When you order something online from Walmart they very often will not take it back as a return OR exchange in their stores. Even if they have it in stock on their shelves. In my case I had to contact the manufacturer, a vacuum company, to return it directly to them to have it replaced. So you have to pay for the shipping costs and go through a lot of red tape, waiting for special labels, etc. Caveat emptor.
They are an evil business with questionable trade ethics and employee abusers. Welfare leeches who give advice to their employees as to how to receive gov't healthcare and other benefits.
I will never buy anything from Walmart ever again and I recommend others doing the same.
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Long lines and poor service at the grocery store? Why not scan and pay for it yourself?
What’s that? The darn scanner isn’t working again and nobody’s around to help you checkout?
Why not stay at home and order online? Your groceries will be delivered to your front door for only $9.95.
That’s what I call saving money.
If we can get only get those little pesky drones to work we can eliminate human interaction altogether and still charge the same delivery fee.
That’s what I call a profitable business model.
This type of service contradicts the benefits of fresh air, exercise, and personal choice when it comes to fresh food. On a positive note, if the online services deliver products in reusable containers and do away with plastic bags, the environmental factor is huge! Kudos to all the communities who have banned plastic bags, straws and other plastics associated with grocery shopping!
The convenience factor is great, but Walmart food delivery is yet another way for Americans to order bulk, extra-large size boxes of processed foods without doing any exercise for it. The obesity epidemic is destroying the country, and this is but one more way to feed the beast. The obese, morbidly obese, and super-morbidly obese do not need yet more food delivered to their living rooms at low cost. That low cost is multiplied by factors of 10 to 100 when the rest of us have to pay for their resulting medical problems at the local hospital.
Perhaps Walmart, Target, Amazon, or some other company will succeed. However, I remember a large, new, food-to-home Webvan facility next to a firewood lot here in Oakland near the Coliseum. The media and the techies all laughed at the firewood, the perfect symbol of the "old economy", while proudly pimping the glories of Webvan, the perfect symbol of the "new economy." Almost two decades later and Webvan is long since gone, barely a memory, and the firewood place is still in business (last I looked.)
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I tried grocery pickup today and of course it was terrible. Walmart is the absolute worst. They wouldn't honor the price for diapers they had listed. Apparently there was a glitch so instead of honoring the price, they just cancelled the orders. They called to tell me this but didn't leave a message. So I show up but no diapers because they don't care and don't know how to run a business. Any good business would know to honor a price if it was offered. I haven't shopped at Walmart in years because of crummy customer service and bad business practice. I was hoping they had turned things around because this new grocery delivery/pickup seemed like a homerun now that I have a baby, but of course Walmart disappoints as always. Back to boycotting them. You should too.
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Having just experienced a 'bait and switch' online order from Walmart, I will never order online from them again. Ordered one type of razor blades and was delivered a different cheaper on and when I called I was urged to accept the cheaper razor blades for a discount.
How can I be sure whoever is picking the best and most appealing fruit that I’d pick?
No thanks. I buy a lot of produce every week. I know what good broccoli looks like and select my heads carefully. I would not want some indifferent employee simply grabbing heads, shoving them in a bag, and sending me ones that would not last until I need them. Ditto for other produce. I don't know who shops 'every two weeks' for most folks I know go weekly. In addition to losing the choice to chose better looking fruit or veggies (or to opt not to buy what does not look good) the delivery service by WM would add $500+ to the yearly bill.
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This service would be a lifeline for handicapped or housebound people.
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I shop groceries online at Walmart and then go pick them up, Walmart is 5 minutes away. The associates load the groceries in my vehicle in just a few minutes and are efficient and courteous, and have refused to take any offered tips. When I order fresh veggies/meats, the produce is fresh and the meats are perfect.
I'm sure sooner or later Walmart will actually deliver, but for now the 5 minute trip is fine with me.
As an aging senior, I appreciate the increased convenience of online shopping, and the competitions between the large companies involved end up benefitting me as I grow more frail with age.
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I live part time in Sarasota. We've got them all, Walmart is only 5 min from the house. I can confirm all the comments below about poor working people, add a batch of retirees who need the money, small as it is. We've learned to shop at Detwilers, a great supermarket with good prices, I think well paid employees, the finest food mostly from the USA.One day we saw a box pallet of New York state apples outside with a sign: 'help yourself'; they were giving them away probably to avoid having to throw them out. A great gesture. Now we rarely go to Walmart.
