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Re:The speedy downfall of rapid delivery startups by lm28469 on Monday July 18, 2022 @12:01PM (#32139832)
Or you can buy an extra bag of rice and a few tomato sauce cans for these rare events instead of paying $15 for $2 worth of groceries

My grandparents had full time jobs and five kids, they managed just fine. This is a first world problem coupled with an edge case you can easily avoid

> You don't want the delivery person to try leave $2000 worth of hardware on your porch, so it's not comfortable leave the house for food.

Delaying or skipping a meal never killed anyone.

I feel like people completely lost their mind and make up semi fake scenarios to justify their crazy way of life. Either way I don't see how it justifies a multi billion $ industry

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Re:The speedy downfall of rapid delivery startups by squeaky-clean on Monday July 18, 2022 @01:15PM (#32140708)
In my experience the dark stores were identically priced to my nearest supermarkets. The bigger issue is they didn't have the cheap brands. None of the $1 Barilla pasta sauces, instead it was the $5 brands.
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Re:The speedy downfall of rapid delivery startups by solarkraft on Monday July 18, 2022 @07:42PM (#32145598)
Not so identically priced then, eh? Looks like they do need those higher margins.
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