi after paral... by martinald on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @08:55AM (#15284175)
Not true in my experience; stuff in the physical shops is often worse best before date wise than the online delivery. All of the online delivery services will instantly refund and produce with no questions ask that you say is bad quality.
Re:Interview with GoCardless CEO Hiroki Takeuchi after paral... by Angostura on Thursday September 21, 2017 @06:57AM (#15302173)
If your weekly shop consists of 1kg of bread, you and I have somewhat different life-styles.