Tom Walker wrote in a message to Wayne Chirnside:

-> There was a piece on the news today about Albertsons and Safeways
-> planning on substantial web grocery business with delivery
-> in months to come. No safeways here but I should see
-> if Albertsons offers that service here.

 TW>  I wish them Luck. At least 4 stores in my area tried home delivery
 TW> and it was a failure. It just never picked up many takers. 

That seems to be the case with those that I've heard about,  too.  It's
practical in heavily urbanized areas,  maybe,  but not too many other
places.  And people don't want to pay the prices up higher which is what's
needed for that to work...

There's also a lot of "merchandising" that works when you're
walking around in a store,  but which doesn't work at all when you're
ordering delivered.  I just wish that the people who put together a bunch
of those commercial web sites would "get it"...    :-)

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