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Roland Perry August 14th 04 01:14 PM

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In message , at
08:38:17 on Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Lance Lamboy
remarked:
Here is how it works. You go to the grocery store. You pick up your
groceries. You take them to the checkout counter. You ask for delivery.
Instead of bagging your groceries, they get boxed and they put a slip on
the box with your address, phone number, etc. You go home without your
groceries. The supermarket delivers your groceries. There is a small fee
for the service which you pay at the checkout counter.


Sounds useful (except perhaps fro frozen items). Where is "here", btw?
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry August 14th 04 01:16 PM

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In message , at 14:08:20 on Sat, 14
Aug 2004, PeterE remarked:
Assuming you have physically visited the store, in what way is that more
convenient than taking the stuff home with you?


Whatever the other disadvantages (and there are many) it means you don't
have to carry the stuff home - or buy a trolley (sic) big enough to hold
your entire shopping.
--
Roland Perry

John Mara August 14th 04 02:01 PM

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"Roland Perry" wrote in message
.uk...
In message , at
13:19:59 on Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Lance Lamboy
remarked:
Most grocery stores do deliveries so why would a huge family have a
problem.


There are several practical problems.

You never get to see what's on special offer at the store that day, so
always buy at "list price".

You don't get a very good impression of what new products are coming on
the market, so you get stuck in a rut buying the things you are familiar
with.

Substitutions can be a big problem, with many stores taking a
sub-optimal approach to this. It means you can end up missing the one
vital ingredient for a recipe.

Occasionally you get things like "10kg of apples" instead of "10
apples". I can be sorted out, but is a pain.

And, obviously, you have to book a slot for the delivery and make sure
you are at home. If you are housebound, that's not an issue; but if you
are travelling elsewhere that day (especially by bus) the times you can
guarantee to be at home can be unpredictable.


A friend of mine in New York City has great things to say about the Web
Grocer service. I asked about delivery times. He said that he has to give
a two hour window for delivery. He has delivery between 8:00 pm and 10:00
pm on a week night. He and his wife don't find it hard to be home at that
time.

John Mara


Stephen Sprunk August 14th 04 07:03 PM

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"Jack May" wrote in message
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"Brimstone" wrote in message
...
Very true. The concept of "value for money" seems to have got lost.


For most people. the value of time is most important not the monetary
value.
Transit people like to use the monetary value because they don't count the
cost paid by tax payers. When you hide most of the cost and use only
monetary value instead of time value , it is easier to make a favorable
comparison for PT


Whether transit or cars are faster for a given trip depends on many factors,
in particular the level of road congestion at that time. Transit service
can be faster for many trips during rush hour.

You also need to consider the relative stress levels of each mode; even when
it's slightly slower I often use transit because it permits me to do other
things (like read or work) that I can't effectively do in the car.

Also, whether time or money is more valuable to a given person varies.

S

--
Stephen Sprunk "Those people who think they know everything
CCIE #3723 are a great annoyance to those of us who do."
K5SSS --Isaac Asimov


Roland Perry August 15th 04 12:13 AM

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In message , at 14:03:56 on
Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Stephen Sprunk remarked:
Whether transit or cars are faster for a given trip depends on many
factors, in particular the level of road congestion at that time.
Transit service can be faster for many trips during rush hour.


Very true.

You also need to consider the relative stress levels of each mode; even
when it's slightly slower I often use transit because it permits me to
do other things (like read or work) that I can't effectively do in the
car.


However, working and reading often depends on being able to sit - many
of my journeys on "transit" have been in such crowded conditions that
the only place to sit has been on the floor.
--
Roland Perry

Derek * August 15th 04 01:58 AM

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On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 10:37:45 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 at 21:52:16, Greg Hennessy wrote:

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:27:35 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:


Aren't Express/Compact/Meetro stores more expensive?

Sainsbury's are, by miles. I don't go to them if I can help it.


They are a veritable Lidl when compared to Waitrose.

Well, that's true. But Waitrose is *always* expensive, and Sainsbury's
only is in their "Local" format.


But then is *spitefully* expensive. Say 20-25% more expensive than
ASDA.

