Grocery delivery “dark stores” in Amsterdam

Re:Grocery delivery “dark stores” in Amsterdam by rapfaria on Sunday February 20, 2022 @01:20PM (#30407890)

Last New Years Eve I was cooking with my SO and among other things, we were planning on having rice. I realized at that point that I had bought brown rice by mistake, instead of white rice (small package, both look the same around here). 10 minutes later we had white rice from one these dark stores.

That one time it was really useful.

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Re:Grocery delivery “dark stores” in Amsterdam by bombcar on Sunday February 20, 2022 @01:31PM (#30408017)

I’ve had a similar experience - was out of something for Christmas dinner iirc, and five minutes later I had it after running over to the 24-hr gas station which has a surprisingly large convenience store.

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Re:Grocery delivery “dark stores” in Amsterdam by pxtail on Sunday February 20, 2022 @02:28PM (#30408497)

Damn, that's the dedication - triggering whole complex operation where multiple people and systems are engaged and consume energy just to get slightly different kind of rice.

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Re:Grocery delivery “dark stores” in Amsterdam by Ekaros on Sunday February 20, 2022 @03:07PM (#30408857)

I'm just thinking of the overhead. That is how much it cost to get that packet of rice in 10 minutes... With all the people involved in whole processs.

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Re:Grocery delivery “dark stores” in Amsterdam by nomdep on Sunday February 20, 2022 @02:42PM (#30408626)

A completely different kind of rice. I love regular white rice, but find disgusting the texture and flavor of brown rice.

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Re:Grocery delivery “dark stores” in Amsterdam by renewiltord on Sunday February 20, 2022 @02:48PM (#30408687)

That’s nothing. Think about the immense scale of operation required just to let you instantly comment on someone relating that story. We have massive ships that roam the seas to keep your connectivity alive.

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