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Amazon to Launch Online Grocery Store

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bad-acid-flashbacks dept.

Aryabhata writes "It might sound like a bad flashback to the dot-com days, but news is that Amazon is planning to test the waters with an old idea; the online grocery store!. To its defense Amazon is only attempting this with nonperishables like peanut butter, potato chips, and canned soup implying that there's no refrigeration required--ordinary warehouse shelves will do fine."

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  1. Better sell hard to find stuff. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They could make money selling hard to find items, but not stuff that you can buy anywhere. There are a few things I can not buy locally that I would order if they had it, but I won't buy potato chips from them...

    Of course, if this works then I should invest in UPS & FedEx...

  2. Re:Difference between Amazon & Safeway by kfg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dude, if they're touching my peanut butter there is a bigger problem than their failure to wash their hands first.

    Nevermind that the behavior of the cashier is essentially for show. If you want to know how "sanitary" your food from Safeway is go at 3 in the morning and watch the shelf stockers.

    And of course other customers never touch your food before you buy it, no siree Bob! You might want to start considering your sanitation concerns being, by their very nature, your problem to look after. If you're afraid of catching something from your peanut butter jar wear gloves when you shop and wipe everything down with Vodka before you take them off.

    KFG