When the Internet Bubble was expanding most quickly, one of the most popular and speculated upon models was internet groceries. Every movie at the time about the future had their families ordering the food online, every talking head recommended investing in companies developing grocery models for the Net, and there were businesses in the MAJOR cities which claimed to be able to delivery ANYTHING to you at ANY time of day, for almost nothing. Then the bubble burst, and most of us realized that we were still buying groceries the old fashioned ways. Those of us employed were driving to a brick-and-mortar location, pushing carts through aisles, filling up bags, and paying a pimply teenager for the privilege. Those of us unemployed were instead spending lots of time figuring out which of our grocery-shopping relatives to mooch off of next.
But now, online grocery shopping appears to have come of age. While home from work recovering from back surgery, I have been using Stop And Shop's PEAPOD service which allows you to order groceries online (including all of their weekly specials from the stores) and have them delivered to your doorstep for from $5 to $10, depending on how much you have bought and how far you are from the store being used. The service even accepts coupons! The driver we have had is friendly, helpful, and was even willing to carry all of the groceries into the house for us, due to my inability to lift stuff.
Stop And Shop and this service are really only available in the Northeastern USA right now, but it is quickly expanding. I highly recommend users to try it out, and I highly recommend other grovery store chains to jump on the bandwagon. $10 delivery charge for the groceries I need is reasonable, and this has made my recovery much easier. I can only imagine how much more I will be using this when I go back to work, and can wind up using my extra hours at home relaxing instead of trudging thru aisles looking for that last can of Mott's Apple Juice!
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