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Re:The Ecommerce Surge by peterwoerner on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @12:01AM (#24338437)
I tried grocery delivery. Its mostly work pretty well. It has changed the way I meal plan, which is buy a bunch of staples and figure out what goes together afterwards. Yes, you have to be careful about what substitutions you allow, but I have been happy with it.

Also, as time has passed it has gotten a lot better now that supply chains have shifted to the change in demand (or demand has shifted back to the supply chains).

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Re:The Ecommerce Surge by swiley on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @07:17AM (#24340571)
> buy a bunch of staples and figure out what goes together afterwards.

This is unusual?

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Re:The Ecommerce Surge by kasey_junk on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @07:52AM (#24340765)
Lots of us just in time buy from a local grocer (read one you can walk to in 5 minutes or less).

I didn’t realize how much of a quality of life aspect this was for me until the lockdowns. I miss being able to pop over to the shop, see what looks good and make a meal.

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Re:The Ecommerce Surge by peterwoerner on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @09:18AM (#24341424)
I used to pick seven meals I wanted to make for the week and buy the ingredients for just those meals.
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