Mind you, it's dearer than Tesco,


Produce OK. ready meals poorer tha Sainsbury's which themselves are
poorer than Marks's

which in turn is dearer than Lidl (we have both in our street, so I go
to Lidl unless I want stuff which Lidl doesn't sell, like cut flowers,
in which case I go to Tesco. Lidl is nearer and its coleslaw & potato
salad are much nicer!).


Probably due to their German origin, there was a time for 15 years
after the war, when the Germans could not afford to eat fresh meat so
sausages and salads became the order of the day, as the years went by
this morphed into high quality sausages and salads.

AIRI There was no tradition for high quality salads in the UK. My
mother did used to buy radishes and spring onions, but my wife has
been known, whilst walking through the market to buy a lettuce and
then say "Right, I've got me salad".

Nowadays meat in Germany is just as affordable as in .UK .FR or .IT

DG

Mark Gibson August 15th 04 07:01 AM

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In misc.transport.urban-transit Lance Lamboy wrote:
On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:45:11 +0100, Annabel Smyth wrote:


On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 at 14:02:28, Roland Perry
wrote:

Yes, it will be true for some people. But try taking a train from
Atlanta to Orlando (rather than driving). Takes 2 days via Washington!


I'm afraid those distances mean nothing to me - how long would it take
if you drove? I loved Amtrak trains when I used them, so I wouldn't
actually mind 2 days, but if it's a case of "going to Birmingham by way
of Bethnal Green", then perhaps not!


Atlanta-Washington 637 miles~1025km


Washington-Orlando 850 miles~1368km


Atlanta-Orlando 439 miles~ 706km


Since there is no direct AMTRAK connection from Atlanta to Orlando, AMTRAK
does not appear to be the optimal choice for that trip.


Especially since the cops in SC, GA, and FL are usually fairly cool.
I've been sopped doing 96 MPH when the double nickle was in effect...
the cop said "go to court, I'll help out" and then we talked about Glocks
for about half an hour. Cops have to meet their quotas, but are usually nice
people if you are nice with them. I ended up with 2 points and a $50 fine
for driving that fast there. :-)

Public transportation just doesn't work in most non-urban locales. If I need
to get to the grocery store, walking is faster than driving and taking a cab
would cost a fortune -- mass transit is not an option. (OK, I lied, I can
drive there faster, but I need the exercise...and I do walk very fast.)



--
"No one goes there nowadays, it's too crowded."
-- Unknown

Mark Gibson August 15th 04 07:10 AM

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In misc.transport.urban-transit Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 18:25:23 on Fri, 13
Aug 2004, Brimstone remarked:
My mother walked to and from the shops, about a mile each way, bringing
the goods home in a shopping trolley. Why are so many people wimps these
days?


Probably for the same reason they have central heating and don't spend
several hours a day setting and raking out coal fires, or have an inside
loo rather than a bucket in an outhouse. Standards have changed.


You'll also find that supermarkets dislike you removing their trolleys
these days - they have deposit schemes, and clever wheels that lock up
as you try to leave the premises.


I figure if they charge me $1.00 to "lease" a shopping cart, I might
as well keep it. The local Walmart doen't seem to care much when I
roll a shopping cart to where I live across the street. They just
send a cart person to pick them up every so often.

Regards,
Mark

--
"No one goes there nowadays, it's too crowded."
-- Unknown

Roland Perry August 15th 04 07:13 AM

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In message , at 07:01:42 on Sun,
15 Aug 2004, Mark Gibson remarked:
Since there is no direct AMTRAK connection from Atlanta to Orlando, AMTRAK
does not appear to be the optimal choice for that trip.


Especially since the cops in SC, GA, and FL are usually fairly cool.
I've been sopped doing 96 MPH


Chance would be a fine thing! The road is infested with repair work, and
many sections have "sheer weight of traffic" issues making it
bumper-to-bumper at 30mph.
--
Roland Perry

Mark Gibson August 15th 04 07:22 AM

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In misc.transport.urban-transit Brimstone wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 11:24:09 on Sat,
14 Aug 2004, Brimstone remarked:
"I've got three siblings and when we were kids we usually
had at least one dog. My mother walked to and from the
shops, about a mile each way, bringing the goods home in a
shopping trolley. Why are so many people wimps these days?"

