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Introducing PRIME Restaurants by Amazon.....

itiswhatitis — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 03:55:59 GMT

Well, Amazon is really doing it's best to be a one stop shop for just about anything a person could need.

They now, have supermarkets in some locals where you just walk through, pick what you need and scan it with a card and leave. It's delivered to you.

Now, they have Amazon Restaurants in "certain markets" like larger metropolitan areas for all kinds of food to order in and enjoy with delivery in an hour.

Amazon wants to be all you need........

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sunshine45 — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 04:36:13 GMT

we have several of these types of services for restaurants in our area......

grubhub

orderup

eat24 through yelp

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HappyDaze — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 04:14:56 GMT

@itiswhatitis wrote:
Well, Amazon is really doing it's best to be a one stop shop for just about anything a person could need.

They now, have supermarkets in some locals where you just walk through, pick what you need and scan it with a card and leave. It's delivered to you.

Now, they have Amazon Restaurants in "certain markets" like larger metropolitan areas for all kinds of food to order in and enjoy with delivery in an hour.

Amazon wants to be all you need........

I'm confused- maybe I am misunderstanding. If you are already in the store picking out what you need and scanning it, why not just take it home yourself at that time? What a waste of time and resources. Odd.

Re: Introducing PRIME Restaurants by Amazon.....

itiswhatitis — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 04:48:49 GMT

@HappyDaze wrote:
@itiswhatitis wrote:
Well, Amazon is really doing it's best to be a one stop shop for just about anything a person could need.

They now, have supermarkets in some locals where you just walk through, pick what you need and scan it with a card and leave. It's delivered to you.

Now, they have Amazon Restaurants in "certain markets" like larger metropolitan areas for all kinds of food to order in and enjoy with delivery in an hour.

Amazon wants to be all you need........
I'm confused- maybe I am misunderstanding. If you are already in the store picking out what you need and scanning it, why not just take it home yourself at that time? What a waste of time and resources. Odd.

@HappyDaze that's interesting. I think you can do this. For those who want delivery service it's done that way. The thing about these Amazon stores is the same choice you get with other grocery stores who offer delivery.

I used to do grocery shopping, pay for it and have it delivered at a later time. Did that for years (couldn't do it online back then). Now, I don't have to leave my home to grocery shop. I can do it online, go pick it up or have it delivered...."for folks who want options and convenience they pay for it.

For the restaurants, that's something like someone upthread mentioned. Grubhub and so forth.

Re: Introducing PRIME Restaurants by Amazon.....

itiswhatitis — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 04:49:38 GMT

@sunshine45 wrote:
we have several of these types of services for restaurants in our area......
grubhub
orderup
eat24 through yelp

Yep @sunshine45 now you can add Amazon if you live in one of their target areas......

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wagirl — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 15:16:28 GMT

I have used my Dot to order food via Amazon Restaurants and the food arrived hot and in a timely fashion. Only handful of restaurants do that where I live, but it was kind of fun.

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itiswhatitis — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 15:39:45 GMT

@wagirl wrote:
I have used my Dot to order food via Amazon Restaurants and the food arrived hot and in a timely fashion. Only handful of restaurants do that where I live, but it was kind of fun.

I think it's wonderful @wagirl.

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CareBears — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 16:23:24 GMT

I live way out in the boonies, I will have to live through you all, sounds interesting though!

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Moonchilde — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 16:51:54 GMT

In LA there were at least half a dozen such services including Uber, and at least half of the restaurants participated in one or more.

The downside: I'm sure I had a credit card hacked on one site. Minimum order $. Expensive delivery.

If Amazon can get it to people without the high delivery fees (you still have to tip the driver) people will be very happy, vs $6-7 fee + tip over and above the cost of food.

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IntoSkincare — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 21:59:57 GMT

I think it's great. I want to shop for groceries when I want to, not when I can -- meaning, I can do my food shopping and go directly to a meeting, lunch, drinks, whatever -- without carrying the groceries with me. Living in NYC, many food stores offer this service and I've always found it super helpful. Cannot imaging trying to hail a cab with a dozen Whole Foods bags on me. Would be odd if I tried...

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itiswhatitis — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 04:46:39 GMT

@IntoSkincare wrote:
I think it's great. I want to shop for groceries when I want to, not when I can -- meaning, I can do my food shopping and go directly to a meeting, lunch, drinks, whatever -- without carrying the groceries with me. Living in NYC, many food stores offer this service and I've always found it super helpful. Cannot imaging trying to hail a cab with a dozen Whole Foods bags on me. Would be odd if I tried...

@IntoSkincare, fellow New Yorker here and I too find it to be a great idea.

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jaxs mom — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 19:15:50 GMT

@HappyDaze wrote:
@itiswhatitis wrote:
Well, Amazon is really doing it's best to be a one stop shop for just about anything a person could need.

They now, have supermarkets in some locals where you just walk through, pick what you need and scan it with a card and leave. It's delivered to you.

Now, they have Amazon Restaurants in "certain markets" like larger metropolitan areas for all kinds of food to order in and enjoy with delivery in an hour.

Amazon wants to be all you need........
I'm confused- maybe I am misunderstanding. If you are already in the store picking out what you need and scanning it, why not just take it home yourself at that time? What a waste of time and resources. Odd.

ITA! As much as I love Amazon, it makes no sense to me at all to physically go to the store, walk through and scan items I want and then leave and wait for them to be delivered.

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itiswhatitis — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:33:13 GMT

@jaxs mom wrote:
@HappyDaze wrote:
@itiswhatitis wrote:
Well, Amazon is really doing it's best to be a one stop shop for just about anything a person could need.

They now, have supermarkets in some locals where you just walk through, pick what you need and scan it with a card and leave. It's delivered to you.

Now, they have Amazon Restaurants in "certain markets" like larger metropolitan areas for all kinds of food to order in and enjoy with delivery in an hour.

Amazon wants to be all you need........
I'm confused- maybe I am misunderstanding. If you are already in the store picking out what you need and scanning it, why not just take it home yourself at that time? What a waste of time and resources. Odd.
ITA! As much as I love Amazon, it makes no sense to me at all to physically go to the store, walk through and scan items I want and then leave and wait for them to be delivered.

@jaxs mom, this is an excellent "help" when you need to buy more than one item. You know, like actually shop for food. This is likely not practical for things you can just walk out the door with.

Finally, it is much more beneficial for city dwellers who live in high rises and such. I can think of many other scenarios where this would be beneficial. Perspective.....

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qbetzforreal — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 01:15:35 GMT

@HappyDaze wrote:
@itiswhatitis wrote:
Well, Amazon is really doing it's best to be a one stop shop for just about anything a person could need.

They now, have supermarkets in some locals where you just walk through, pick what you need and scan it with a card and leave. It's delivered to you.

Now, they have Amazon Restaurants in "certain markets" like larger metropolitan areas for all kinds of food to order in and enjoy with delivery in an hour.

Amazon wants to be all you need........
I'm confused- maybe I am misunderstanding. If you are already in the store picking out what you need and scanning it, why not just take it home yourself at that time? What a waste of time and resources. Odd.

Good idea for those who work or have an appointment and aren't going home right away don't want groceries sitting in the car.

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esmerelda — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 19:24:19 GMT

I heard earlier today they also want to sell cars.

Not so sure I like the monolithic thing amazon is becoming.

With the inclusion of welfare/social services recipients in Prime and selling everything from groceries to (possibly in the future) cars, they may become the only choice people will have.

Maybe not in our lifetimes, and only if they don't implode along the way.