Amazon to Launch Online Grocery Store

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."

Comments

So?

[ToddML]

I already routinely order groceries from Fresh Direct http://www.freshdirect.com/ . Its huge in the NYC area, the selection is broad (far broader than what Amazon is offering), the service is excellent, and the overall experience is excellent.

Re:So?

[Pink Tinkletini]

Oh, sure, until the day the FreshDirect guy sticks his foot in the doorway and won't leave until you tip him. :-P Wasn't their policy originally not to accept any tips, ever, expressly to prevent situations like these? Or am I thinking of someone else (Kozmo, MaxDelivery)?

But I agree, on the whole, the FreshDirect experience is hard to beat. Did you ever see those signs at Fairway hanging from the ceiling, bashing FreshDirect and its owner for various injustices apropos nothing? Priceless.