Where does it say "supermarket" in that quote?


What other kinds of shopping trolley are there?


Ones that you can buy and take home quite legititmately. I take it from that
that you have someone else to do your shopping for you or you use the
four-wheel motorised variety?


I'm not British (I think) but I do recall seeing lots of people walking
with what might be called shopping trolleys in London. I've even
seen people using privately owned shopping carts in many places in the USA.
London does not have the big box supermarkets that are like the four
within walking distance of me. It is a nice place for pub crawling,
though...


--
"No one goes there nowadays, it's too crowded."
-- Unknown

Greg Hennessy August 15th 04 09:24 AM

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On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 02:58:09 +0100, Derek * wrote:


But then is *spitefully* expensive. Say 20-25% more expensive than
ASDA.


That's an understatement.

One has opened locally replacing a Safeway, there is no way I'd do a weekly
shop there. Their prices are wholly unacceptable.


which in turn is dearer than Lidl (we have both in our street, so I go
to Lidl unless I want stuff which Lidl doesn't sell, like cut flowers,
in which case I go to Tesco. Lidl is nearer and its coleslaw & potato
salad are much nicer!).


Probably due to their German origin, there was a time for 15 years
after the war, when the Germans could not afford to eat fresh meat so
sausages and salads became the order of the day, as the years went by
this morphed into high quality sausages and salads.


Lidl's salads, cooked meats and cheeses are a revelation in terms of taste
and quality.


greg

--
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Mein Teil - nein
Denn das ist mein Teil - nein
Mein Teil - nein

Annabel Smyth August 15th 04 10:09 AM

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On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 at 10:47:37, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 18:25:23 on Fri, 13
Aug 2004, Brimstone remarked:
My mother walked to and from the shops, about a mile each way, bringing
the goods home in a shopping trolley. Why are so many people wimps these
days?


Probably for the same reason they have central heating and don't spend
several hours a day setting and raking out coal fires, or have an
inside loo rather than a bucket in an outhouse. Standards have changed.

You'll also find that supermarkets dislike you removing their trolleys
these days - they have deposit schemes, and clever wheels that lock up
as you try to leave the premises.


Er - Brimstone didn't say a supermarket trolley, he said a shopping
trolley. Which is different.
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
(trying out a new .sig to reflect the personality I use in online forums)


Annabel Smyth August 15th 04 10:10 AM

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Roland Perry wrote to uk.transport.london on Sat, 14 Aug 2004:
In message , at 11:24:09 on Sat, 14
Aug 2004, Brimstone remarked:
"I've got three siblings and when we were kids we usually had
at least one dog. My mother walked to and from the shops,
about a mile each way, bringing the goods home in a shopping
trolley. Why are so many people wimps these days?"


Where does it say "supermarket" in that quote?


What other kinds of shopping trolley are there?


Well, shopping trolleys! The kind that are like a large shopping-bag on
wheels.
--
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Annabel Smyth August 15th 04 10:12 AM

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Mark Gibson wrote to uk.transport.london on Sun, 15 Aug 2004:

I figure if they charge me $1.00 to "lease" a shopping cart, I might
as well keep it. The local Walmart doen't seem to care much when I
roll a shopping cart to where I live across the street. They just
send a cart person to pick them up every so often.

Don't you get your coin back when you return the trolley, as we do?

I'd far rather have a coin-operated trolley than a wheel-lock one, as
you can sometimes take them home, empty them, and then take them back
(or bribe a passing child with the coin).
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
(trying out a new .sig to reflect the personality I use in online forums)


Dave Arquati August 15th 04 03:02 PM

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Annabel Smyth wrote:

Mark Gibson wrote to uk.transport.london on Sun, 15 Aug 2004:


I figure if they charge me $1.00 to "lease" a shopping cart, I might
as well keep it. The local Walmart doen't seem to care much when I
roll a shopping cart to where I live across the street. They just
send a cart person to pick them up every so often.

Don't you get your coin back when you return the trolley, as we do?