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I've had groceries delivered by Safeway for many years now, their local store has first class veggies, a good meat department and those who pick out your items do a good job, consistently. It's also nice to see the same familiar and friendly faces, as that can vary from week to week, it's usually the same two or three people who come to my area.
I'll stick with them rather than enriching these global giants like Amazon and Walmart, Safeway's prices are fair and reasonable. For those who don't have the time or the inclination to grocery shop each week, it's an excellent option.
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I prefer to look directly at the food I am buying. I want to know how fresh it is, where it came from, and how it is packaged. If it's locally produced, all the better. And, while shopping, I often see other things that look wonderful and so I buy them as well. Online grocery shopping takes us yet another step away from our food sources.
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I think this is not only a great and intuitive idea, but that it is also the only way to survive when thinking years from now. Online shopping still has so much potential even though we may think that there isn't much of anything it hasn't done yet. Shopping for groceries online and having them delivered to you the same day is going to change the way people live for the rest of time. Imagine 30 years from now and you hear your kids saying, "Wow! I've never seen one of those in person!" and they are referring to a physical shopping cart.
Times are changing and we are just scraping the surface of what we are going to accomplish with online purchases and shopping. This will benefit many involved in the whole transaction. Walmart will likely see increased sales, customers will benefit from the convenience, and the delivery companies will be expanding into a new realm of services they offer. I can only see this getting more competitive between everyone that is involved with large benefits on each end of the spectrum. Revolutionizing convenience will be the only way to gain an edge in retail very shortly. I am very much for this and am looking forward to having my groceries delivered for a small fee.
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Well if you live outside of NYC this can make so much sense - yet, I will continue to down the block (yes, just one block) to do my grocery shopping, grab a slice, my beer and play my lotto and YES, I like it that way! If you think America is overweight now, HA! Just wait...
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It's not the walking, it's the crazy prices for groceries that makes me want to go online. I tried Amazon and the prices were so much cheaper. Like an average of 20% and often upwards of 40% less. That's why I'll consider using Walmart's new service.
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Will Walmart ration or red-line what it will deliver to achieve distributive justice?
the plan: offer a service with great potential upside by fulfilling using workers in the gig economy, not bona fide employees.
another great stride toward American serfdom.
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I've never shopped at a Walmart, and I never will shop at a Walmart. There are too many issues of the company not having women managers running stores, employees being abused in terms of lunch and break times, poor quality food products (most from China), and playing games with medical coverage, sick tim, and overtime pay.
Additionally, I hope everybody knows that Walmart employees do not shop for your items. An outside company, one of which is abusing its workers and reducing fees paid to them, hires part-timers who do the selecting.
I want to pick out my own produce and meat thank you very much.
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Happily no one will force you to use the service. Not that some people will not attempt to use the force of the state to deny this service to others.
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This will be a disaster just like all the other attempts. The size of the company is irrelevant. Plus ten bucks when most frequent the store multiple times in a week or monthly period. Ain't gonna work.
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Consider outside your world.
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Walmart could deliver me FREE groceries and I still wouldn't take them.
In my town they are behind everyone else who already delivers.
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1) Amazon moved into the grocery business, with its purchase of Whole Foods, probably because in the US most states either exempt or charge low sales taxes on food items. Thus, with a major competitive advantage for years being internet firms' ability to avoid sales taxes and use this advantage to low ball prices; the grocery sector with relatively low sales taxes was eschewed by them.
2) Next, Amazon may move into the pharmaceuticals' sector where almost universally, prescription drugs are not subject to any state sales tax. Also, the pharmaceutical sector has recently seen a rash of supply shortages that have driven up prices. Avoiding logistics problems such as those that have beset the pharmaceutical sector is Amazon's differential competitive advantage.
3) Amazon probably is moving into the grocery sector and considering moving into drug the sector because the small sales taxes in these sectors have limited internet ventures in these sectors. The low sales taxes are barriers to entry for other internet firms, and these potential growth areas for Amazon have been largely undeveloped by its internet rivals.
4) Today, Amazon has diversified its logistics system and assets into many states with greater coverage by more states with their sales taxes. Today, its competitive advantage is efficient and quick product deliveries to its customers. Now, more universal enforcement of sales tax laws becomes a competitive advantage for Amazon.
