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I buy almost everything online but one thing I can't stand is online grocery shopping. I don't always get what I need and it's difficult to come up with the week's dinner menu shopping online.
I also prefer seeing what I want and going to the markets to sample flavors and brands before I buy.
So all this talk about Amazon killing grocery store is complete baloney. I love going to ethnic based super markets to sample and discover new flavors and items.
For produce such as veggies, fruits, even cheeses you want to go and pick out the variety you want.
For fish I don't want the biggest, I want a certain size or portion. For shrimp I sometimes want it with head sometimes without.
As for veggies, I often need to see the ripe level of certain veggies.
For meats, you can't really order the perfect cuts I rather go and pick my own.
Who said anything about Amazon killing grocery shopping? Who is holding a gun to your head, making you shop online?
Much clarification needed.
Apparently Wall street thinks Amazon will kill grocery stores if it could kill malls and retail stores, they believe Amazon will make grocery shopping as easy as going online.
I prefer to buy fresh stuff myself - produce, meat cuts, bread, etc. Only I KNOW exactly what I want and how it should look like...
I want my produce from Farmers Market and bread from a real bakery. I want to select the meat by the cut thickness, the fat amount, the size - or better, get it done by a butcher. Bulk and dry goods could be ordered online.
Apparently Wall street thinks Amazon will kill grocery stores if it could kill malls and retail stores, they believe Amazon will make grocery shopping as easy as going online.
Wall Street doesn't know everything. I agree with you; a lot of people like the social aspects of going to the store, and also the sensate aspects of viewing the produce, handling/evaluating the produce, perhaps even cherry-picking items of produce, smelling the produce.
Amazon can't kill all retail, either. People need to try on clothes, and see themselves in the mirror in the clothes, in order to buy. Otherwise, they end up spending too much time fussing with returns, and re-ordering. Besides, enough stores have online ordering, that people who like the convenience of that can order directly from the dept. stores online.
Independent bookstores are alive and well, as well. The only ones dying out are the chain bookstores. The locally-owned ones are going strong. Amazon can't offer author readings and the social aspects of the neighborhood bookstore.
Wall Street doesn't know everything. I agree with you; a lot of people like the social aspects of going to the store, and also the sensate aspects of viewing the produce, handling/evaluating the produce, perhaps even cherry-picking items of produce, smelling the produce.
Amazon can't kill all retail, either. People need to try on clothes, and see themselves in the mirror in the clothes, in order to buy. Otherwise, they end up spending too much time fussing with returns, and re-ordering. Besides, enough stores have online ordering, that people who like the convenience of that can order directly from the dept. stores online.
Independent bookstores are alive and well, as well. The only ones dying out are the chain bookstores. The locally-owned ones are going strong. Amazon can't offer author readings and the social aspects of the neighborhood bookstore.
I prefer to buy fresh stuff myself - produce, meat cuts, bread, etc. Only I KNOW exactly what I want and how it should look like...
I want my produce from Farmers Market and bread from a real bakery. I want to select the meat by the cut thickness, the fat amount, the size - or better, get it done by a butcher. Bulk and dry goods could be ordered online.
Yeah I would not leave meat and produce up to anyone to choose for me.
Though I'm a huge fan of online shopping, I only use it for things like books, DVD's/Blu-ray's, music CD's, and some other non-perishable foods.
However - for most grocery shopping, I can't imagine not going to a brick & mortar store. You need to make sure the food is fresh, etc. before you buy this.
That being said, I have bought things like chips, candy, etc. on Amazon.
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