I'd far rather have a coin-operated trolley than a wheel-lock one, as
you can sometimes take them home, empty them, and then take them back
(or bribe a passing child with the coin).


At Sainsburys on Cromwell Road, both schemes are in operation
(coin-operated and wheel-lock). So if you try to take a trolley away
with you, it locks and you can't wheel it back to get the money back!

However, students are resourceful; when desperate a few of them will
just lift the trolley high enough over the locking area so that it
doesn't lock, et voila.

I think some years ago Sainsburys used to employ students to go round
the local area recovering trolleys that other students had nicked!

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

Brimstone August 15th 04 04:58 PM

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Dave Arquati wrote:

I think some years ago Sainsburys used to employ students to go round
the local area recovering trolleys that other students had nicked!


Sounds like an enterprisding job creation scheme, even if not totally
legal.;)



Jack May August 15th 04 05:14 PM

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"Brimstone" wrote in message
...
Dave Arquati wrote:

I think some years ago Sainsburys used to employ students to go round
the local area recovering trolleys that other students had nicked!


Sounds like an enterprisding job creation scheme, even if not totally
legal.;)


Shopping carts cost something like $70 from what I have seen in the paper.
Stealing shopping carts of course means higher prices have to paid by other
people.



Paul Weaver August 15th 04 05:27 PM

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"Jack May" wrote in message
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"Brimstone" wrote in message
...
Dave Arquati wrote:

I think some years ago Sainsburys used to employ students to go round
the local area recovering trolleys that other students had nicked!


Sounds like an enterprisding job creation scheme, even if not totally
legal.;)


Shopping carts cost something like $70 from what I have seen in the paper.
Stealing shopping carts of course means higher prices have to paid by

other
people.


And returning them saves everyone money

--
Everything above is the personal opinion of the author, and nothing to do
with where he works and all that lovely disclaimery stuff.
Posted in his lunch hour too.



Brimstone August 15th 04 06:18 PM

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Jack May wrote:
"Brimstone" wrote in message
...
Dave Arquati wrote:

I think some years ago Sainsburys used to employ students to go
round the local area recovering trolleys that other students had
nicked!


Sounds like an enterprisding job creation scheme, even if not totally
legal.;)


Shopping carts cost something like $70 from what I have seen in the
paper. Stealing shopping carts of course means higher prices have to
paid by other people.


Quite so, which is why my comments were phrased in an ironic style.



Gawnsoft August 16th 04 12:55 AM

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"Neil Williams" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:44:52 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:
So instead of getting the whatever that you carefully picked out in
the shop, at home and useful that afternoon; you get to take a day off
work, and wait in all of next Thursday, in the hope that the one they
deliver from the warehouse doesn't have a big scratch on the side.


Indeed. While I am very much part of the target demographic for
things like supermarket delivery, I just can't guarantee to be in at
any given point to receive delivery of an item, and I wouldn't want
such things delivering to work.


Somerfield specify their delivery down to a 2-hour slot.

I normally get my shopping done at a time when I expect to be at home
anyway for 2 hours on the same or following day.


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Gawnsoft August 16th 04 12:58 AM

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On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:31:31 +0100, Dave Arquati
wrote (more or less):

Paul Weaver wrote:

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:04:31 +0100, Dave Arquati wrote:


Paul Weaver wrote:

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 01:20:39 -0500, Stephen Sprunk wrote:


Groceries would be tougher, since many of them need to be put in the
refrigerator or freezer upon arrival; I doubt my landlord would go that far.
Unfortunately there's no delivery service in my area, so I drive the 3
blocks to the store every other week.


You'd have to go to the store every day or two if you were carrying food
back.

Some of us cope with that. It does, of course, depend on how close by
your shops are, and how fit you are - but it's certainly not an
insurmountable problem. The new Tesco Express/Metro and Sainsburys Local
shops popping up all over the place help to meet this need very well in
London.



That's what I do at the moment, fortunatly my shifts and 24 hour stores
allow it (except on Sundays), still annoying waste of an hour every two
days though. Invovles the lovely walk along the A4 from North End road to
Cromwell Street and back of course - or a walk from costsly safeway at
shepherds bush with heavy bags


Tesco Kensington I take it... yes, the A4 isn't particularly nice to
walk along is it!