W 3/14 3:48p Greenville NC
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Lots of grocery businesses are doing this. It will only expand as boomers retire and age, so likely we will see less brick and mortar.
Plus, supermarkets are too large. Personally I like stores no bigger than Trader Joes. And I love the idea of grocery delivery, as an adjunct to farmer's market visits......
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And how about those checkout lines at TJ's stretching all around the perimeter of the store, not to mention the lines running down the street outside of people waiting just to get in.
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Perhaps California doesn't have those issues?
Yikes! We don't have that problem here thankfully. Just the usual parking dance.
I'm going to be completely frank. I started calculating what my time was worth years ago. In other words, if I'm working on something (I am self employed), I am worth anywhere from $85 to $165 an hour. If I am with my kids or family, that time is priceless. So at a minimum, I look at every trip the store or every time I work on the yard as either costing me $85 an hour, or robbing me blind of the precious little time I have to spend with my family. But, there's obviously a little more calculus involved. Hiring a landscaper is a no-brainer to me. But if I have the chance to remodel a bathroom or a rebuild a carburetor with one of my kids at my side, teaching them something, I'll do it myself. So you want to charge me $10-$20 to shop for and deliver my groceries? Broither, sign me up.
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Everything has a price, my friend.
Here's an idea - take that family grocery shopping with you. Learn their likes and dislikes, teach them how to read labels, read the data block on the items to find out if there is nutritional value, let them see the relative price of different things they might choose, learn where their food comes from, etc., etc.
Food doesn't come out of a box from a delivery person. What you put into your body has an effect on your life and others'. And if your time is worth $85-165 an hour, hire the bathroom remodel and the carburetor rebuild. Carburetors are dinosaurs anyway.
Oh, and grow as much of your own food as you can. There's a hobby that is relaxing, gratifying, educational, and rewarding. Nothing like preparing and eating a meal from your own garden.
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Since I'm old --- I wonder if Walmart will hire old dudes to stand on the front porch with the delivery guy --- Delivery Greeters ---
How's it goin'...?
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Does the food Walmart delivers also come from China, like the other 95% of stuff the store sells?
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The food I have bought from Walmart (only canned or packaged branded groceries, nothing perishable) comes in the exact same packaging and from the exact same producers as the same foods bought at Fairway, Morton Williams, D'Agostino's and every other store in Manhattan. It just costs much much less, every day, and is delivered for free.
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Great PR move Wal-Mart. And exactly when will you start paying your employees a living wage??? It would be nice if we Taxpayers didn't have to subsidize YOUR business by providing food stamps, Medicaid, etc..
I haven't set foot in any of your stores for three years, and counting.
Target gets MY business. You get my tax dollars, involuntarily. Seriously.
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Can't wait to see their delivery people !
You'll notice they are great reminders for keeping your dental appointment...
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You must have dental insurance, make a decent living, or just plain have good teeth. I do as well! All three. But I also know there are plenty of decent, hard workers out there who don't have any of these three advantages. May I suggest you think about them before you judge?
So now not only can we have our food picked by wage slaves but have it delivered too by them. Do not shop at Walmart stores. The Walton family are very bad people. Biggest welfare socialists in the country if not the world.
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Wal-Mart execs looked at those "people at Wal-Mart" pictures on the internet and realized some people would just as soon you throw the groceries through our car window as we cruise by as to go inside.
Want to feel better about your life? Even semi-elite? East TN Wal-Mart on any given night...
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At a concert appearance, Jeff Foxworthy was once asked how he found new material. His answer was "A trip to Walmart."
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Gee, will they be paying them actual money? I'm sure they are lobbying for their Republican slaves in Congress to repeal child labor laws so they can hire kids at pennies an hour. Are they still giving Food Stamps applications out when you're hired as an "associate?" Another family of rapacious plutocrats devoted, along with their Republican lackeys, to reducing Americans to serfs.
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Looks like an opportunity to get rid of those products with that pesky 'best by' date nonsense....
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I have been ordering some groceries through Walmart as part of regular orders -- not meat, fish, produce, dairy -- but canned and packaged things that aren't perishable. The prices are terrific, a fraction of what you pay in some overpriced Manhattan supermarkets and less than you pay Fresh Direct, plus you can get free two day delivery
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Walmart prices come at a huge cost to the environment and the retail landscape.
People are of course welcome to shop at Walmart, but those people should never complain about financial inequality or the job market or the environment.
