• soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Grocery delivery is quick and cheap to 99% of UK. Also I've been on a bus plenty of times with enough shopping to last two humans a week.

    Problem is the people who have 5 mouths to feed and want enough food for 3 weeks. In that case, get a delivery

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        1 year ago

        Take a few seconds to think before replying.

        What's better, 30 deliveries in 1 van or 30 deliveries in 30 cars?

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          Okay but this isn't what happens. When using services like instacart they will batch only maybe two or three orders in a car. Unless there are other services that I'm not aware of that will batch more?

          I don't think grocery translates well to mass delivery because it increases rates of spoilage and damaged produce.

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            I live in UK and all the major supermarkets do 20-50 deliveries in one fully refrigerated van. You do have to book it a couple of days in advance but that's the cost of the service, obviously you can get Uber and deliveroo instant deliveries but that's dumb as fuck.

            This is clearly a culture difference between where I live and wherever you live (please share that info)

            But yes it's EXACTLY how it works in most of Europe.