One solution which I haven't tried out myself is the elderly person's
shopping trolley thing which they wheel about like a suitcase. They
should really make them in patterns other than tartan; they might get
some custom from Imperial students! :-)


John Lewis sell them in matt black, at £26 for the largest/most
expensive.

(I bought one a few weeks ago.)

Aren't Express/Compact/Meetro stores more expensive? They certainly have
less of a choice - although I'm used to supermarkets selling clothes,
DVD's, TV's etc. Safeway at the bush is better in that regard, but not
best. Looking forward to moving out in 40 days :D


I had a choice between a Sainsburys Local practically next door and
Sainsburys on Cromwell Road about 15 mins walk away. The prices were
more expensive at the Local and the goods were more restricted - but
having everyday items close at hand helped extend the periods between
having to go to the larger store.


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Gawnsoft August 16th 04 01:00 AM

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On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 13:00:55 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote (more or less):

In message , at 11:24:09 on Sat, 14
Aug 2004, Brimstone remarked:
"I've got three siblings and when we were kids we usually had
at least one dog. My mother walked to and from the shops,
about a mile each way, bringing the goods home in a shopping
trolley. Why are so many people wimps these days?"


Where does it say "supermarket" in that quote?


What other kinds of shopping trolley are there?


The kind that you can buy for taking your shopping home in. e.g. at
John Lewis for £26.


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Gawnsoft August 16th 04 01:07 AM

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On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 12:57:09 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone"
wrote (more or less):

Lance Lamboy wrote:

Here is how it works. You go to the grocery store. You pick up your
groceries. You take them to the checkout counter. You ask for
delivery. Instead of bagging your groceries, they get boxed and they
put a slip on the box with your address, phone number, etc. You go
home without your groceries. The supermarket delivers your
groceries. There is a small fee for the service which you pay at the
checkout counter.


Not sure that that system is prevalent in the UK, although it's possible
that one or two places operate it.


Somerfield do it. You choose a two hour slot for same or next day
delivery, and they don't charge if you've spent £25 or more.


--
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Gawnsoft August 16th 04 01:08 AM

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On 14 Aug 2004 12:59:17 GMT, (Huge) wrote (more or
less):

"Lance Lamboy" writes:

[29 lines snipped]

Here is how it works. You go to the grocery store. You pick up your
groceries. You take them to the checkout counter. You ask for delivery.
Instead of bagging your groceries, they get boxed and they put a slip on
the box with your address, phone number, etc. You go home without your
groceries. The supermarket delivers your groceries.


With the frozen stuff melted, the vegetables wilted, several things
broken and at a time convenient to them, not you.


Somerfield keep teh stuff frozen or chilled, as appropriate. And I've
never had any veg wilt in the few hours it takes to get them home on a
same day delivery.


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Gawnsoft August 16th 04 01:09 AM

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On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:08:20 +0100, "PeterE"
wrote (more or less):

Lance Lamboy wrote:

Here is how it works. You go to the grocery store. You pick up your
groceries. You take them to the checkout counter. You ask for
delivery. Instead of bagging your groceries, they get boxed and they
put a slip on the box with your address, phone number, etc. You go
home without your groceries. The supermarket delivers your
groceries. There is a small fee for the service which you pay at the
checkout counter.


Assuming you have physically visited the store, in what way is that more
convenient than taking the stuff home with you?


I can get 100 kilograms delivered. That's awkward and painful to
carry!


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Gawnsoft August 16th 04 01:11 AM

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On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:49:09 +0100,
wrote (more or less):

Roland Perry wrote:
If forced to choose, I'd be crazy to choose the car.


Depends on what journey you are doing.


I meant only ever using PT, or only ever using a car.


Like everyone who occasiuonally shifts a sofa has to buy their own
van for day-to-day transport?


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Helen Deborah Vecht August 16th 04 12:02 PM

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Gawnsoft typed



One solution which I haven't tried out myself is the elderly person's
shopping trolley thing which they wheel about like a suitcase. They
should really make them in patterns other than tartan; they might get
some custom from Imperial students! :-)


John Lewis sell them in matt black, at £26 for the largest/most
expensive.