Walmart is one of the most destructive enterprises on the planet.
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Please don't use them.
They don't need any more profits.
Oh goody, now I can have highly trained Walmart employees deliver vegetables and fruits bred for travel instead of taste right to my door, along with tough, tasteless meats and dry goods that may have been picked up at a bargain prices by Walmart because they are slightly defective or pushing the expiration date. Can't wait.
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I buy groceries on the intenet -- canned and packaged goods - but nothing perishable -- no meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, dairy, etc. The only time I tried some fruit & veg (through Fresh Direct) the results were terrible.
Plus, Walmart sells in some huge quantities you can't get in stores here.I used to pay $5 or $6 for a 250 packet box of Sweet n Low `at supermarkets here. From Walmart I pay $13.31 for a box of 1500 packets. Buying 1500 over time in the 250 ct. boxes would have cost me at least $30. That's something I use all the time so makes sense to buy from Walmart.
I also I like Mott's unsweetened applesauce in individual containers. At the supermarket a package of six of those little things costs $3.29 -$3.59. At Walmart it's $1.84 and I can have a huge quantity of them delivered for free. (It was the cost of these in NY supermarkets that originally sent me hunting on the internet).
I also like to throw in some canned corn kernels in my salads, which I eat a lot of. Buy in quantity and the large cans of DelMonte, Green Giant, etc. are about $.80 each or so vs. $2.29 at local supermarkets (unless on sale, in which case maybe $1.25) and very heavy to carry home.
Wegmans, #2 best place to work (Fortune or Forbes), still family owned, customers love it too. Forget Whole Foods and Walmart.
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Will they be delivering more than just Cheetos and Tostitos?
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The Walmart family ( all 4 families\members within ) are the richest family on earth. ( except for Putin of course )
They got that way by shutting down stores in a instant they lost any court ruling to allow unions. They got that way by you the customer, buying their cheap imported products ( mainly from China ), instead of supporting your local economies and jobs. They got that way by supporting radically right wing republican candidates to do their bidding and shape laws to further siphon down and keep low benefits and wages.
You the customer ( via your dollars and your government ) is subsidizing a vast portion of their workforce via social payments and food stamps.
By all means, use their new service with all of the fees to further enhance the cycle from above.
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Educated, aware people who care about jobs, the environment, the economy, and morality do not shop at Walmart.
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The Walmart family ( all 4 families\members within ) are the richest family on earth. ( except for Putin of course )
They got that way by shutting down stores in a instant they lost any court ruling to allow unions. They got that way by you the customer, buying their cheap imported products ( mainly from China ), instead of supporting your local economies and jobs. They got that way by supporting radically right wing republican candidates to do their bidding and shape laws to further siphon down and keep low benefits and wages.
You the customer ( via your dollars and your government ) is subsidizing a vast portion of their workforce via social payments and food stamps.
By all means, use their new service with all of the fees to further enhance the cycle from above.
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I'm desperate for grocery delivery in my town, but would never give a dime to WalMart until they start treating their employees better.
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Nope. Still going to stick to my farmers market and the local grocer. I live in a small town. If I buy from sprallmart it hurts my community. My taxes need to stay here. The recent Republican tax scam that benefits the boxes makes this doubly important.
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This service won't help people. the real help and services is they should sell it in reasonable price. due to business demand that product converted into organic and non-organic and price went up like anything... now a days every shop keep big margin and selling same grocery in different price . People looking best price ONLY , not asking store to deliver Grocery to home. we have time to buy grocery at store. don't build lazy people community.
I don't care what Wal Mart does, I will never patronize any company the Walton family has any interest in.
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This makes me want to take more trips to my local farmer's market. WalMart had their shot and they proved that they were only in it for the money. Why would anyone give this money-making entity a second life in the online food business?
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It's a noteworthy piece of news however I am surprised that NYT is providing it prime coverage and placing it in the top section of homepage. This article probably belongs to the business section. The article mentions that the new service covers 40% of US households. If you then further slice-and-dice it and consider how many of those households shop at Walmart and how many are willing to pay the $9.95 delivery fee, that percentage drops off significantly.
I'm not paying a delivery fee for stuff from walmart. I have just been ordering groceries along with other stuff and getting it in two days for free. I hope they aren't going to change that, as I probably wouldn't pay a 9.95 delivery fee. However, that amount is normal, maybe low, by NY standards who want food that includes perishables delivered same day.
