@stevieb wrote:
@GenXmuse I have both Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh. I've used Fresh and I can tell you that up until recently in my area it's usually been a reliable service (with one glaring exception when they completely failed to deliver my entire order), though product pickings have often been slim, with availabiltiy seemingly an issue across the board. More recently, delivery options have been very limited. At one point one might actually have scheduled delivery for later the same day, the options lately have been meager and usually several days out. I hear they're having trouble finding drivers. Personally, I also think Amazon over-sold the service and quality is suffering. If they implement a similar charge for Fresh, odds are I'll phase them out, and have already reduced my use of them. Starting out at $10 seems a bit excessive. None of my local groceries that offer delivery are as high. I'd also have to consider whether or not to continue with Prime, given that neither shipping speed nor product pricing are what they used to be either.
@stevieb
Hi STEVIE,
Our local grocery store HEB charges $4.98 to deliver, but they have a limit of 25 items with their delivery service.....Now their curbside service no longer has a fee on orders of $35 or more....
I use Instacart my Express Delivery Membership is $99 a year (which works out to $8.25 a month, plus a $2 service fee, but NO DELIVERY FEE for Express Members)----so it works out to $12 a month plus the optional tip....Since they partner with HEB groceries any partnership with them is held to the highest standard, plus the shoppers have said if they dont get a 5 star rating on Instacart's Evaluation Survey then they dont get called to shop & deliver. I have had nothing but excellent service, the only issue is if the grocery store has problem getting stock on an item. So I guess the delivery services here dont have a problem in hiring people, must be a very popular gig---when Ive chatted with them, it seems like its mostly college kids that apply for the job ....
I couldnt read the article that was linked, had to be a subscriber to Fortune, but Amazon must have found out that perhaps the grocery game isnt as lucrative as they anticipated ......And I read that Bezos wants to get the NFL Thursday Night package that the NFL Network currently has and incorporate that with Prime to make that service more enticing, but that sure wouldnt be a cheap business endeavor, the NFL charges a small fortune to hook up with them...if that happens then I suspect everything will go up in price affiliated with Amazon to help absorb that cost....Either that Or Amazon prices will go up so Bezos can pay for his space flights.....😉😃
And I read an article that Amazon counts on people thinking their merchandise prices are always the lowest but in reality even an Amazon Exec admitted thats not the case....and with more and more people shopping online Amazon is starting to struggle to offer the speedy service like they used to....and the price of these electric trucks that Amazon is purchasing will also be passed on to the consumer. Things are also changing for the retail world regarding their "contribution" to the market place (if you get my drift 😉)....Yep, the picture doesnt seem to be as rosy for Amazon as it has in the past...the hens are coming home to roost....
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