(I bought one a few weeks ago.)


I think Tchibo have them on sale at the moment, for less ;-)

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

Helen Deborah Vecht August 16th 04 12:05 PM

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Gawnsoft typed


On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:08:20 +0100, "PeterE"
wrote (more or less):


Lance Lamboy wrote:

Here is how it works. You go to the grocery store. You pick up your
groceries. You take them to the checkout counter. You ask for
delivery. Instead of bagging your groceries, they get boxed and they
put a slip on the box with your address, phone number, etc. You go
home without your groceries. The supermarket delivers your
groceries. There is a small fee for the service which you pay at the
checkout counter.


Assuming you have physically visited the store, in what way is that more
convenient than taking the stuff home with you?


I can get 100 kilograms delivered. That's awkward and painful to
carry!


Can you really eat 100kg of groceries? My, these cyclists do have big
appetites! ;-)

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

Annabel Smyth August 16th 04 05:46 PM

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Gawnsoft wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 16 Aug 2004:

Somerfield specify their delivery down to a 2-hour slot.

So do Tesco's and, I believe, Iceland.com

I normally get my shopping done at a time when I expect to be at home
anyway for 2 hours on the same or following day.

I tried getting our shopping delivered from Tesco, but husband said he'd
rather see what we were buying, thank you very much, so he goes. But I
do get it delivered if it's stuff like a lot of water (still or
sparkling) or fruit juice that neither of us could carry, and we aren't
going past in the car at an appropriate time.
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
(trying out a new .sig to reflect the personality I use in online forums)


Henry August 17th 04 02:06 PM

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"Annabel Smyth" wrote ...

I tried getting our shopping delivered from Tesco,


We regularly use Sainsburys to You for most things.

The only drawback as far as I'm concerned is the web site which seems rather
slow and touchy. Often wait ages for a page to appear (even with 512
broadband), and often get a message "Error on Page" which prevents me going
any further.

May just be my PC doing something odd, but try as we might, neither
Sainsburys nor I have managed to find the reason.

Anyone else experienced this?



Gawnsoft August 20th 04 02:07 AM

Many Birds with One Stone
 
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:05:25 +0100, Helen Deborah Vecht
wrote (more or less):

Gawnsoft typed


On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:08:20 +0100, "PeterE"
wrote (more or less):


Lance Lamboy wrote:

Here is how it works. You go to the grocery store. You pick up your
groceries. You take them to the checkout counter. You ask for
delivery. Instead of bagging your groceries, they get boxed and they
put a slip on the box with your address, phone number, etc. You go
home without your groceries. The supermarket delivers your
groceries. There is a small fee for the service which you pay at the
checkout counter.

Assuming you have physically visited the store, in what way is that more
convenient than taking the stuff home with you?


I can get 100 kilograms delivered. That's awkward and painful to
carry!


Can you really eat 100kg of groceries? My, these cyclists do have big
appetites! ;-)


Sometimes I have to spread it over two courses...




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Mark Townend August 20th 04 08:31 PM

Many Birds with One Stone
 
"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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Paul Weaver wrote:
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 01:20:39 -0500, Stephen Sprunk wrote:

Groceries would be tougher, since many of them need to be put in the
refrigerator or freezer upon arrival; I doubt my landlord would go that

far.
Unfortunately there's no delivery service in my area, so I drive the 3
blocks to the store every other week.



You'd have to go to the store every day or two if you were carrying food
back.


Some of us cope with that. It does, of course, depend on how close by
your shops are, and how fit you are - but it's certainly not an
insurmountable problem. The new Tesco Express/Metro and Sainsburys Local
shops popping up all over the place help to meet this need very well in
London.


I manage to pick up many things at a fairly basic local coop within easy
walking and get more exotic fare at a convenient town centre sainsburys on
my way home from the station, before catching the bus. Better shops around
interchanges make the transit journey more useful, sometimes substituting
for separate journeys to the supermarket later on.

No different to chained car trips really.

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