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The Walmart family ( all 4 families\members within ) are the richest family on earth. ( except for Putin of course )
They got that way by shutting down stores in a instant they lost any court ruling to allow unions. They got that way by you the customer, buying their cheap imported products ( mainly from China ), instead of supporting your local economies and jobs. They got that way by supporting radically right wing republican candidates to do their bidding and shape laws to further siphon down and keep low benefits and wages.
You the customer ( via your dollars and your government ) is subsidizing a vast portion of their workforce via social payments and food stamps.
By all means, use their new service with all of the fees to further enhance the cycle from above.
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"Walmart’s online sales increased 23 percent in its most recent quarter, less than half the rate of growth in each of the prior three quarters." When did a 23% sales increase in one quarter become anything less than amazing?
When a year ago, the growth was 50%, and the new number results in a market cap loss in the billions, the market is telling you it is upset with what they see as a failure.
Perhaps.
However, I remember a large, new, food-to-home Webvan facility next to a firewood lot here in Oakland near the Coliseum. The media and the techies all laughed at the firewood, the perfect symbol of the "old economy", while proudly pimping the glories of Webvan, the perfect symbol of the "new economy." Almost two decades later and Webvan is long since gone, barely a memory, and the firewood place is still in business (last I looked.)
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I hope Walmart executives read this: you can give away groceries for free and I will never, ever patronize your company. I patronize businesses that treat their employees fairly.
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They treat the environment even worse than they treat their employees if you can believe it.
Such a destructive family.
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What has been paramount in my existence (until recently) was the Walmart grocery store which was located four blocks from where I work. I used to get my daily Noon-walk in by stopping at this Walmart store, picking up a few things every day or simply stopping by to see what was on sale. Not only were their prices on everything the cheapest I found, but their lunch specials, salads, soups and other assorted meal items were equally cheap and extremely tasty. The best part, besides getting some of my exercise in and saving money, was that I didn't have to stop after work or on the weekends to shop along with the other million or so individuals. Once again, my grocery bills from other stores have begun to bulge, forcing me to pick and choose what I need vs. what I want but don't necessarily need.
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"Each of those employees — along with the thousands more that Walmart said it would add this year — undergoes a three-week training program that teaches them to pick out the best produce and meats."
Are you kidding me? I am mystified that people need to be trained at all in something so obvious such recognizing wilted lettuce, brown bananas, or shriveled up oranges, but for a training program to take three weeks "to teach someone how to pick out the best produce and meats", well then I think I will stick to doing my own shopping. Maybe this training program could benefit the employees working in the produce and meat aisles so that ONLY the best meats and produce are displayed. Too often, various meats have looked questionable and some of the produce should have been pitched days ago.
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I doubt that the entire three weeks will consistent of only doing what you said. It's a good chance like other important points pertaining to the job may need to be explained as well as the amount of time it will take in getting a background check on employees and making sure that the vehicles they drive are reliable and within the various codes associated with driving. You've got to expand your intellectual scope further out beyond learning only about quality items and products.
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I think and would hope you are probably correct R. Terrance. Perhaps the quote from the Walmart PR Department could be revised to reflect a more accurate assessment of the 3-week training program.
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Where I live supermarkets are taking a deep hit from online outfits like Fresh Direct as well as cheap places like trader joe. Many supermarkets in Manhattan have closed in past few years. To compete, many are now offering online and phone orders. It is hysterical sometimes to watch young kid employees wandering around store trying to pick good stuff.
The one time I ordered produce from Fresh Direct it was awful. Though both items I chose (grapes and broccoli) were supposedly "picks of the day," they were nothing I would have chosen in a store and the broccoli had yellow leaves.
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Competition, even among oligarchs, is good, but Amazon, Walmart, and Kroger may be making a costly mistake. People want to shop for themselves, especially for fruits and vegetables. They want to examine the avocados to see if they are too soft, the brocolli to see if it looks fresh. the tomatoes to see if they are blemished, the seafood to see if it is wild, farmed, or flown in from distant regions.
Just as a chef at a good restaurant would want to examine the vegetables and meats that he buys, so do many ordinary consumers. They are concerned with a variety of things that they east, such as freshness, taste, whether it is non GMO, and whether or not it is made on the West Bank.
Vendor beware.
