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Re:Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than ... by lorthemar on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:31AM (#23334507)
It's not just a case of buying 'ugly food' or bruised apples. When I order online, I get potatoes that are sprouting, onions that have gone soft, meat with excessive fat or skin, and goods that are close to their expiry date. I get that, these are sold in order to avoid waste, but it should be my choice to pick them up. When I'm ordering online, I don't want to pay for poisonous potatoes or milk that will go bad in 2 days.
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Re:Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than ... by ClikeX on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:34AM (#23334523)
This is odd. In the Netherlands I get the oposite. Most of the stuff in the physical store is always closer to expiration than when I order it from the same store. This is because they stock the delivery cars directly from the warehouse. Which is always fresher than what they have in front.
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Re:Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than ... by mortehu on Thursday May 28, 2020 @07:53AM (#23336210)
Several of the US delivery services are just people shopping in your behalf and driving the food to you in their own car. For example Instacart works this way.

We had to experiment a bit to find out which store doesn't stock too much bad produce. After we found that out (the answer was Costco) this problem went away.

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Re:Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than ... by pastrami_panda on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:42AM (#23334569)
Same in sweden.
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Re:Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than ... by tonyarkles on Thursday May 28, 2020 @08:54AM (#23336648)
And I mean it's a bit of a meme about Millenials, but I pick out avocados based on when I plan on using them. Making guac tonight? I'm grabbing the softest-not-going-bad avocados I can. Making guac for friends (back when having friends over was a thing)? Firm is great, they'll be ripe just in time for Saturday.
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