Saturdays are usually my days to sleep in, but lately I've noticed that there's a truck that comes ever Saturday at noon t my neighbor's house. I looked outside last weekend and noticed that it wasn't a UPS truck like I imagined. In fact, it was a grocery tuck! What's this you ask? Well in this case it was a PeaPod truck, filled with fresh groceries delivered straight to my nieghbor's door. "Peapod [is]... one of America's leading Internet grocers.
Peapod is a wholly owned subsidiary of international food provider Royal
Ahold, and works in partnership with Ahold USA supermarket companies
including Stop & Shop and Giant Food" (PeaPod). The process is simple: you register online and start shopping, just like you were in a real store. You can shop by produce or entire meals, and it's so easy to narrow your search. Instead of browsing the aisles you just choose a category of food to look under and press Search. Not only is there free delivery for the first 60 days after placing your first order, but you save money on gas and time in line.
PeaPod isn't the only online grocer out there. A couple other ones are MyWebGrocer and NetGrocer. However, kind of like LivingSocial is the pioneer in online couponing, PeaPod seems to be the leading corporation in online grocery shopping. Although it may seem like the U.S. is taking everything to the extreme when it comes to instant gratification, I understand why this is a growing trend. I mean, who has the time to do things the old fashioned way anymore? The fast-food way of life is extending from our coffee to our shopping. We may as well take advantage and hop on the savings train. As far as I'm concerned, when I run a household I'm not spending my Saturdays shopping. I'll just do in online and pick a delivery date. Then instead of waking up and dragging myself to the store, I'll open the door and have my groceries carried right on into my home!
Sources:
http://www.peapod.com/
PeaPod.Virginia: 1990-2012. Peapod LLC., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2012
http://www.netgrocer.com/
Netgrocer.Virginia: 2012. Mywebgrocer.com Inc., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2012
I know this is a very current-events topic, but I wonder if you can find discussions on how much actual cost savings there is using grocery delivery service. And what are some pitfalls?
ReplyDeleteAnd plenty of us have the time to do old-fashioned things like shopping. Because if you don't do that, then who even cooks? (What's the point of having groceries at home anymore anyhow?)
I'd love to see an academic discussion filter through here, maybe in a discussion of economics and the cost of perishables on the household. How is our shopping different than 10 or 20 or even 30 years ago for the nuclear family?
Ive always been interested in how the delieveries worked for groceries. Its probably the smartest thing to do if you really do not have time to spend your weekend free time walking around the store looking for food.
ReplyDeleteDo you plan on trying this one day? If so you should let everyone know if it is worth trying because it seems to make everyones lives easier if we all started to do this.