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Re:Costco Is the Anti-Amazon by claw-el on Friday July 03, 2026 @05:41PM (#48780339)
It is more like 1 truck delivering 100 single items to 100 homes.
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Re:Costco Is the Anti-Amazon by bluefirebrand on Friday July 03, 2026 @07:18PM (#48781141)
Well, maybe more than one truck.

One truck per delivery service

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Re:Costco Is the Anti-Amazon by alanbernstein on Friday July 03, 2026 @05:49PM (#48780423)
No, not if you're matching the volume of items between the two scenarios.
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Re:Costco Is the Anti-Amazon by throwaway041207 on Friday July 03, 2026 @08:32PM (#48781581)
Multiple times a week.
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Re:Costco Is the Anti-Amazon by no-name-here on Saturday July 04, 2026 @12:50AM (#48782716)
For the aforementioned 100 homes, if the 100-items-in-1-truck are needed multiple times per week, then the 100-items-in-100-cars are likely also needed multiple times per week, so the extra CO2 etc would be even worse.
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Re:Costco Is the Anti-Amazon by no-name-here on Saturday July 04, 2026 @12:55AM (#48782739)
With there typically being a free shipping minimum (or a relatively fixed shipping cost for daily goods), it seems like the benefits of the 1 truck model are likely even greater as customers are explicitly encouraged to group purchases together.
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