The Great Grocery Squeeze: federal policy change in '80s created the food desert

Re:The Great Grocery Squeeze: federal policy change in '80s ... by somethoughts on Monday December 02, 2024 @06:22PM (#42301461)

Its kind of interesting if Walmart and/or Costco has squeezed prices so low that you could potentially use it as the basis for informal neighborhood bulk buying co-op. Like an Uber app which coordinated grocery buying and splitting up bulk packaged foods into smaller purchase sizes.

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Re:The Great Grocery Squeeze: federal policy change in '80s ... by BJones12 on Monday December 02, 2024 @06:33PM (#42301536)

Here's an example of that - https://thehustle.co/the-man-feeding-a-remote-alaska-town-wi...

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Re:The Great Grocery Squeeze: federal policy change in '80s ... by asdasdsddd on Monday December 02, 2024 @06:23PM (#42301473)

I believe that's a thing for alibaba already

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Re:The Great Grocery Squeeze: federal policy change in '80s ... by somethoughts on Monday December 02, 2024 @06:40PM (#42301585)

I don't think alibaba handles grocery as far as I know - at least in the US.

Probably it is most similar to Instacart/Amazon Grocery delivery but the issue with these is that they are more oriented toward high value, high convenience, high immediacy, highly customizable orders for groceries items.

The flip side would be a set time (i.e. Saturday or Sunday), a set location (i.e. local school parking lot), a set number of bulk items (i.e. eggs, bread, pasta, chicken legs, ground beef, milk).

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Re:The Great Grocery Squeeze: federal policy change in '80s ... by mangolychee on Monday December 02, 2024 @06:43PM (#42301611)

Might be thinking of pinduoduo

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Re:The Great Grocery Squeeze: federal policy change in '80s ... by KennyBlanken on Monday December 02, 2024 @06:41PM (#42301599)

There's still a pretty hefty difference between retail and wholesale.

Call around your local distributors and ask if they'll work with a food buyers club.

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