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Google To Deliver Groceries
An anonymous reader writes: Out of carrots? Fire up Google and search for some. They might just show up at your house. Bloomberg reports that the search giant will start testing a grocery delivery service later this year in San Francisco and one other city. Google will be partnering with Costco, Whole Foods, and other grocery stores to source their products. "Google is investing in delivery services for homes and businesses as it seeks to lure more traffic to its websites. The move puts the company in more direct competition with Amazon, which has rolled out its AmazonFresh service in several U.S. cities. ... The fresh-food trial, including fruits and vegetables, is part of a move away from making deliveries from warehouses, which can add complexity and requires refrigeration."
I searched google shopping for a confederate flag.
No results.
I'll stick with duck duck go.
_ _ _ Go for the eyes Boo! GO FOR THE EYES!
Local grocery chains are already better positioned to offer this kind of service; their stores themselves can act as the supply house from which the order is pulled, assembled, and delivered from. Even if a particular chain decides to select only specific stores to do it, those can be the best equipped stores with the most merchandise variety to source from.
This whole thing reminds me of how Sears really screwed up; they could have been the Amazon of today if they had leveraged their geographical ubiquity and made home delivery and online ordering work with the Internet. They had one of the best catalog services ever, and they tore it apart to put their efforts into store retail sales. They could have fulfilled same-day or next-day delivery to probably 80% of the population of the United States for LOTS of products if they'd tried. Instead their various divisions are forced to compete against each other.
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.