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Wal Mart will be very wise to offer this service free of charge to the elderly and the disabled, or anyone who does not drive, just as soon as they get it expanded. It will be free to all at scale. Roll out the TV campaign and get huge social responsibility kudos.
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I'm certain my local supermarket chain "watches" me. I wonder what it thinks now that I hit the 1st aisle (produce), the last aisle (dairy), and only rarely dip into the dozen aisles in between. Online prices are mostly better, even counting shipping.
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Do not let huge corporations totally control our food supply. I truly deeply never hope that I have to buy my food unseen,from a computer. Shop small and local when you can.
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Unless you're shopping at a farmer's market, even small local grocery stores have a large amount of their products supplied by large distributors. (Many farmers only do business with the large distributors.) so your only option is to connect directly with farmers in your area at farmer's markets, CSA boxes, or other programs. Wish it were easier to access them!
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Buying locally only serves to have you support the owner's kid's college tuition.
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I do not disagree with your statement, but stopping by the market on the way up to your Manhattan condo/apartment may be easier than in more rural areas. We always laugh when watching Food Network when they talk of stopping by your local "fish monger", local "butcher", etc.
Sadly most of those concepts are long gone as local community stores have been replaced by chain markets. Most of the chains aren't bad but I'm sure it isn't like all the small shops on your corner.
I was raised on a farm and still live on one but I do envy your lifestyle in some ways. BTW, if you ever come to East TN and go into a Wal-Mart you will soon realize from looking around why pulling up to curb and rolling out quickly is preferred! Surely you've seen the "people at Wal-Mart pix of the internet.
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Communities flourish and are friendly when you can meet your neighbours on the street, in the aisle of the supermarket, or bump into them in your local convenience store. This trend towards online delivery will make life very lonely for some. Never mind we will all need computers and smartphones and how will the low-paid worker, pensioner, pay for that? (And yes, I won't shop Amazon if I can help it - and I always can.)
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When you live in Manhattan, don't have a car, and don't want to pay high delivery or taxi fees, this is most welcome.
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In my opinion, grocery shopping in large cities, including NYC, is pretty easy since you can almost always easily walk to one.
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I second that. Also, try shopping at a grocery store in NYC on the weekend. You won't even think twice about buying groceries online.
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I have never set foot in a Walmart or bought anything from Amazon.
If we don't support our local retailers, our friends and neighbors won't have local jobs and whatever profits the business owners earn will not stay in the community.
If Walmart paid me $9.95, I would not let them select and ship my groceries.
The Waltons are the richest people in America. Yet their employees rely on US government housing vouchers, food stamps, free school lunches, and government paid health care, decimating the budgets of the town and states where they operate.
In the jungle, the Waltons would be eaten.
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While I share your sentiment,
I buy from a variety of corporate stores (even Walmart), as well as locally-owned small stores, and a food coop.
Why? Because no store has everything I want to buy.
In fact, many locally-owned stores benefits from having a large corporate store in the neighborhood. E.g., the food coop where I shop for fresh, organic vegetables definitely benefits from having an Albertsons across the street, where I buy organic and minimally-processed foods not found at the coop.
Walmart is much closer to my house than are any of the other stores. If I suddenly need some organic almond milk, I go to Walmart. However, I normally have a list of things I will need to buy each week. So I make the rounds on the day that is most convenient to be driving around.
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I've been buying groceries on Google Express. Target, Walmart... it doesn't matter.
Great selection and price, shows up in two days, free delivery.
I know what I want and get it fast and cheap, in a few clicks.
Only reason not to use is you like to push a buggy through isles, pick up and examine.
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I agree. this has been a great gift to me, an older woman in Manhattan without a car. I have only been in one physical Walmart in my life, but have made an increasing number of online purchases, including nonperishable groceries. Saves me a lot of money and effort.
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I concur with your sentiment ellienyc. Being in my later 60++++ years and someone who has never had a drivers license (many consider this my gift to humanity since I am a terrible passenger and would no doubt be a horrible driver), the best advantage of home delivery are the delivery of heavy items like cat litter which I don't have to lug around, trying to get the heavy and bulky containers in/out of a shopping cart, not to mention the weight of 5 lb. bags of flour, sugar and other less than light items.
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Are you not bothered at all by the ethics of supporting a company (like Walmart) that is so clearly abusive of employees, underpays them to the point of needing government support, and predatory business practices that destroy local smaller shops?
Maybe convenience isn't worth the true cost.
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