Re:Uber starts same-day grocery delivery service in US
by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @03:22PM
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Grocery shopping has to be the worst inefficient process there is. Count how many times you handle a can of beans: Shelf-to-cart, cart-to-checkout, checkout-to-bag, bag-to-car, car-to-pantry, pantry-to-shelf, then later shelf-to-kitchen, kitchen-to-recycle.
Re:Uber starts same-day grocery delivery service in US
by Hansi on Thursday August 21, 2014 @09:51AM
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Have you considered getting the groceries delivered from a real grocery store rather than Uber as per article? I normally get them delivered once or twice a week depending on need and the delivery price is considerably less than my "per hour worth". Also I don't run into things not being available at my local store, I don't buy things on impulse (leading to cleaner living, no crisps etc) and I can arrange for things even at only 30 hours before my chosen time slot.
Re:Uber starts same-day grocery delivery service in US
by timjahn on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @04:14PM
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Yes! Couldn't agree more. Touched on this in a comment a while back:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5039418
So much time wasted.
Re:Uber starts same-day grocery delivery service in US
by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @04:39PM
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...and I skipped bag-to-cart and cart-to-car
Re:Uber starts same-day grocery delivery service in US
by viraptor on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @03:50PM
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But you can go shopping only once a week if you have storage place at home. That's a pretty good amortised cost compared to your estimate of eating at Chipotle.
Re:Uber starts same-day grocery delivery service in US
by seanflyon on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @06:10PM
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How long do you account for cooking and eating a meal?
Re:Uber starts same-day grocery delivery service in US
by ensignavenger on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @07:47PM
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The OP stated that they did not 'cook as much as' they would like to. This implies that perhaps cooking is something they may enjoy doing. Time spent doing something you enjoy is not equal to time spent doing something you don't particularly enjoy.
I just did some back-of-the-envelope math and determined that the minimum time it could take for me to go to the grocery store and come back, from door to door, is about 40 minutes, and the maximum is about 2 hours. I took into account everything from walking to my car in the parking garage and getting out of the garage to finding a parking spot, waiting in line to check out, hitting traffic lights on the way there and back, etc.
I think this is why I don't cook as much as I'd like to. I can either spend 40 minutes getting groceries and then needing to cook a meal and then eating it, or I can spend 40 minutes picking up, say, Chipotle, which includes eating the food.